suklian
suklián with stress marks
to give [someone] change
From root: sukli
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sinuklian
si-nuk-li-AN
gave change
Present (Incomplete)
sinusuklian
si-nu-suk-li-AN
is being given change
Future (Contemplated)
susuklian
su-suk-li-AN
will be given change
Usage Note
Suklian is the -an object-focus form of sukli, where the person receiving the change or the returned favor is the grammatical focus. It extends figuratively to repaying kindness or returning a gesture — the -an affix marking the beneficiary or recipient of the reciprocation.
Examples
" Suklian mo ang bata. "
Natural Translation
Give the child their change.
Literal Translation
Give-change you the child.
" Tungkulin ng tindera na suklian nang tama ang bawat mamimili sa tindahan. "
Natural Translation
It is the cashier's duty to give the correct change to every buyer at the store.
Literal Translation
Duty of cashier to give change correctly the every buyer at store.
" Hindi malilimutan ng matanda kung paano siya tinulungan, kaya gusto niyang suklian ng kabutihan ang lahat ng nag-aruga sa kanya. "
Natural Translation
The old man will not forget how he was helped, so he wants to repay with kindness everyone who cared for him.
Literal Translation
Not will-forget by old-man how he was-helped, so want by-him repay-with of kindness the all who cared for him.
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