sunduin
sundûin with stress marks
to fetch [someone]
From root: sundo
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sinundo
si-NUN-do
fetched
Present (Incomplete)
sinusundo
si-nu-sun-DO
is being fetched
Future (Contemplated)
susunduin
su-sun-du-IN
will be fetched
Usage Note
Sunduin is the -in object-focus form of sundo, placing the person being fetched or escorted as the grammatical focus. It is the more frequently heard form in everyday speech, used for picking up family members, passengers, or guests; the actor-focus counterpart is sumundo.
Examples
" Sunduin mo ako mamaya. "
Natural Translation
Pick me up later.
Literal Translation
Fetch you me later.
" Kailangan kong sunduin ang aking kapatid sa paaralan mamaya. "
Natural Translation
I need to fetch my sibling from school later.
Literal Translation
Need I to-fetch the my sibling at school later.
" Kung hindi ako makakauwi nang maaga, ikaw na lang ang sumundo sa mga bata sa paaralan. "
Natural Translation
If I can't get home early, you be the one to fetch the children from school.
Literal Translation
If not I can-go-home early, you just the fetch the children at school.
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