From root: sunod
Usage Note
Kasunod identifies the person or thing that is immediately after another in a line.
Examples
" Ikaw ang kasunod ko. "
Natural Translation
You are next after me.
Literal Translation
You the following my.
" Basahin mo ang kasunod na pahina. "
Natural Translation
Read the following page.
Literal Translation
Read you the following page.
" Hindi siya naghintay sa pila kaya nagalit ang kasunod niyang taong matagal nang nakatayo. "
Natural Translation
He did not wait in line, so the next person, who had been standing for a long time, got angry.
Literal Translation
Not he waited in line so got-angry the following his person who long already standing.
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