From root: suot
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sinuutan
si-nu-u-TAN
dressed someone
Present (Incomplete)
sinusuutan
si-nu-su-u-TAN
dressing someone
Future (Contemplated)
susuutan
su-su-u-TAN
will dress someone
Usage Note
Suutan is used when putting clothing or accessories on another person, a pet, or an object like a doll. It is an object-focus verb where the person or entity being dressed is the grammatical subject of the sentence.
Examples
" Suutan mo ng sapatos ang bata. "
Natural Translation
Put shoes on the child.
Literal Translation
Dress-with you of shoes the child.
" Kailangan mong suutan ng medyas ang bata. "
Natural Translation
You need to dress the child with socks.
Literal Translation
Need you dress-with socks the child.
" Habang inihahanda ko ang pagkain, suutan mo na ng dyaket ang bata dahil malamig sa labas. "
Natural Translation
While I'm preparing the food, go ahead and put a jacket on the child because it's cold outside.
Literal Translation
While preparing I the food, dress-with you already of jacket the child because cold at outside.
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