tumabing
tumabíng with stress marks
to shield or screen
From root: tabing
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tumabing
tu-ma-BING
shielded
Present (Incomplete)
tumatabing
tu-ma-ta-BING
is shielding
Future (Contemplated)
tatabing
ta-ta-BING
will shield
Usage Note
Tumabing is the actor-focus form for shielding or covering with a screen, curtain, or improvised partition. Use it when the agent doing the shielding is the grammatical focus; when the thing being covered is the focus, use tabingan instead.
Examples
" Tumabing ka sa araw. "
Natural Translation
Take cover from the sun.
Literal Translation
Shield you from sun.
" Kailangan ng tela na tumabing sa maliwanag na sikat ng araw. "
Natural Translation
A fabric is needed to shield from the bright glare of the sun.
Literal Translation
Need of fabric to shield from bright shine of sun.
" Gumamit kami ng malaking payong na tumabing sa amin laban sa matinding init ng tanghali. "
Natural Translation
We used a big umbrella to shield us against the intense midday heat.
Literal Translation
Used we of big umbrella that shield to us against intense heat of noon.
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