From root: tagal
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinagalan
ti-na-ga-LAN
spent a long time
Present (Incomplete)
tinatagalan
ti-na-ta-ga-LAN
spending a long time
Future (Contemplated)
tatagalan
ta-ta-ga-LAN
will spend a long time
Usage Note
Tagalan is used when instructing someone to take more time with a task or when requesting that an action last longer. It often appears in common phrases like 'Huwag mong tagalan' to tell someone not to take too long.
Examples
" Huwag mong tagalan ang trabaho. "
Natural Translation
Don't take too long with the work.
Literal Translation
Don't you spend-a-long-time the work.
" Ayaw kong tagalan ang pagkain. "
Natural Translation
I don't want to spend a long time eating.
Literal Translation
Dislike I spend-a-long-time the eating.
" Kung gusto mong umabot tayo sa sine, huwag mong tagalan ang paghahanda mo sa banyo. "
Natural Translation
If you want us to make it to the movies, don't take too long getting ready in the bathroom.
Literal Translation
If want you reach we to cinema, don't you spend-a-long-time the preparing your in bathroom.
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