tahanin
tahanín with stress marks
to pacify [someone]
From root: tahan
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinahan
ti-NA-han
pacified
Present (Incomplete)
tinatahan
ti-na-TA-han
is being pacified
Future (Contemplated)
tatahanin
ta-ta-ha-NIN
will be pacified
Usage Note
Tahanin is the object-focus form of tahan, with the person being calmed as the grammatical focus. It is most often heard when parents or caregivers are urged to soothe a fussing child, placing the child rather than the comforter at the center of the action.
Examples
" Tahanin mo ang bata. "
Natural Translation
Calm the child down.
Literal Translation
Pacify you the child.
" Subukan mong tahanin ang iyong bunsong kapatid. "
Natural Translation
Try to pacify your youngest sibling.
Literal Translation
Try you to-pacify the your youngest sibling.
" Mahirap tahanin ang batang umiiyak kapag wala ang kanyang nanay sa tabi. "
Natural Translation
It's hard to pacify a crying child when his mother is not by his side.
Literal Translation
Hard to-pacify the child crying when none the his/her mother at side.
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