tumahol
tumahól with stress marks
to bark
From root: tahol
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tumahol
tu-ma-HOL
barked
Present (Incomplete)
tumatahol
tu-ma-ta-HOL
is barking
Future (Contemplated)
tatahol
ta-ta-HOL
will bark
Usage Note
Tumahol is the actor-focus form of tahol, the standard verb for a dog barking. It is one of the most frequently heard animal-sound verbs in Filipino daily life, and its progressive form tumatahol signals an ongoing or habitual bark.
Examples
" Tumahol ang aso kagabi. "
Natural Translation
The dog barked last night.
Literal Translation
Barked the dog last-night.
" Nagsimulang tumahol ang aso dahil sa estranghero. "
Natural Translation
The dog started to bark because of the stranger.
Literal Translation
Started to-bark the dog because of stranger.
" Tuwing dadaan ang kartero, tumatahol nang malakas ang aso namin hanggang umalis siya sa tarangkahan. "
Natural Translation
Every time the mailman passes by, our dog barks loudly until he leaves the gate.
Literal Translation
Whenever will-pass the mailman, barking loudly the dog our until leave he at gate.
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