takalin
takalín with stress marks
to measure [it] out
From root: takal
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinakal
ti-NA-kal
measured out
Present (Incomplete)
tinatakal
ti-na-TA-kal
is being measured out
Future (Contemplated)
tatakalin
ta-ta-ka-LIN
will be measured out
Usage Note
Takalin is the object-focus form of takal, used when the substance being measured — rice, water, salt — is the grammatical focus. It appears in market transactions and recipes where the precise quantity of a commodity is what matters.
Examples
" Takalin mo ang tubig. "
Natural Translation
Measure out the water.
Literal Translation
Measure-out you the water.
" Takalin mo ang asukal nang eksakto ayon sa resipe. "
Natural Translation
Measure out the sugar exactly according to the recipe.
Literal Translation
Measure-out you the sugar exactly according to recipe.
" Kapag gumagawa ng kakanin, kailangang takalin nang eksakto ang harina at asukal para hindi mapanis o sumobra ang tamis nito. "
Natural Translation
When making rice cakes, you have to measure out the flour and sugar exactly so they don't spoil or end up too sweet.
Literal Translation
When making of rice-cake, need to-measure-out exactly the flour and sugar so not to-spoil or to-exceed the sweetness of-it.
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