takpan
takpán with stress marks
to cover [it]
From root: takip
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinakpan
ti-nak-PAN
covered
Present (Incomplete)
tinatakpan
ti-na-tak-PAN
is being covered
Future (Contemplated)
tatakpan
ta-tak-PAN
will be covered
Usage Note
Takpan is the object-focus form of takip, with the thing being covered as the grammatical focus. The root vowel is dropped before the -an suffix (takip → takpan), a regular phonological shift, and the form is widely heard in household instructions about covering food or containers.
Examples
" Takpan mo ang pagkain. "
Natural Translation
Cover the food.
Literal Translation
Cover you the food.
" Kailangan mong takpan ang pagkain para hindi madapuan ng langaw. "
Natural Translation
You need to cover the food so flies won't land on it.
Literal Translation
Need you to-cover the food so not to-be-landed-on by fly.
" Bago ka matulog, takpan mo ang kaldero ng ulam para hindi ito marating ng langaw o mapanis. "
Natural Translation
Before you sleep, cover the pot of food so flies won't reach it or it won't spoil.
Literal Translation
Before you sleep, cover you the pot of dish so not it reached by fly or spoil.
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