tamuhin
tamuhín with stress marks
to obtain [it]
From root: tamo
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinamo
ti-na-MO
obtained
Present (Incomplete)
tinatamo
ti-na-ta-MO
is being obtained
Future (Contemplated)
tatamuhin
ta-ta-mu-HIN
will be obtained
Usage Note
Tamuhin is the object-focus infinitive of tamo, with the characteristic o-to-u vowel shift before the -in suffix. Used when the thing attained — an honor, a dream, a penalty — is the grammatical focus; shares the formal, literary register of its actor-focus counterpart magtamo.
Examples
" Tamuhin mo ang iyong pangarap. "
Natural Translation
Obtain your dream.
Literal Translation
Obtain you the your dream.
" Pagsikapan mong tamuhin ang iyong mga pangarap sa buhay. "
Natural Translation
Strive to obtain your dreams in life.
Literal Translation
Strive you to-obtain the your dreams in life.
" Tanging sa pamamagitan ng tapat na pagsusumikap matatamo ng tao ang mga marangal na layuning matagal na niyang inaadhika. "
Natural Translation
Only through honest effort can a person obtain the noble goals he has long aspired to.
Literal Translation
Only through of honest effort can-be-obtained by person the noble goals that long already he aspiring-to.
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