tanggalin
tanggalín with stress marks
to remove [it]
From root: tanggal
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinanggal
ti-nang-GAL
removed
Present (Incomplete)
tinatanggal
ti-na-tang-GAL
is being removed
Future (Contemplated)
tatanggalin
ta-tang-ga-LIN
will be removed
Usage Note
Tanggalin is the object-focus infinitive of tanggal, used when the thing being removed — a lid, a garment, a fastener — or the person being dismissed from a role is the grammatical focus. The phrase tanggalin sa trabaho is the standard collocation for being fired or let go from employment.
Examples
" Tanggalin mo ang takip. "
Natural Translation
Remove the lid.
Literal Translation
Remove you the lid.
" Kailangan mong tanggalin ang dumi sa sapatos bago pumasok sa bahay. "
Natural Translation
You need to remove the dirt from your shoes before entering the house.
Literal Translation
Need you to-remove the dirt on shoes before to-enter into house.
" Bago ka magluto, tanggalin mo muna ang singsing sa iyong daliri para hindi ito madumihan ng mantika. "
Natural Translation
Before you cook, remove the ring from your finger first so that it does not get dirtied by oil.
Literal Translation
Before you cook, remove you first the ring on your finger so-that not this dirtied by oil.
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