tangisan
tangísan with stress marks
to weep for
From root: tangis
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinangisan
ti-na-ngi-SAN
wept for
Present (Incomplete)
tinatangisan
ti-na-ta-ngi-SAN
is being mourned
Future (Contemplated)
tatangisan
ta-ta-ngi-SAN
will be mourned
Usage Note
Tangisan is the object-focus locative infinitive of tangis, used when the person, entity, or loss being mourned is the grammatical focus. Common in elegies, funeral rites, and sentimental literature where communal lamentation — mourning together over a shared loss — is the cultural norm.
Examples
" Tinangisan nila ang kanilang lolo. "
Natural Translation
They wept for their grandfather.
Literal Translation
Wept-for they the their grandfather.
" Nagsimulang tangisan ng ina ang pagkawala ng kanyang mahal sa buhay. "
Natural Translation
The mother started to weep for the loss of her loved one.
Literal Translation
Started to-weep-for by mother the loss of her loved at life.
" Matagal na tinangisan ng buong nayon ang pagpanaw ng kanilang minamahal na pari na naglingkod sa kanila sa loob ng apatnapung taon. "
Natural Translation
The whole village mourned for a long time the passing of their beloved priest who had served them for forty years.
Literal Translation
Long already wept-for by whole village the passing of their beloved priest who served to them for of forty years.
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