magtantan
magtantán with stress marks
to cease
From root: tantan
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagtantan
nag-tan-TAN
ceased
Present (Incomplete)
nagtatantan
nag-ta-tan-TAN
is ceasing
Future (Contemplated)
magtatantan
mag-ta-tan-TAN
will cease
Usage Note
Magtantan is the actor-focus infinitive of tantan, used when the one ceasing is the grammatical focus, most often as an emphatic command to quit a habit or repeated behavior. It is informal in register and typically directed at someone who needs to stop an unwanted or excessive action.
Examples
" Ayaw magtantan ng ulan. "
Natural Translation
The rain won't cease.
Literal Translation
Refuse to-cease of rain.
" Ayaw magtantan ng malakas na ulan mula pa kagabi. "
Natural Translation
The heavy rain has refused to cease since last night.
Literal Translation
Refuse to-cease of heavy rain from since last-night.
" Paulit-ulit ko nang sinabi sa kanya na magtantan na sa bisyo, ngunit tila wala siyang balak tumigil. "
Natural Translation
I have told him over and over to quit the vice, but it seems he has no intention of stopping.
Literal Translation
Repeatedly I already said to him to to-cease already in vice, but seems none he intention to-stop.
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