tantanan
tantanán with stress marks
to stop [it]
From root: tantan
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinantanan
ti-nan-ta-NAN
stopped
Present (Incomplete)
tinatantanan
ti-na-tan-ta-NAN
is being left alone
Future (Contemplated)
tatantanan
ta-tan-ta-NAN
will be left alone
Usage Note
Tantanan is the object-focus locative infinitive of tantan, used when the activity being stopped or the person being left alone is the grammatical focus. Common in informal speech as a directive to cease pestering or to stop an ongoing action; the connotation is often one of exasperation or urging restraint.
Examples
" Tantanan mo na ako. "
Natural Translation
Leave me alone now.
Literal Translation
Leave-alone you already me.
" Kailangan mong tantanan ang panunukso sa iyong kapatid. "
Natural Translation
You need to stop teasing your sibling.
Literal Translation
Need you to stop the teasing to your sibling.
" Paulit-ulit kong sinabi sa kanya na tantanan na ang paninigarilyo dahil nakakasama ito sa kalusugan. "
Natural Translation
I repeatedly told him/her to stop smoking because it is harmful to one's health.
Literal Translation
Repeatedly I told to him/her to stop already the smoking because harmful it to health.
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