From root: taon
Usage Note
Santaon is a contraction of isang taon used to emphasize a full year duration. Santaon ang hinintay niya means he waited for one whole year.
Examples
" Santaon na ang nakalipas. "
Natural Translation
One whole year has passed.
Literal Translation
One-whole-year already the passed.
" Maghihintay ako ng santaon. "
Natural Translation
I will wait for one whole year.
Literal Translation
Will-wait I of one-whole-year.
" Halos santaon kaming magkapatid na hindi nagkita bago siya bumalik mula sa malayong trabaho sa ibang bansa. "
Natural Translation
My sibling and I did not see each other for nearly a whole year before they returned from a distant job abroad.
Literal Translation
Almost one-whole-year we siblings that not saw-each-other before he returned from the faraway work in other country.
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