From root: tawa
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
ipinatawa
i-pi-na-TA-wa
made (someone) laugh
Present (Incomplete)
ipinapatawa
i-pi-na-pa-TA-wa
making (someone) laugh
Future (Contemplated)
ipapatawa
i-pa-pa-TA-wa
will make (someone) laugh
Usage Note
Ipatawa is used when the focus of the sentence is the person or thing intended to cause laughter, often in the context of performing a joke or a funny act for an audience. It typically appears in causative constructions where someone is being tasked or encouraged to elicit a laugh from others.
Examples
" Subukan mong ipatawa ang bata. "
Natural Translation
Try to make the child laugh.
Literal Translation
Try you-that make-laugh the child.
" Kailangan mong ipatawa si Ana. "
Natural Translation
You need to make Ana laugh.
Literal Translation
Need you make-laugh name-, Ana.
" Hiniling ng guro sa komedyante na ipatawa ang mga estudyante na pagod na pagod matapos ang mahabang pagsusulit. "
Natural Translation
The teacher asked the comedian to make the students, who were utterly exhausted after the long exam, laugh.
Literal Translation
Requested by-the teacher to-the comedian that make-laugh the students that very tired after the long exam.
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