tigilan
tigílan with stress marks
to stop [it]
From root: tigil
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinigilan
ti-ni-GI-lan
stopped
Present (Incomplete)
tinitigilan
ti-ni-ti-GI-lan
is being stopped
Future (Contemplated)
titigilan
ti-ti-GI-lan
will be stopped
Usage Note
Tigilan is the object-focus infinitive of tigil, used when the action, noise, or behavior being stopped is the grammatical focus. Extremely common as a direct command heard across all age groups, and the completed form titigilan carries a warning tone in conflict situations.
Examples
" Tigilan mo ang ingay. "
Natural Translation
Stop the noise.
Literal Translation
Stop you the noise.
" Dapat mong tigilan ang masamang gawi ng pagpupuyat babi gabi. "
Natural Translation
You must stop the bad habit of staying up late every night.
Literal Translation
Must you to-stop the bad habit of staying-up-late every night.
" Pinakiusapan ko siyang tigilan ang pang-aasar dahil nasasaktan na talaga ang nakababatang kapatid namin. "
Natural Translation
I asked him to stop the teasing because our younger sibling was really getting hurt.
Literal Translation
Requested I him to-stop the teasing because being-hurt already really the younger sibling our.
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