tiklupin
tiklupín with stress marks
to fold [it]
From root: tiklop
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tiniklop
ti-nik-LOP
folded
Present (Incomplete)
tinitiklop
ti-ni-tik-LOP
is being folded
Future (Contemplated)
titiklupin
ti-ti-klu-PIN
will be folded
Usage Note
Tiklupin is the object-focus infinitive of tiklop, used when the specific item being folded — a sheet, blanket, letter, or piece of paper — is the grammatical focus. It belongs to the domestic register of laundering and tidying; the slang sense of backing down does not carry over into this object-focus form.
Examples
" Tiklupin mo ang kumot. "
Natural Translation
Fold the blanket.
Literal Translation
Fold you the blanket.
" Kailangan mong tiklupin ang mga bagong labang damit. "
Natural Translation
You need to fold the newly washed clothes.
Literal Translation
Need you to fold the newly washed clothes.
" Bago mo ipasok sa sobre ang sulat, tiklupin mo nang maayos upang hindi ito gumusot habang nasa koreo pa. "
Natural Translation
Before you put the letter in the envelope, fold it neatly so it won't get crumpled while it's still in the mail.
Literal Translation
Before you to-insert in envelope the letter, fold you neatly so not it to-crumple while in mail still.
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