From root: timbang
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
itinimbang
i-ti-nim-BANG
weighed for someone
Present (Incomplete)
itinitimbang
i-ti-ni-tim-BANG
weighing for someone
Future (Contemplated)
ititimbang
i-ti-tim-BANG
will weigh for someone
Usage Note
Itimbang is used when weighing an object for the benefit of another person or as a means of comparison. It is frequently heard in market settings where a seller weighs goods specifically for a customer's request.
Examples
" Itimbang mo nga ang gulay. "
Natural Translation
Please weigh the vegetables.
Literal Translation
Weigh you please the vegetable.
" Kailangan mong itimbang ang bigas. "
Natural Translation
You need to weigh the rice.
Literal Translation
Need you weigh the rice.
" Bago kami magbayad, hiniling naming itimbang muna ng tindera ang isda nang harap-harapan. "
Natural Translation
Before we paid, we asked the vendor to weigh the fish in front of us first.
Literal Translation
Before we to-pay, requested we weigh first of vendor the fish at face-to-face.
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