tinahan
tinahán with stress marks
to dye [it]
From root: tina
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinina
ti-NI-na
dyed
Present (Incomplete)
tinitina
ti-ni-TI-na
is being dyed
Future (Contemplated)
titinahan
ti-ti-na-HAN
will be dyed
Usage Note
Tinahan is the object-focus locative form of tina, used when the thing being dyed — fabric, hair, or another material — is the grammatical focus of the sentence. The -an suffix signals that the focus is on the object receiving the dye rather than the person applying it.
Examples
" Tinina ko ang lumang damit. "
Natural Translation
I dyed the old clothes.
Literal Translation
Dyed-it I the old clothing.
" Plano kong tinahan ang lumang puting damit para maging kulay asul. "
Natural Translation
I plan to dye the old white clothes to make them blue.
Literal Translation
Plan I to-dye the old white clothing so to-become color blue.
" Kung titinahan mo ng pula ang puting tela, tiyakin mong pantay ang kulay sa buong piraso. "
Natural Translation
If you dye the white cloth red, make sure the color is even across the whole piece.
Literal Translation
If will-dye-it you of red the white cloth, make-sure you even the color in whole piece.
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