tumira
tumirá with stress marks
to reside
From root: tira
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tumira
tu-mi-RA
lived
Present (Incomplete)
tumitira
tu-mi-ti-RA
is living
Future (Contemplated)
titira
ti-ti-RA
will live
Usage Note
Tumira is the actor-focus form of tira that means to live or reside in a place — the most common verbal use of tira in everyday speech. The root tira also carries the senses of a strike and of leftovers, but those meanings are typically expressed through other constructions rather than through tumira.
Examples
" Saan ka tumitira ngayon? "
Natural Translation
Where do you live now?
Literal Translation
Where you living now?
" Gusto kong tumira sa isang tahimik na probinsya. "
Natural Translation
I want to reside in a quiet province.
Literal Translation
Want I to-reside in a quiet province.
" Matagal na kaming tumitira sa lungsod, pero balak naming bumalik sa probinsya kapag nagretiro na ako. "
Natural Translation
We have been living in the city for a long time, but we plan to return to the province once I retire.
Literal Translation
Long-already we living in city, but plan our return to province when retired already I.
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