tiyempuhan
tiyempuhán with stress marks
to time [it]
From root: tiyempo
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinyempuhan
tin-yem-pu-HAN
timed
Present (Incomplete)
tinitiyempuhan
ti-ni-ti-yem-pu-HAN
is being timed
Future (Contemplated)
titiyempuhan
ti-ti-yem-pu-HAN
will time
Usage Note
Tiyempuhan is the object-focus form of tiyempo, a Spanish-derived root meaning timing or tempo. Beyond scheduling — timing an arrival or an action — it carries a colloquial sense of catching someone in the act or happening upon them at exactly the right moment, a nuance absent from the Spanish source word.
Examples
" Tiyempuhan mo ang pagtawid. "
Natural Translation
Time your crossing.
Literal Translation
Time you the crossing.
" Kailangan mong tiyempuhan ang pagtawid kapag walang sasakyan. "
Natural Translation
You need to time your crossing when there are no vehicles.
Literal Translation
Need you to-time the crossing when none vehicle.
" Mahirap tiyempuhan ang pagdating ng bus, kaya umalis na lang kami nang maaga para hindi mahuli. "
Natural Translation
It is hard to time the bus's arrival, so we just left early so as not to be late.
Literal Translation
Difficult to-time the arrival of bus, so left just we early so not to-be-late.
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