From root: toyo
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinoyoan
ti-no-yo-AN
added soy sauce
Present (Incomplete)
tinotoyoan
ti-no-to-yo-AN
adding soy sauce
Future (Contemplated)
totoyoan
to-to-yo-AN
will add soy sauce
Usage Note
Toyoan is used when adding soy sauce to a specific dish, either as a seasoning during cooking or as a condiment at the table. It is commonly heard in household or carinderia settings when adjusting the flavor of staple Filipino meals.
Examples
" Toyoan mo ang kanin. "
Natural Translation
Add soy sauce to the rice.
Literal Translation
Add-soy-sauce you the rice.
" Nagsimulang toyoan ni Lola ang gulay. "
Natural Translation
Grandma started to add soy sauce to the vegetables.
Literal Translation
Started add-soy-sauce by Grandma the vegetables.
" Huwag mong toyoan ang adobo nang sobra dahil maalat na ito mula nang lutuin kanina. "
Natural Translation
Don't add too much soy sauce to the adobo because it's already salty from when it was cooked earlier.
Literal Translation
Do-not you add-soy-sauce the adobo [linker] excessive because salty already this from when cooked earlier.
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