itulak
itulák with stress marks
to push [it]
From root: tulak
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
itinulak
i-ti-nu-LAK
pushed
Present (Incomplete)
itinutulak
i-ti-nu-tu-LAK
is being pushed
Future (Contemplated)
itutulak
i-tu-tu-LAK
will be pushed
Usage Note
Itulak is the object-focus form of tulak, used when the thing being pushed is the grammatical focus. It is the standard everyday form for commands involving physical force — pushing a door, a cart, or a stalled vehicle — and its slang associations with drug dealing attach more to the actor-focus magtulak.
Examples
" Itulak mo ang pinto. "
Natural Translation
Push the door.
Literal Translation
Push you the door.
" Kailangan mong itulak nang malakas ang sirang kotse patungo sa tabi. "
Natural Translation
You need to push the broken car hard toward the side.
Literal Translation
Need you to-push hard the broken car heading to side.
" Pinagtulungan naming itulak ang sirang kotse hanggang umabot ito sa gilid ng kalsada. "
Natural Translation
We worked together to push the broken car until it reached the side of the road.
Literal Translation
Worked-together we to-push the broken car until reached it to side of road.
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