tupiin
tupiín with stress marks
to fold [it]
From root: tupi
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinupi
ti-NU-pi
folded
Present (Incomplete)
tinutupi
ti-nu-TU-pi
is being folded
Future (Contemplated)
tutupiin
tu-tu-pi-IN
will be folded
Usage Note
Tupiin is the object-focus form of tupi, used when the cloth, paper, or fabric being folded is the grammatical focus. It is the natural form in domestic commands where what is being folded — a blanket, a shirt, a sheet of paper — is the topic.
Examples
" Tupiin mo ang mga damit. "
Natural Translation
Fold the clothes.
Literal Translation
Fold you the clothes.
" Mas mabilis tupiin ang mga tuwalya kapag tuyo na ang mga ito. "
Natural Translation
It is faster to fold the towels when they are already dry.
Literal Translation
More fast to-fold the towels when dry already the these.
" Habang ako ang naglalaba, ikaw naman ang magtutupi ng mga damit at mag-aayos sa aparador bago dumating ang ating mga bisita. "
Natural Translation
While I do the laundry, you'll fold the clothes and arrange them in the closet before our guests arrive.
Literal Translation
While I the do-laundry, you on-the-other-hand the will-fold of clothes and will-arrange in closet before to-arrive the our guests.
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