magturing
magtúring with stress marks
to regard
From root: turing
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagturing
nag-TU-ring
regarded
Present (Incomplete)
nagtuturing
nag-tu-TU-ring
is regarding
Future (Contemplated)
magtuturing
mag-tu-TU-ring
will regard
Usage Note
Magturing is the actor-focus form of turing, where the one doing the regarding or treating is the grammatical subject. It is used for treating or considering someone in a particular social way — as family, as a friend, or as an equal — and appears in both interpersonal and formal registers.
Examples
" Huwag magturing ng masama. "
Natural Translation
Don't regard anyone badly.
Literal Translation
Do-not to-regard of bad.
" Mahirap magturing sa isang tao bilang kaaway nang walang dahilan. "
Natural Translation
It is difficult to regard a person as an enemy without a reason.
Literal Translation
Difficult to-regard to a person as enemy without reason.
" Natutuhan kong magturing sa aking mga katrabaho bilang pamilya kaya naging masaya ang bawat araw sa opisina. "
Natural Translation
I learned to regard my coworkers as family, so each day at the office became happy.
Literal Translation
Learned I to-regard to my coworkers as family so became happy the each day at office.
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