turukin
turukín with stress marks
to inject [him]
From root: turok
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinurok
ti-NU-rok
injected
Present (Incomplete)
tinuturok
ti-nu-TU-rok
is being injected
Future (Contemplated)
tuturukin
tu-tu-ru-KIN
will be injected
Usage Note
Turukin is the object-focus form of turok, where the patient receiving the injection is the grammatical focus. It is the natural form in medical and vaccination contexts where the recipient, rather than the administering nurse or doctor, is the topic of the sentence.
Examples
" Turukin mo ang pasyente ng gamot. "
Natural Translation
Inject the patient with medicine.
Literal Translation
Inject you the patient of medicine.
" Kailangan ng doktor na turukin ang pasyente ng gamot laban sa sakit. "
Natural Translation
The doctor needs to inject the patient with medicine against the illness.
Literal Translation
Need of doctor to-inject the patient with medicine against to illness.
" Bago turukin ng nars ang bata, dahan-dahan muna niyang pinaliwanag na bahagya lang itong masakit at mabilis matatapos. "
Natural Translation
Before the nurse injected the child, she gently explained first that it would only hurt a little and would be over quickly.
Literal Translation
Before to-inject by nurse the child, gently first she explained that slightly only this painful and quickly will-finish.
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