tusukin
tusukín with stress marks
to pierce [it]
From root: tusok
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinusok
ti-NU-sok
pierced
Present (Incomplete)
tinutusok
ti-nu-TU-sok
is being pierced
Future (Contemplated)
tutusukin
tu-tu-su-KIN
will be pierced
Usage Note
Tusukin is the object-focus form of tusok, used when the thing being pierced is the grammatical focus rather than the person doing the piercing. Common in cooking and crafts, it pairs with the actor-focus form tumusok when the doer is foregrounded.
Examples
" Tusukin mo ang prutas. "
Natural Translation
Pierce the fruit.
Literal Translation
Pierce you the fruit.
" Mas madaling tusukin ang barbecue gamit ang bagong patpat. "
Natural Translation
It is easier to pierce the barbecue using a new stick.
Literal Translation
More easy to-pierce the barbecue using the new stick.
" Bago iluto sa oven ang ulam, tusukin mo muna ng tinidor ang karne upang pumasok nang husto ang sarsa at lumambot ito. "
Natural Translation
Before cooking the dish in the oven, pierce the meat first with a fork so the sauce soaks in well and it becomes tender.
Literal Translation
Before to-cook in oven the dish, pierce you first of fork the meat so to-enter well the sauce and to-soften it.
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