tutukan
tutukán with stress marks
to focus on [it]; to aim at [it]
From root: tutok
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinutukan
ti-nu-tu-KAN
focused on
Present (Incomplete)
tinutukan
ti-nu-tu-KAN
is being focused on
Future (Contemplated)
tutukan
tu-tu-KAN
will focus on
Usage Note
Tutukan is the object-focus form of tutok, placing the target of focus or aim at the center of the clause. It pairs with magtutok when the actor is foregrounded, and works for both abstract targets like a project and literal ones like a gun barrel.
Examples
" Tutukan mo ang aralin mo. "
Natural Translation
Focus on your lesson.
Literal Translation
Focus-on you the lesson your.
" Kailangan mong tutukan ang iyong proyekto para matapos agad. "
Natural Translation
You need to focus on your project so it finishes immediately.
Literal Translation
Need you to-focus-on the your project so to-finish immediately.
" Kung gusto mong matapos ang tesis bago matapos ang semestre, kailangan mong tutukan ito araw-araw kahit pagod ka na. "
Natural Translation
If you want to finish the thesis before the semester ends, you need to focus on it every day even when you are already tired.
Literal Translation
If want you to-finish the thesis before to-end the semester, need you to-focus-on it every-day even tired you already.
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