From root: unggoy
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nag-unggoy
nag-ung-GOY
acted like a monkey
Present (Incomplete)
nag-uunggoy
nag-u-ung-GOY
acting like a monkey
Future (Contemplated)
mag-uunggoy
mag-u-ung-GOY
will act like a monkey
Usage Note
Mag-unggoy is used to describe someone, typically a child, behaving in a playful, silly, or mischievous manner. It is often used informally to tease others about their hyperactive or monkey-like antics.
Examples
" Huwag kang mag-unggoy dito. "
Natural Translation
Don't act like a monkey here.
Literal Translation
Don't you act-like-monkey here.
" Itigil mo ang mag-unggoy sa harap ng mga bisita. "
Natural Translation
Stop acting like a monkey in front of the guests.
Literal Translation
Stop you the acting-like-monkey in front of plural guests.
" Tuwing nag-uunggoy ang mga bata sa loob ng silid-aralan, napapahinto ang guro sa kalagitnaan ng kanyang aralin. "
Natural Translation
Whenever the children act like monkeys inside the classroom, the teacher is forced to stop in the middle of her lesson.
Literal Translation
Every acting-like-monkey the plural child inside of classroom, gets-stopped the teacher at middle of her lesson.
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