urungin
urúngin with stress marks
to pull [it] back
From root: urong
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
inurong
i-NU-rong
pulled back
Present (Incomplete)
inuurong
i-nu-U-rong
is being pulled back
Future (Contemplated)
uurungin
u-u-RU-ngin
will be pulled back
Usage Note
Urungin is the object-focus form of urong, placing the thing being pulled back or moved rearward as the grammatical focus. It applies concretely to vehicles, furniture, and physical objects as well as abstractly to deadlines, offers, or statements being retracted, and pairs with umurong when the actor rather than the object is foregrounded.
Examples
" Urungin mo ang upuan. "
Natural Translation
Pull back the chair.
Literal Translation
Pull-back you the chair.
" Kailangan mong urungin ang upuan para makadaan ang mga tao. "
Natural Translation
You need to pull back the chair so people can pass through.
Literal Translation
Need you to-pull-back the chair so to-pass-through the people.
" Napilitan silang urungin ang takdang araw ng proyekto dahil hindi pa tapos ang mga kailangang materyales. "
Natural Translation
They were forced to push back the project's deadline because the needed materials were not yet finished.
Literal Translation
Forced they to-pull-back the set day of project because not yet finished the needed materials.
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