FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*paʀ. Cognate withMalayper- andIndonesianper-, andTagalogpag-.

pag-

1. Used to form nouns meaning "the action of (a verb)" or "the result of (a verb)"
2. Used to form imperatives ofmo- andmag- conjugation verbs

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key): /paɡ/[pɐɡ̚]
• Syllabification:pag-

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*paʀ-. Cognate withCebuanopag-, andMalayper- andIndonesianper-.

pag- (Baybayin spellingᜉᜄ᜔)

1. the act of doing the action expressed by the root; or, the manner in which the action expressed by the root is performed

   ‎pag- + ‎gawa(“make”) → ‎paggawa(“making”)

   ‎pag- + ‎basa(“read”) → ‎pagbasa(“reading”)

• The root and the affixed word generally mean the same thing.

  Mabagal ang lakad niya. ―He/she walks slowly.

  Mabagal ang paglakad niya. ―He/she walks slowly.

pag- (Baybayin spellingᜉᜄ᜔)

1. (with syllable reduplication) the act of doing the action expressed by the root repeatedly or habitually

   ‎pag- + ‎aral(“study”) → ‎pag-aaral(“studying habitually”)

   ‎pag- + ‎basa(“read”) → ‎pagbabasa(“reading habitually”)

Frompag(“if”), which is aclipping ofkapag(“if”), which is aclipping ofkapagka(“if”).

pag- (Baybayin spellingᜉᜄ᜔)

1. when;at (oras soon as) that time that;if

   pag-alis nila ―when they leave/left

   pagbalik nila ―when they return/returned

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