mabali
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mabalì (complete nabali, progressive nababali, contemplative mababali, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜎᜒ)
- (intransitive) to be fractured (of a bone)
- Synonym: mapilay
- (intransitive) to be broken (of something elongated, such as pencils, sticks, etc.)
- Synonym: mabakli
- to be able to fracture (of a bone)
- Synonym: mapilay
- to be able to break (of something elongated, such as pencils, sticks, etc.)
- Synonym: mabakli
- (colloquial) to be able to stop (of one's bad habit, wishes, etc.)
- Synonym: masugpo
Conjugation edit
Verb conjugation for mabali (Class I) - um/in object verb
| Root word | bali | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trigger | Affix | Aspect | ||||
| Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | Recently Complete | ||
| Actor | -um- | bumali | bumali | bumabali nabali2 |
babali mabali2 |
kababali1 kakabali |
| Object | -in | baliin | binali | binabali inabali2 |
babaliin abaliin2 |
— |
| Locative | pag- -an | pagbalian | pinagbalian | pinapagbalian pinagbabalian |
papagbalian pagbabalian |
— |
| Benefactive | i- | ibali | ibinali | ibinabali | ibabali | — |
| Instrument | ipang- | ipambali | ipinambali | ipinapambali | ipapambali | — |
| Causative | ika- | ikabali | ikinabali | ikinababali1 ikinakabali |
ikababali1 ikakabali |
— |
| i-3 | ibali | ibinali | ibinabali | ibabali | — | |
| Measurement | i- | ibali | ibinali | ibinabali | ibabali | — |
| 1Used in formal contexts. 2Dialectal use only. 3Generally avoided unless the cause is emphasized. | ||||||
Indirect (pa-) verb forms
| Trigger | Affix | Aspect | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | Recently Complete | ||
| Actor | magpa- | magpabali | nagpabali | nagpapabali | magpapabali | kapababali1 kapapabali kapagpapabali kakapabali |
| Actor-secondary | pa- -in | pabaliin | pinabali | pinababali pinapabali |
pababaliin papabaliin |
— |
| Object | ipa- | ipabali | ipinabali | ipinababali ipinapabali |
ipababali ipapabali |
— |
| Benefactive | ipagpa- | ipagpabali | ipinagpabali | ipinagpapabali1 ipinapagpabali |
ipagpapabali1 ipapagpabali |
— |
| Causative | ikapagpa- | ikapagpabali | ikinapagpabali | ikinapagpapabali1 ikinakapagpabali |
ikapagpapabali1 ikakapagpabali |
— |
| Locative | pagpa- -an | pagpabalian | pinagpabalian | pinagpapababalian1 pinapagpabalian |
pagpapababalian1 papagpabalian |
— |
| papag- -an | papagbalian | pinapagbalian | pinapapagbalian | papapagbalian | — | |
| 1Used in formal contexts. | ||||||
Ability/involuntary (maka-/ma-) verb forms
Social (maki-) verb forms
| Form | Affix | Aspect | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | ||
| Direct | maki- | makibali | nakibali | nakikibali | makikibali |
| Indirect | makipagpa- | makipagpabali | nakipagpabali | nakikipagpabali | makikipagpabali |