gawin
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Syncopic form of gawain, from gawa + -in.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gawín (complete ginawa, progressive ginagawa, contemplative gagawin, Baybayin spelling ᜄᜏᜒᜈ᜔)
- to create; to make
- Synonym: likhain
- to do; to perform (one's duty, etc.)
- Synonyms: tuparin, tungkulin, isakatuparan
- to execute; to perform (a certain act)
- Synonym: isagawa
- to repair
- Synonyms: ayusin, kumpunihin
- to follow (an advice, order, etc.)
- to fulfill (a promise)
- Synonym: tuparin
Conjugation edit
Verb conjugation for gawin (Class I) - um/in/an double-object verb
| Root word | gawa | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trigger | Affix | Aspect | ||||
| Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | Recently Complete | ||
| Actor | -um- | gumawa | gumawa | gumagawa nagawa2 |
gagawa magawa2 |
kagagawa1 kakagawa |
| Object | -in | gawin | ginawa | ginagawa inagawa2 |
gagawin agawin2 |
— |
| Directional | -an | gawan | ginawan | ginagawan inagawan2 |
gagawan agawan2 |
— |
| Locative | pag- -an | paggawan | pinaggawan | pinapaggawan pinaggagawan |
papaggawan paggagawan |
— |
| Benefactive | i- | igawa | iginawa | iginagawa | igagawa | — |
| Instrument | ipang- | ipanggawa | ipinanggawa | ipinapanggawa | ipapanggawa | — |
| Causative | ika- | ikagawa | ikinagawa | ikinagagawa1 ikinakagawa |
ikagagawa1 ikakagawa |
— |
| i-3 | igawa | iginawa | iginagawa | igagawa | — | |
| Measurement | i- | igawa | iginawa | iginagawa | igagawa | — |
| 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- | magpagawa | nagpagawa | nagpapagawa | magpapagawa | kapagagawa1 kapapagawa kapagpapagawa kakapagawa |
| Actor-secondary | pa- -in | pagawin | pinagawa | pinagagawa pinapagawa |
pagagawin papagawin |
— |
| Object | ipa- | ipagawa | ipinagawa | ipinagagawa ipinapagawa |
ipagagawa ipapagawa |
— |
| Directional | pa- -an | pagawan | pinagawan | pinapagawan pinagagawan |
papagawan pagagawan |
— |
| Benefactive | ipagpa- | ipagpagawa | ipinagpagawa | ipinagpapagawa1 ipinapagpagawa |
ipagpapagawa1 ipapagpagawa |
— |
| Causative | ikapagpa- | ikapagpagawa | ikinapagpagawa | ikinapagpapagawa1 ikinakapagpagawa |
ikapagpapagawa1 ikakapagpagawa |
— |
| Locative | pagpa- -an | pagpagawan | pinagpagawan | pinagpapagagawan1 pinapagpagawan |
pagpapagagawan1 papagpagawan |
— |
| papag- -an | papaggawan | pinapaggawan | pinapapaggawan | papapaggawan | — | |
| 1Used in formal contexts. | ||||||
Ability/involuntary (maka-/ma-) verb forms
Social (maki-) verb forms
| Form | Affix | Aspect | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | ||
| Direct | maki- | makigawa | nakigawa | nakikigawa | makikigawa |
| Indirect | makipagpa- | makipagpagawa | nakipagpagawa | nakikipagpagawa | makikipagpagawa |