Meaning of pag- | Babel Free

Definitions

1. the act of doing the action expressed by the root; or, the manner in which the action expressed by the root is performed
   morpheme
2. the act of doing the action expressed by the root repeatedly or habitually
   morpheme
3. when; at (or as soon as) that time that; if
   morpheme

Examples

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

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

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

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

“pag-alis nila”

when they leave/left

“pagbalik nila”

when they return/returned

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