magpaalam
Tagalog
Etymology
From mag- + paalam or magpa- + alam.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mag‧pa‧a‧lam
- IPA(key): /maɡpaˈʔalam/, [mɐɡ.pɐˈʔa.lɐm]
Verb
magpaalam (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔, complete nagpaalam, progressive nagpapaalam, contemplative magpapaalam)
- to say goodbye
- Gabi na, kaya kailangan ko na pong magpaalam dahil baka mag-alala na sila sa bahay.
- It's late, so I need to say goodbye now because they might worry about me at home.
- To ask for permission, especially with authoritative figures.
- Magpapaalam muna ako sa nanay ko; sana payagan niya akong sumama sa inyo sa gimik!
- I'll ask my mom first; I hope she'll let me join you guys for the trip!
Conjugation
Verb conjugation for magpaalam
| Affix | Root word | Trigger | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mag- | paalam | actor | ||||
| Aspect | Imperative | |||||
| Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | Recently Complete | ||
| magpaalam | nagpaalam | nagpapaalam nagapaalam1 | magpapaalam magapaalam1 gapaalam1 | formal | kapapaalam kapagpapaalam | magpaalam1 |
| informal | kakapaalam kakapagpaalam kapapagpaalam | |||||
| 1 Dialectal use only. | ||||||