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"text": "ma- + ligo (“bath”) → maligo (“to take a bath; to bathe”)",
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"text": "ma- + basa (“wet”) → mabasa (“to become wet”)",
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"text": "Natapos kong basahin ang libro kagabi.",
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"text": "Nabasag ko ang salamin.",
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{
"text": "basag (“break, crack”) + -in → basagin (“to break something on purpose”)"
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"english": "I broke the mirror on purpose.",
"text": "Binasag ko ang salamin.",
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},
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"object trigger to have done something; to be able to do something"
],
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"text": "Nabasag ko ang salamin.",
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},
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"text": "basag (“break, crack”) + -in → basagin (“to break something on purpose”)"
},
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"text": "Binasag ko ang salamin.",
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"object trigger to perform the action of the verb unintentionally"
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