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"Dali-dali" vs "Dali-daliin" (To hurry)

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Author Photo by: wbascara
Sep 06 2019, 10:56pm CST ~ 4 years ago. 
"Dali-dali" vs "Dali-daliin" (To hurry)
 
Is the latter said/used as an expression/command? I was on a crowded bus one day and believe I heard the bus attendant saying it to disembarking passengers at a stop.
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Author Photo Tagamanila Badge: SupporterBadge: Serious SupporterBadge: VIP SupporterBadge: Native Tagalog Speaker
Sep 07 2019, 6:44am CST ~ 4 years ago. 
@wbascara
 
“Dalî” means “easiness, effortlessness”, but when used as an interjection, “Dali!”, it means “Hurry up!”.
 
Based on how you heard it, I believe “dali-dali” should be “Dalî! Dalî!” (Hurry up! Hurry up!).
 
There is “dáli-dalì” which is an adverb that means “hurriedly”.
 
Dáli-dalì siláng lumabás ng pintô. = They went out the door hurriedly.
 
There is “dalián” (to make something easy; to hurry up) and there is “madaliín” (to rush/hurry someone), but I don’t think there is just “daliín”. Maybe what you heard was “dalí-dalián” which can mean either, “to make something easier (e.g. an exam)” or “to speed/hurry up some more”.
 
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Author Photo wbascara
Sep 07 2019, 8:01pm CST ~ 4 years ago. 
@Tagamanila: Yes, I actually think I did hear “Dalî! Dalî!”, without the "-in". I just found the latter term on Google translate (Entered "hurry" as the English term) and thought that is what I heard.
 
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