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tangkain

Filipino / Tagalog language translation for the meaning of the word tangkain in the Tagalog Dictionary.

Definition for the Tagalog word tangkain:


tangkaín  Play audio #38591
[verb]  to attempt something; to try to do something

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Verb conjugations of tangkain:

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Root: tangkaConjugation Type: -In Verb
Infinitive:
Completed (Past):
Uncompleted (Present):
Contemplated (Future):
Infinitive:
tangkaín  Play audio #38591
Completed (Past):
tinangkâ  Play audio #38592
Uncompleted (Present):
tinatangkâ  Play audio #38593
Contemplated (Future):
tátangkaín  Play audio #38594
Verb family:
tangkaín
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magtangkâ  |  
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Tinangkâ ni Pio na ligawan si Cathy.
Play audio #28435 Play audio #28436Audio Loop
 
Pio attempted to woo Cathy.
Tinangkâ mo bang suhulan ang opisyál?
Play audio #28446 Play audio #28447Audio Loop
 
Did you attempt to bribe the officer?
Tinangkâ akóng patayín ng mágnanakaw.
Play audio #28452 Play audio #28453Audio Loop
 
The burglar tried to kill me.
Tinatangkâ niyáng tapusin ang proyekto.
Play audio #28454 Play audio #28455Audio Loop
 
She's trying to finish the project.
Tinatangkâ ng mga lalaking patawanin ang isáng kaibigan.
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The guys are trying to make one of their friends laugh.
Tinatangkâ kong huwág umiyák.
Play audio #28430 Play audio #28431Audio Loop
 
I'm trying not to cry.
Tinatangkâ ni Alice na mágising nang maaga.
Play audio #28456 Play audio #28457Audio Loop
 
Alice is trying to wake up earlier.
Tátangkaín kong makalabás ng bahay mámayáng gabí.
Play audio #28426 Play audio #28427Audio Loop
 
I'll try to sneak out of the house tonight.
Tátangkaín niyáng taasán ang iskór sa pagsusulit.
Play audio #28432 Play audio #28433Audio Loop
 
She will try to get a higher test score in the exam.
Hindî ko tátangkaíng subukin ang pasensiyá ng nanay ko.
Play audio #28444 Play audio #28445Audio Loop
 
I won't dare to test my mother's patience.

User-submitted Example Sentences (1):
User-submitted example sentences from Tatoeba who have self reported as being fluent in Tagalog.
Tinangka niyang mamalengke.
Tatoeba Sentence #1818580 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
She intended to go shopping.


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How to pronounce tangkain:

TANGKAIN AUDIO CLIP:
Play audio #38591
Markup Code:
[rec:38591]
Related Filipino Words:
tangkâmagtangkâpagtangkaánpagtatangkâ
Related English Words:
trytriestriedtryingattemptattemptsattemptedattempting
Grammatical Ligature:
This word plus a grammatical ligature would be:
tangkaing
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