nag-
Completed Actor-Focus Actions
agawid → nagawid: contemplated going home → completed going home.
How It Works
For a basic verb in this family, replace ag- with nag-: agaramid → nagaramid, “make → made,” and agawid → nagawid, “go home → went home.” Join the prefix to an ordinary native base without an analytical hyphen.
The actor remains the central participant. A singular personal name uses ni; short subject pronouns attach to their host, as in nagawidak, “I went home.” The prefix has no person or gender endings.
Compare Agawid ni Celia inton bigat., “Celia will go home tomorrow,” with Nagawid ni Celia idi kalman., “Celia went home yesterday.” The verb presents aspect; the time phrase locates the event.
This pairing applies to the basic ag- family. Other actor-focus families have different completed forms. Meteorological members such as nagtudo, “it rained,” can occur without a personal actor. Reduplicated forms require their own analysis.
Examples (3)
- Nagaramid ni Celia ti bibingka.
Celia made bibingka.
Nag- presents the making as completed; ni introduces the named actor.
- Nagawidak idi rabii.
I went home that night.
Attached ak identifies the speaker. Context identifies the past night; the phrase does not require the immediately preceding night.
- Nagtudo idi kalman.
It rained yesterday.
The completed weather event has no personal performer.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Use nag- for the completed counterpart of a basic ag- verb.
Related Patterns
- -ak / -kaAttached Singular Subject Pronouns
These attached subject pronouns identify actors in personal nag- clauses.
Level 1 - Seeing an Action's Stage
Explains the event-stage distinction expressed by the prefix pair.
Level 2 - Placing an Event in Time
Time expressions locate the event independently of its completed aspect.
Level 1
Words in This Pattern
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