Kawe
It’s National Learn to Swim Day! How do you say “to swim” in your language?
KÁWÉ • (KAH-WEH)
to swim
Actor Focus
Root Word: kawé (stroke of limbs when swimming)
Tagálog (Filipino): lumangóy (Root Word: langóy)
Root Word
KAWÉ • (kuh-WEH)
stroke of limbs when swimming; way of swimming
Tagálog (Filipino): langóy (“swim”)
Verb Conjugation
káwé, kákawé, kínawé – to swim (Actor Focus)
Example Sentence
Biása kung káwé. [Kap]
Marúnong akóng lumangóy. [Tag]
I know how to swim. / I’m good at swimming. [Eng]
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