Tagan
It was National Left overs Day a few days ago! How do you say “leftovers” in your language?
TÁGAN • (TAH-guhn)
leftover, remainder
Tagálog: tirá
Verb Conjugation
mitágan, mitatágan, mítágan – to be left over (Stative/Actor Focus)
manágan, mánágan, ménágan – to spare, leave over, save some for later (Actor Focus)
itágan, tatágan, tígan/tinágan – to spare, leave over, save for later (Object Focus)
panágan, pánagan, pénágan – to spare, leave some for someone (Object / Benefactive Focus)
Example Sentences
Kanan támu ing tágan nábéngi. [Kap]
Kaínin nátin ang tirá kagabí. [Tag]
Let’s reheat last night’s leftovers. [Tag]
Pilan la ring mítágan? [Kap]
Ilán ang natirá? [Tag]
How many were left? [Eng]
Panágan/Itágan mu kung métung. [Kap]
Pantirá/Itirá mo akó ng isá. [Tag]
Leave me one. [Eng]
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