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This is a list of verbs in the past tense in Tagalog. First let's start with the raw format before conjugating the verbs to the past form. Make sure to compare this table and the one below it.
| To see: makita |
| To write: sumulat / magsulat |
| To love: magmahal |
| To give: magbigay |
| To play: maglaro |
| To read: bumasa / magbasa |
| To understand: maintindihan |
| To have: magkaroon ng |
| To know: alam |
| To learn: matuto |
| To think: umisip / mag-isip |
| To work: magtrabaho |
| To speak: magsalita |
| To drive: magmaneho |
| To smile: ngumiti |
| To find: mahanap |
These samples show how the verbs above are conjugated in the past tense in a sentence which includes all the object pronouns (I, you, she...).
| I saw you: nakita kita |
| I wrote with a pen: gumamit siya ng pen sa pagsusulat |
| You loved apples: nagustuhan mo ang mga mansanas |
| You gave money: nagbigay ka ng pera |
| You played tennis: naglaro ka ng tenis; nagtenis ka |
| He read (past) a book: nagbasa siya ng libro |
| He understood me: naintindihan niya ako |
| She had a cat: nagkaroon siya ng pusa-- |
| She knew my friend: nakilala niya ang kaibigan ko noon |
| We wanted to learn: gusto niyang matuto noon |
| We thought Spanish is easy: akala ko madali ang kastila |
| You (plural) worked here: nagtrabaho ka dito |
| You (plural) spoke French: nagsalita ka ng Pranses |
| They drove a car: nagmaneho siya ng kotse |
| They smiled: ngumiti siya |
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