magpaalam

Tagalog

Etymology

From mag- +‎ paalam or magpa- +‎ alam.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maɡpaˈʔalam/ [mɐɡ.pɐˈʔa.lɐm]
• Rhymes: -alam
• Syllabification: mag‧pa‧a‧lam

Verb

magpaalam (complete nagpaalam, progressive nagpapaalam, contemplative magpapaalam, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔)

1. to say goodbye

   Gabi na, kaya kailangan ko na pong magpaalam dahil baka mag-alala na sila sa bahay.

   It's late, so I need to say goodbye now because they might worry about me at home.

2. to ask for permission, especially with authoritative figures

   Magpapaalam muna ako sa nanay ko; sana payagan niya akong sumama sa inyo sa gimik!

   I'll ask my mom first; I hope she'll let me join you guys for the trip!

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for magpaalam

Affix		Root word			Trigger
mag- ᜋᜄ᜔		paalam ᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔			actor
Aspect						Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative	Recently Complete
magpaalam ᜋᜄ᜔ᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔	nagpaalam ᜈᜄ᜔ᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔	nagpapaalam ᜈᜄ᜔ᜉᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔ nagapaalam1 ᜈᜄᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔	magpapaalam ᜋᜄ᜔ᜉᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔ magapaalam1 ᜋᜄᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔ gapaalam1 ᜄᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔	formal	kapapaalam ᜃᜉᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔ kapagpapaalam ᜃᜉᜄ᜔ᜉᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔	magpaalam1 ᜋᜄ᜔ᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔
				informal	kakapaalam ᜃᜃᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔ kakapagpaalam ᜃᜃᜉᜄ᜔ᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔ kapapagpaalam ᜃᜉᜉᜄ᜔ᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔
1 Dialectal use only.