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English to Tagalog translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | | English term or phrase: congratulations | | for someone getting engaged rather than receiving an award would there be a different term? |
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| | maligayang bati | Explanation:
congratulations on your engagement = maligayang bati sa inyong kasunduang pagpapakasal
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"malugod na pagbati" instead of "maligayang bati"
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"congratulations sa inyong engagement" if the greeting is very informal |
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1 hr confidence: | congradulations bumabati, maligayang bati
Explanation:
Congratulate: ( v. to express one’s pleasure at another’s good fortune.)
Bumati, batiin
Binabati kitá (sa iyong kasunduang-pakasal)!. Literal trans.: “I congratulate you (on your engagement)!”
Examples:
Binabati ko ikaw. (Verb -in- affix + Root “bati”(partial redup) focused on Subject as receiver of action, “ikaw”, Eng. “You” pron., passive form in Tag)
Bumabati ako sa iyo. (Verb –um- affix + root “bati”(partial redup) focused on Subject as actor or doer of action, Eng. “I” pron., active form in Tag))
Binabati kitá. (Shortened form of “Binabati ko ikaw,” the former a more acceptable idiom, “kita”(you, combination of “ikaw”, used with passives).
Examples:
Binati ko ang aking kaibigan sa kanyang tagumpay. “I congratulated my friend on her success.”
Binabati kita (sa iyong tagumpay). (without mentioning one’s good fortune)
Congratulations: (n. to express one’s pleasure at the good fortune of another.)
Bati, pagbati.
Examples:
Maligayang bati (sa iyong pagtanggap ng parangal). “Congratulations (on your receiving an award)!”
Maligayang bati! (without mentioning one’s good fortune)
| opheldelmundo
Philippines
Local time: 08:05
Native speaker of:  Tagalog
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Asker: this was a more comprehensive answer and gave more help in understanding of the language. in this case I wanted it quick for the one term. That is why I the one that came first.
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16 hrs confidence: | congradulations Binabati kita.
Explanation:
When we congratulate someone in the vernacular, we always say 'binabati kita' no matter what the cause for the celebration is.
Example sentence(s):- Binabati kita sa iyong mabuting kapalaran.
| xxxtwistedsunsh
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Native speaker of:  Tagalog
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| Jul 30, 2009 - Changes made by Jake Estrada: | | Term asked | congradulations => congratulations |
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