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Nang mapagtanto mo ang tunay kong pagdaing

English translation: So that you would comprehend my true lamentation

00:18 Nov 20, 2001
Tagalog to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
Tagalog term or phrase: Nang mapagtanto mo ang tunay kong pagdaing
not sure if i got the spelling right
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English translation:So that you would comprehend my true lamentation
Explanation:
Hello Yenling,

Your source text is deep "old Tagalog", although some of the words are still very much in use today, especially for poetic effect. I guess your phrase comes from a song or a poem...? Anyway, you DID get the spelling (and the grammar) exactly right.

Please note the word-by-word translation below:

nang = "so that" or "in order that", used as alternative for Tagalog "upang"

mapagtanto = from root word "matanto", which directly means "to comprehend"; whereas "to understand" is translated as "maintindihan"---thus "mapagtanto" means "would comprehend"

mo = "you"

ang tunay = "the real"

kong = "my"

daing = most appropriately: "lamentation", or a deeper, more heartfelt meaning for "complaint"

Thus, your entire Tagalog phrase translates into English as:

"So that you would comprehend my true lamentation"

That's such a beautiful and emotional phrase, isn't it?

Hope this helps!

Jake
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Jake Estrada FCIL CL
Philippines
Local time: 04:00
Grading comment
just what i needed
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5 -1So that you would comprehend my true lamentation
Jake Estrada FCIL CL


  

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So that you would comprehend my true lamentation


Explanation:
Hello Yenling,

Your source text is deep "old Tagalog", although some of the words are still very much in use today, especially for poetic effect. I guess your phrase comes from a song or a poem...? Anyway, you DID get the spelling (and the grammar) exactly right.

Please note the word-by-word translation below:

nang = "so that" or "in order that", used as alternative for Tagalog "upang"

mapagtanto = from root word "matanto", which directly means "to comprehend"; whereas "to understand" is translated as "maintindihan"---thus "mapagtanto" means "would comprehend"

mo = "you"

ang tunay = "the real"

kong = "my"

daing = most appropriately: "lamentation", or a deeper, more heartfelt meaning for "complaint"

Thus, your entire Tagalog phrase translates into English as:

"So that you would comprehend my true lamentation"

That's such a beautiful and emotional phrase, isn't it?

Hope this helps!

Jake


    Native Tagalog speaker and resident of Manila since birth
Jake Estrada FCIL CL
Philippines
Local time: 04:00
Native speaker of: Native in TagalogTagalog
PRO pts in pair: 36
Grading comment
just what i needed

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disagree  tagala: I'm sorry but I thought that the word "tanto" means 'to realize'. "Tanto" is the root word; one can say "Aking natanto.." And what is the reason that 'nang' here would mean 'so that' rather than 'when', or perhaps even 'at the moment'?
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