naman kaya lang nakaka “T O” as in turn off ako talaga

01:22 Mar 31, 2002
Tagalog to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tagalog term or phrase: naman kaya lang nakaka “T O” as in turn off ako talaga
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5the thing is, (he or she) turns me off, (I mean,) I was really turned off.
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the thing is, (he or she) turns me off, (I mean,) I was really turned off.


Explanation:
wow, this sentence is really mashed up together.

first, its casual, no doubt.

naman kaya lang = the thing is (actually, "kaya lang" can mean the thing is on its own)

nakaka T O = technically, the suffix nakaka- means "has a state of inducing". T O is turn off, which has the same meaning in English

as in turn off = used for emphasis, which means the speaker was really turned off

ako = me

talaga = really

its hard to reconstruct because it is not complete. it goes like

the thing is, (he or she) turns me off, (I mean,) I was really turned off.

Seororo
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in TagalogTagalog
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