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It was World Story telling Day last week! How do you say “story” in your language?

KUÉNTU • (KWEHN-too)
story
Tagálog (Filipino): kuwénto


Etymology
From Spanish cuento (“story”)


Derived Word
MAKUÉNTU • (muh-KWEHN-too)
full of stories; talkative
Tagálog (Filipino): makuwénto


PÁMANGUÉNTU • (PAH-muh-NGWEHN-tu)
storytelling
Tagálog (Filipino): pagkukuwénto


Verb Conjugation
manguéntu, mánguéntu, ménguéntu – to tell a story (Actor Focus)
magkuéntu, mágkuéntu, migkuéntu – to tell a story (Actor Focus)
ikuéntu, kukuéntu, kinuéntu – to tell the story (Object Focus)
mipanguéntu, mipánguéntu, mípanguéntu – to tell stories to each other (Actor Focus)
ákuéntu, ákukuéntu, ákuéntu – to be able to tell the story; to have gotten to tell the story (Object Focus)


Example Sentences
Malambat kaming mípanguéntu. [Kap]
Matagál kamíng nagkuwéntúhan. [Tag]
We told stories to one another for a long time. [Eng]


Ákuéntú ku né kéka? [Kap]
Naikuwénto ko na ba sa iyó? [Tag]
Have I told you the story? [Eng]


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