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It was International Professional Driver’s Day a few weeks ago! How do you say “drive” in your language?


MANÉWU • (muh-NEH-woo)
(to) drive (a vehicle)
Tagálog (Filipino): maného


Etymology
From Spanish manejo “handling, driving”


Derived Word
PÁMAGMANÉWU • (PAH-muhg-muh-NEH-woo)
driving, way of driving
Tagálog (Filipino): pagmamanéhu


Verb Conjugation
magmanéwu, mágmanéwu, migmanéwu – to drive a vehicle (Actor Focus)
manéwan, mamanéwan, minanéwu – to drive a vehicle (Object Focus)


Example Sentence
Mágmanéwu yang trák. [Kap]
Nagmámaného siya ng trak. [Tag]
S/he drives a truck. [Eng]


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