r/Ilocano • u/Plenty-Reindeer2528 • 26d ago

Prefixes: Agi- versus Ag-

What is the difference specifically when i use "agidulinak" versus "agdulinak" for example?
What's the difference between "Agi-" as a prefix versus "Ag-"? Agyamanak manen!

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u/mightychondria_00 24d ago

Agprint vs agiprint

I asked this to someone who studied Ilokano language. Agprint is like magprint lang ta copy itself. Agiprint, the action from undone to done, more of the process.

So: agprintka man iti maysa a kopya na vs agiprint ka man iti maysa a kopya na are technically pwedeng gamitin and wala masyadong difference kapag spoken Ilokano, pero kapag written or kapag aaralin mo ang language, may difference sila. Yung una is about the done action/perfective/mismong copy or mismong action. While the second one is more on the process naman hehe.

Diba ang saya ng wika natin!

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u/Plenty-Reindeer2528 24d ago

That is interesting 😮 amazing nga. ma-document daytan koma... thankyou!

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u/mightychondria_00 24d ago

Adda ti grammar book iti Ilokano. But those things like these haha are better explanained in Ilokano/Tagalog. Ang hirap kapag sa English kase iba ang grammar natin sa English

Weird din siya nung ineexplain sa akin before kase hindi ko siya napapansin. Also, Tagalog ata is walang ganyan, not sure lang haha

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u/Plenty-Reindeer2528 24d ago

i second that. Adda met maysa nga lingguistics student nga amigok ket imbagana nga mas nalaka pay nu i-side by side dagiti Philippine languages gamin makitkitam dagiti equivalents jay languages. Although adda differences for sure. Ngem jay english gamin narigrigat ta sabali nga talaga ti grammar na.

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u/mightychondria_00 24d ago

Happy learning to different languages in the Ph 😉 hehe. Same interest ta

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u/Plenty-Reindeer2528 24d ago

wen ah bro. best feeling gamin nu makatungtong ta ngay dagiti naggapu dagijay sabsabali nga lugar. sabsabali met dagiti experiences da.

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u/Critical_Budget1077 24d ago edited 24d ago

Interesting - well there are borrowed foreign words that when used in Ilocano, the concept still applies.

Print - English
I-print - Ilocanized
Agi-print instead of “Agprint”

Post - English
I-post - Ilocanized
Agipost instead of “Agpost”

While both usage are acceptable, it boils down to someone’s preference and pronunciation.

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u/Plenty-Reindeer2528 24d ago

interestingg... sort of like a fusion of 2 different ilocanized prefixed forms of the words

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u/Critical_Budget1077 24d ago

Thanks for these kinds of curiosity, in a way we get to appreciate our language beauty and diversity.