Lesson 17 Activity 3 

3.   Fill in the blanks with the appropriate body part in Ilokano.  Check your answers with the answer key.

matmata          laplapayag      gorgorong       saksaka           ulo      ima     tengnged         ngiwat

A.     I use my ____________ to read a book.

B.     I listen to music with my _____________.

C.     Walking is good for my ____________.

D.     I wear shoes and socks on my _____________.

E.      In the winter, I wear a hat on my __________, gloves on my ___________, and a scarf around my __________.

F.      I eat and drink with my __________________. 

Grammar Notes:

(a) Infinitive form of verbs ,“to be sick” , “to feel weak”, “ to vomit”, and “to take medicine,” prefix  “ag” to each root word as in :

ag +sakit   =     to be sick                     *ag-prefix         sakit-root word

agkapsot          to feel weak

agsarua            to vomit

agtomar           to take a medicine

Sentences:

            Narigat ti agsakit.          (It is not good to be sick.)

             Saan nga nasayaat ti agkapsot. (It is not good to feel weak).

             Narigat ti agsarua ken agtakki.  (It is not good to vomit and to have a diarrhea).

Masapul nga agtomarka ti ag-agasmo. (You need to take your medicines).

(b) Present verb forms: Repeat the first syllable of the root word:

Agsak +sakit   = Agsaksakit    feel sick/feeling sick

Agkapkapsot       feel weak/feeling weak         

            Agsarsarua        vomit/vomiting

            Agtomtomar      take/taking (medicine)

Sentences:

Agsaksakitak itatta.   (I feel sick today).

            Agkakapsot isuna.   (She feels weak).

Agsarsarua ti ubing a lalaki.  (The boy is vomiting).                         

            Agtomtomar ni Mario dagiti ag-agasna nga inaldaw.   (Mario takes his medicines everyday).

(c) To form the past form of the verbs above, prefix “nag” to the root words.

Nagsakit              was sick.     

Nagkapsot           was weak     .

Nagsarua           vomitted    

            Nagtomar             took/taken   

Sentences:

            Nagsakitak idi kalman.   (I was sick yesterday.)

            Nagkapsot isuna idi kalman.      (She was weak yesterday.)

Nagsarua ti ubing a lalaki idi kalman.     (The boy vomited yesterday.)

Nagtomar ni Mario dagiti ag-agasna idi kalman.   (Mario took his medicines yesterday.)  

Other Vocabulary:

Sakit – sickness/illness/pain(n)               natukkol-broken

Masikog- pregnant                               natukkolan ti tulang –have/had a broken a bone

Nasakit- painful/hurting(v)                     agtomar ti agas– to take a medicine

Rikna – feeling (n)                                 mangayab – to call

Agrikna– to feel(v)                                marikna-able to feel

Kumapsot- to become weak(v)            makasarua- to vomit/feel nauseous

Agkapsot – to feel weak(v)                   sarua- vomit(n)

Kapsot- weakness(n)                           nagsarua- vomited/throw-up

Uminom – to drink                                                                   

Madi/saan-not/don’t                            

Sentences: 1. Grabe ti sakitna.    His/her sickness is serious.

                  2. Agsaksakit ti saksakana.   He feels pain in his/her feet/His feet are hurting/in pain.

                  3. Nasakit unay ti sakana.    His feet is hurting bad.

·        The word “rikna” is not necessary in the Ilokano sentence no. 2.

“Agsaksakit ti rikna ti sakana”  literally translates to “The feeling of his feet is hurting.”