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Magsisimula pa lang si James kumain nang dumating ang pinsan niya.

Tagalog example sentence for Pa lang


Example sentence for the Tagalog word pa lang, meaning: [enclitics] just; only; still; only still; only so-and-so much/long.

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Magsísimulâ pa lang si James kumain nang dumatíng ang pinsan niyá.
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James was just about to start to eat when his cousin arrived.

Sentence Literal Translation:

Magsisimula pa lang si James kumain nang dumating ang pinsan niya.
Magsísimulâ pa lang si James kumain nang dumatíng ang pinsan niyá .
will start still only a word placed before a proper noun to eat when arrived the cousin his / her / its
James was just about to start to eat when his cousin arrived.

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