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Namundok sila nang sakupin sila ng mga dayuhan.

Tagalog example sentence for Sakupin


Example sentence for the Tagalog word sakupin, meaning: [verb] to seize something; to conquer something; to colonize something; to occupy something; to invade something.

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Namundok silá nang sakupin silá ng mga dayuhan.
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They retreated to the mountains when the foreigners seized them.

Sentence Literal Translation:

Namundok sila nang sakupin sila ng mga dayuhan.
Namundok silá nang sakupin silá ng mga dayuhan .
go to the mountains they when seize they by grammatical marker indicating plurality foreigner
They retreated to the mountains when the foreigners seized them.

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