Question: am I correct to suggest that natulog or nagtulog is the past tense for sleep? When I ask my wife how to say “how was your sleep?”, her response is “kamusta ang tulog mo?” I trust her of course but am a little confused as I expected to have some conjugation of past tense associated with the verb word “tulog”.
@Fujishooter
- Natulog is the past tense of sleep. Nagtulog is used in the following; “Nagtulog lang ako maghapon.” (I just slept all day) The proper response for your question, like in English, should be,”Okay naman,” or “Nakatulog ako ng mahimbing (I slept well).” Notice the prefix /naka-/ in “nakatulog.” It is always joined with a verb or adjective to state a condition. The response to her question can be what I said earlier or the following: “Hindi ako nakatulog ng mabuti (I didn’t sleep well)” or, “Mabuti naman (It was good).”