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mauna

Filipino / Tagalog language translation for the meaning of the word mauna in the Tagalog Dictionary.

Definition for the Tagalog word mauna:

mauná

[verb] to be the first; to go first; to be ahead; to start; to precede; to lead / be in the leading position; to go before something; to anticipate

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Verb conjugations of mauna:

Focus:

Actor Root: unaConjugation Type: Ma-

Infinitive:

Completed (Past):

Uncompleted (Present):

Contemplated (Future):

Infinitive:

mauná

Completed (Past):

nauná

Uncompleted (Present):

naúuná

Contemplated (Future):

maúuná

Verb family:

mauná

unahin |

manguna |

maunahan |

pangunahan

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Mauna Example Sentences in Tagalog: (11)

Example sentences hand-crafted by professional Filipino teachers and writers.

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Mauná ka na.

You go first.

Gustó mong mauná?

Would you like to go ahead?

Nauná na akó.

I went / did something ahead of you.

Sino ang naúuná?

Who's ahead in / leading (the race)?

Naúuná ang letrang X sa letrang Y.

The letter X comes before the letter Y.

Maúuná ang birthday mo sa akin.

Your birthday comes before mine.

Sino ang gustóng mauná?

Who would like to go first?

Mauná ka.

You go first.

Maúuná na akó at marami pa akóng kailangang gawín sa bahay.

I'll go ahead as I still need to do a lot of things at home.

Malamáng maúuná akó sa iyóng dumatíng sa opisina.

Most likely I'll arrive at the office ahead of you.

User-submitted Example Sentences (4):

User-submitted example sentences from Tatoeba who have self reported as being fluent in Tagalog.

Mauna ako.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

I'll go first.

Nauna tayong dumating.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

We arrived first.

Sino ang nauna sa inyo?

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

Which of you was here first?

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How to pronounce mauna:

MAUNA AUDIO CLIP:

Markup Code:
[rec:23128]

Related Filipino Words:

una pangunahin pangunahan náuná manguna unahin pangunguna unahan sinauna pauna

Related English Words:

first be the first be first anticipate anticipates anticipated anticipating go first goes first went first going first preced predes preceded preceding be ahead go ahead went ahead going ahead goes ahead was ahead being ahead go ahead ahead goes ahead going ahead went ahead lead leads led leading leading position in the lead

Grammatical Ligature:

This word plus a grammatical ligature would be:
maunang

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