past prefix = yanag/ya; example, nag-usap/nag-istorya/talked = yanagbalaw (talk = balaw)
present prefix = ya/ga; example, nag-uusap/naga-istorya/talks/talking = yabalaw/gabalaw
future prefix = mapag/mo; example, kakausapin/istoryahon/will talk = mabalaw/mapagbalaw
amazingly, Mandaya is like French. you eat the words with a constricted breath and a narrowed tongue gently touching the palette (roof of the mouth). the odd effort will silent most of the first syllables or letter/s of the word. yanagbalaw then is silently pronounced as yabalaw. mobalaw as mabalaw.
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