Which verb should I use in Tagalog ? Help me please!?

Question

For example, the word eat is kainin and kumain so does that mean we can use both ?

I eat = Kainin ako or Kumain ako
You eat = Kainin ikaw or Kumain ikaw

there is also another word "kumakain" ..does it mean eat too??

Answer 1

'Kain' is the root word, which means 'eat'

Past tense is ''kumain ako'' or ''I ate''
Present tense is ''kumakain ako'' or "I'm eating''
Future tense is ''kakain ako'' or ''I will eat.''

Also, you use 'ka' instead of 'ikaw' if it's in the end of a sentence in Tagalog. 'Ikaw' is used if it is the subject of the sentence, not the object or receiver.

Also, ''kainin ako'' is not right because it's like you are saying ''Eat me'', use it on food, not on people. Kainin is when the action (which is 'eating') is done on something. (It's kinda hard and confusing to explain but I'm doing my best^_^)

(It is much more confusing, actually, there are a lot of rules. This is just a simple explanation but in some cases, there are exceptions)

Answer 2

The word "eat" means "kain"
I eat should be said as "kumain ako"
You eat -- "Kumain ka"

It's the same in English tenses.....
Like the word "kain"..... past tense is "kumain', present is "kumakain" and future is "Kakain"

Answer 3

okay here's how you do it:

I ate = kinain ko
You ate = kinain mo
example:
I eat rice = Kumakain ako nang kanin
You eat rice = kumakain ka nang kanin

Kakain is future tense, kumakain is present tense, and kinain or kumain is past.

lols if you say kainin ako, you mean "eat me" in English(=
kumakain means eating or still eating.

Hope that helped(=