ginagawa

Ginagawa is a Tagalog verb form derived from the root gawa, meaning to do or to make. It represents the present tense in the passive voice, indicating that the action is being done to or performed by someone other than the subject. This form is commonly used to describe ongoing processes or tasks where the focus is on the action itself rather than on who is performing it.

In sentence construction, ginagawa marks the action as passive. The thing being acted upon is the subject, while the agent (the doer) is often introduced with the marker ng or ni. For example: Ang pagkain ay ginagawa ng kusinero. (The food is being prepared by the cook.) Another example: Ang mga plano ay ginagawa ngayon. (The plans are being made right now.) When the agent is unknown or not specified, the agent may be omitted or implied. The phrase can also be modified with words like pa rin to express ongoing action: Ginagawa pa rin ito. (This is still being done.)

Relation to other forms: ginagawa is the present passive form. Related forms include ginawa (past passive: was done) and gagawin (future passive: will be done). Like other Tagalog verbs, ginagawa can appear with various time words and aspect markers to convey different temporal nuances. It is widely used in everyday speech and writing to describe ongoing actions performed on an object by someone else.