dakes
dakes is the Ilocano word for bad.
dakes is an adjective used to describe something that is unfavorable or negative.
Meaning: unfavorable, negative (adj)
Which one should you use?
Unlike English, the word dakes does not change its form to indicate whether the subject is singular or plural.
How does it change in a sentence?
The base form of this adjective is dakes.
Did you know?
- If you want to say something is 'very bad', you do not add a word like 'very', but instead use the prefix nag- to create nagdakes.
- When describing a person's moral character, dakes moves beyond simple negativity to mean 'wicked' or 'evil'.
- In traditional Ilocano folk beliefs, describing an event as dakes can imply it is an ill-omened sign or a piece of bad luck rather than just a poor quality thing.
Examples in context
- Apektaran la ketdi daytoy a dakes a panniempo dagiti mula.This bad weather will certainly have an effect on the crops.This sentence shows how dakes describes weather.Tatoeba #4655878 by saluyot, translation #755169 by sctld
- Saan a dakes.Not bad.Tatoeba #4952387 by jyarold, translation #28607 by AlanF_US
- No maawatmo daytoy a surat, ipatulodmo iti sabsabali pay a 10 a tattao iti uneg ti 12 oras ta no saan ket adda dakes a mapasamakmo.If you receive this mail, send it on to another 10 people within 12 hours or else bad luck befalls you.This sentence uses dakes in the context of bad luck.Tatoeba #4641828 by saluyot, translation #4641805 by corbinjurgens
Example conversation
Cristina and Ricardo are discussing a person's behavior.
- CristinaDakes unay ti ugali ni Ricardo.Ricardo's behavior is very bad.
- RicardoAwan ti dakes a panggepna.He has no bad intentions.
- CristinaNgem dakes pay laeng ti pannakibagbagina.But his way of acting is still bad.
- RicardoAgbaliw met laeng Isuna.He will change eventually.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
