mag-
-an
To work as a domestic helper by caring for someone's children; to
watch over someone's child, like a baby sitter.
Tanandia ay galiliag ang magepet ta mola don ong Amerika.
She wants to be a domestic
helper
and
care
for children in
America.
Epetan mo kay tang anao tenged mamedbedo rin.
Please watch my child because I need to sew.
maN-
-an
To raise or care for a someone else's domesticated animal.
A person who does this receives one or more of the offspring
when the animal gives birth.
Galiliago rin ang mangepet tang baka mo agod may partio ka.
I'd like to care
for your cow so I can have a share in it.
Ong ninopa inepetan mo tang bakang agbadbadan mo?
Who did you have watch
over the cow you are pasturing?
Paepetay ka ta mano ang similiaeno.
Please allow
me
to
raise some chickens that I'll use as
breeding stock.
The one given the chickens to raise is given at least one hen and
one rooster. After they have mutiplied, the owner of the original pair
is given a share of the chickens.
Mangepeta ta manong bokay?
Do you want to care for a white chicken? (This is said to a person
with the first signs of a cold, such as a runny nose. If the person
answers, “Yes”, then they will get sick with the cold. If
“No”, then they won't get sick with the cold.)