Karao - ngi-chit

Smile.

Onmarikit i ngi-chit.

A smile makes one pretty.

ma- mangi-chit

Always smiling.

Mangi-chit si Maria; isonga singen nga-nga na olay.

Maria always smiles; that’s why she always seems to be young.

on- onngi-chit/ manngi-ngi-chit/ ngimi-chit

To smile.

Ngimit-chit si Maria nonta iyaspol ko.

Maria smiled when I met her.

Kengi-chit tep inchowal toy test.

She was smiling because she passed the test.

man- manngi-chit/ manngi-ngi-chit/ iyangi-chit

To smile; implies intentional action.

Manngi-chithak na bisita say eg ira onbaing.

I will smile at the visitors so that they won’t shy.

i- ingi-chit/ inngi-chit,

mengi- mengingi-chit/ manngi-ngi-chit/ engingi-chit,

may- mayngi-chit/ emangkaingi-chit/ iyayngi-chit

To cause someone to smile.

Inngi-chit toak na solog Jose.

Jose’s joke made me smile.

Solog Jose i engingi-chithak.

Jose’s joke is what made me smile.

-an ngi-chithan/ ngi-chithi/ ngini-chitan,

me--an mengi-chithan/ emangkengi-chithi/ engi-chithan

To smile at something.

Ngi-chithim i camera say marikit i ditaratom.

Smile at the camera so that your picture will be pretty.

Ngini-chithan na biiy nga-nga say onngi-ngi.

The woman smiled at the child so that she would laugh.

i--an

ingi-chithan/ ingi-chithi/ inngi-chitan,

may--an mayngi-chithan/ emangkaingi-chithi/ iyayngi-chithan

To smile at something.

Ingi-chithan koy maistara say ichowal toak.

I will smile at the teacher so that she will pass me.