i- (TH)
ipo-tok/ inpo-tok,
may-
maypo-tok/ emangkaipo-tok/ iyaypo-tok
To concentrate everything on one thing; implies amount is lacking and so is used for just one thing, as only a little cement that is used just for paving a path because it is not enough for a bigger job.
Ipo-tok mo nin alin itongkal i pilak mo na kathas tep eg imingel Jose i nagwariy kathas to.
You spend your money just on milk because Jose can’t stand it if he doesn’t have milk.
Inpo-tok ina riy semek tod kafangodowan cha.
Their mother focused all of her love on their eldest brother.
Ipo-tok moy semek mod Afo Chiyos bengat.
You concentrate all of your love on God only.
Ipo-tok Juana i pilak tod kancharo.
Juana spent all her money on a pot.
i--an (LOC)
Ipo-tohan Juana na pilak iwa kancharo tep mesepol ton pasiya.
Juana spent all the money on the pot because she really needed it.
Tep niyemnem ko i say itorok, maypo-tok cha Jesu Cristo.
For I decided that what I would teach, it would focus on Jesus Christ.
Nem kosto no gwaray tolagan jo i nat mancharog kayo nin na piyen akow say ipo-tok jon mankararag.
But it is allright if you have an agreement that you will not sleep together for a number of days so that you will focus on praying.
Et emiin a naiyosal tayod jay a dobong, nat ipo-tok tayo komed man.
And all that we use in this world, we should not focus on that.
Nem say dahin gwaray imbaliy to, nainpo-tok tod biyag chiyay a dobong tan sema pan-imdengan na imbaliy to.
But a man who has a spouse, he focuses on life in this world and on what makes his spouse happy.