root word: kain (eat)
kinain
ate (past tense of eat)
Kinain ko ang tinapay.
I ate the bread.
Kinain ko po ang tinapay.
I ate the bread. (to old person)
Kinain mo na ba?
Did you eat it already?
Kinain mo na ba ang inihanda ko?
Have you eaten what I prepared?
Kinain ba nila?
Did they eat it?
Kinain ba nila ang pagkain?
Did they eat the food?
The Tagalog word ate (pronounced “ah-teh”) means big sister.