pagkaeremanan
English: Translation
An agreement, settled understanding, completed arrangement, or mutually established decision.
Notes
pagkaeremanan
n.; resultative relational form
Usage
Agko na sira napagkaeremanan.
“They have already reached an agreement.”
“They already have an agreement.”
Semantic analysis
The form appears to derive conceptually from e-man“complete, finish, assemble”:
separate positions or contributions
→ brought together
→ completed as a unified arrangement
→ settled agreement
Contrast with
pagkaorosipan
| Form | Foregrounded process |
| pagkaorosipan | agreement reached through conversation or discussion |
| pagkaeremanan | agreement viewed as completed, assembled, or settled |
The two forms can refer to the same real-world outcome but construe it differently.
Pagkaorosipan emphasizes how the agreement was reached.
Pagkaeremanan emphasizes the completed and settled result.