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Pinag- -an

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I vaguely understand the affixes pinag-. I read from another post that pinag- is pag + the objective affex -in-. Then you add -an making those affixes to mean "to do something in the (physical or psychological) direction of."

For example:
pinagtawanan
pinagsabihan
pinaghigantihan

Anyway, so one of my friend texted me this: pinag-alala mo ang ate mo.

Why in this case, I don't add the affix -an to alala? I know alala means worry. And I think pinag-alala mean to worry about. I've tried to...

Pinag- -an

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