ken

[US]/ken/
[UK]/kɛn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. saklaw ng kaalaman o pang-unawa; saklaw ng pang-unawa
vt. upuan, maunawaan
vi. upuan, maunawaan
Word Forms
Pluralkens

Phrases & Collocations

beyond my ken

lampas sa aking pang-unawa

within his ken

saklaw ng kanyang pang-unawa

Real-world Examples

Hey, how about the time I cut the legs off your Malibu Ken?

Hoy, paano naman 'yung nangyari noong pinutol ko ang mga binti ng Malibu Ken mo?

Source: Friends Season 2

You don't need any of that because you're the Ken in the faux mink.

Hindi mo kailangan ng kahit ano dahil ikaw ang Ken sa pekeng mink.

Source: GQ — 10 Essentials for Celebrities

'Is he to be kidnapped to the other ken, Nancy says?

'Dapat ba siyang dukutin sa ibang ken, sabi ni Nancy?'

Source: Oliver Twist (Original Version)

(Inaudible) The first Ken doll wasn't made until 1961, I found out.

(Hindi naririnig) Natuklasan ko na ang unang Ken doll ay hindi pa ginawa hanggang 1961.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

At this period of my life the good Watson had passed almost beyond my ken.

Sa panahong ito ng buhay ko, si mabuting Watson ay lumampas na sa aking pang-unawa.

Source: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: New Cases (Part Two)

How about the time I cut the legs off your Malibu Ken?

Hoy, paano naman 'yung nangyari noong pinutol ko ang mga binti ng Malibu Ken mo?

Source: Friends Season 2

" Hi Ken - Can you send through your phone number, please? Thanks so much! "

"(Kamusta Ken - Maaari mo bang ipadala ang iyong numero ng telepono, pakiusap? Maraming salamat!"

Source: Pop culture

After that, what our home, our life would be like, was utterly beyond my ken—it seemed so misty and phantom-like.

Pagkatapos noon, kung ano ang magiging hitsura ng aming tahanan, ang aming buhay, ay lubos na lampas sa aking pang-unawa—tila malabo at parang multo.

Source: Family and the World (Part 2)

Great deeds would have disappeared from out his ken together with hope of achieving them and have been succeeded by the platitude.

Ang mga dakilang gawa ay mawawala na sa kanyang pang-unawa kasabay ng pag-asa na makamit ang mga ito at mapapalitan ng isang karaniwang kasabihan.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part One)

There's Silas Weekley, the distinguished English novelist, who lives in the lane down which Searle disappeared from human ken on Wednesday night.

Si Silas Weekley, ang kilalang Ingles na nobelista, ay nakatira sa kalyeng kung saan nawala si Searle sa pang-unawa ng tao noong Miyerkules ng gabi.

Source: A handsome face.

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