Austronesian and Austroasiatic languages Infixes are common in some Austronesian and Austroasiatic languages, but not in others. For example, in Tagalog, a grammatical form similar to the active voice is formed by adding the infix near the beginning of a verb. The most common infix is which marks the perfect aspect, as in , meaning 'ruined' (from , an adjective meaning 'worn-out'); , meaning 'stoned' (from , 'stone'); and , meaning 'used'. Tagalog has borrowed the English word graduate as a verb; to say "I graduated" a speaker uses the derived form .
Austronesian and Austroasiatic languages Infixes are common in some Austronesian and Austroasiatic languages but not in others. For example, in Tagalog, a grammatical form similar to the active voice is formed by adding the infix near the beginning of a verb. The most common infix is which marks the perfect aspect, as in  meaning 'ruined' (from , an adjective meaning 'worn-out'); , meaning 'stoned' (from , 'stone'); and , meaning 'used' Tagalog has borrowed the English word graduate as a verb; to say "I graduated" a speaker uses the derived form .