Maski Re: [An-lang] lia-makalero

[Christopher Sundita]

Hi Paul,

Maski (with final stress) means "even if" or "although." Its synonymous with
the Tagalog word "kahit."

Here are a couple of examples:

MASKI na bata pa lang siya, matalino naman talaga!
"Even if he's still young, he's really smart!"

Lalakad ako sa tindahan MASKI umuulan nang malakas.
"I'm going to walk to the store even if it's raining hard."

In Spanish, it appears with the word "por" before it with the verb in this
clause in the subjunctive mood. Though, I don't see the construction used much
in that language, however I do see "aunque" used more.  I'm not a native
speaker, but a Spanish translation of my first Tagalog example would be "por
más que sea joven, es muy listo."

--Chris




--- Paul Kroeger <paul_kroeger at gial.edu> wrote:

> Chris,
> 
> "Maski" is used in Tok Pisin (PNG) to mean 'never mind; forget it'.  I was
> told it came from German "es macht nichts".  How is it used in Tagalog?
> 
> -- Paul Kroeger
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christopher Sundita" <csundita at yahoo.com>
> To: <an-lang at anu.edu.au>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 11:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [An-lang] lia-makalero
> 
> 
> > This is Tetum, correct?
> >
> > Could you tell me what the "maski" means?  I am curious, because it's in
> > Tagalog.  The etymology is supposedly from Spanish "más que." If a phrase
> > existed in Portuguese, I would have expected "mais que" maybe.
> >
> > --Chris
> >
> > --- Juliette Huber <schuelietet at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Karu belun sira hotu,
> > >
> > >   ha'u hakarak husu Ita-nia ajuda kona-ba ema matenek lia-makalero i
> ninia
> > > fatin iha Europa (di'ak liu se iha rai Olanda ka Portugal).
> > >   Nia razaun katak ha'u hakarak halo peskiza ba lia-makalero. Maski ha'u
> > > rasik sei la'o ba Timor-Leste, di'ak tebe-tebes se iha ema iha Europa
> mós
> > > ne'ebe prontu ajuda ha'u. Se Ita-Boot sira hatene ema ne'ebe hakarak
> ajuda
> > > ha'u, favór ida haruka lai mensajen ne'e ka fó-hatene nia naran ba ha'u.
> > >   Nune'e de'it.
> > >   Ha'u hato'o ha'u-nia obrigadu ba Ita-nia atensaun no he'in hela
> Ita-nia
> > > lia-hatán.
> > >
> > >   Juliette Huber
> > >   Leiden, Olanda
> > >
> > >
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