Mais fica is still being used. I hear it all the time and use it myself.
If you offer someone cookies or whatever and they refuse you can, in jest, say that. It means more is left; more remains. ________________________________ From: Sonia Pacheco <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, May 26, 2011 2:00:29 PM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: translation from Portuguese to English It's actually "Mais fica" not "mas fica" The difference in not having the "i" is quite important. Mais fica: there's more for me Mas fica: but stay ________________________________ From: "Tish Meals" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 3:50:25 PM Subject: Re: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: translation from Portuguese to English Mas fica was the one phrase I remembered from my grandparents, too. I have asked many Portuguese if they knew the phrase and all I ever got was...'huh?'. I'm glad to know some of my 'cousins' also used and still use the phrase. My grandparents used it often as I was a picky eater. Tish On , [email protected] wrote: > > > > Yvonne > > > > Mas fica is one of the phrases that I have taught my granddaughters!! > > They both know what it means too. cabeca is another but the more-for-me is > > even known now by my sons-in-law who are not Portuguese but aHeinz 57 mix! > > > > Rosemarie > > > > > > Proper spelling is cabeça (the ç is pronounced with an "s" sound). > > > Funny that is one of the only Portuguese words that survived through > > > two generations to my husband! The other is an expression: "mais fica" > > > which loosely translated means "more for me." People said it to > > > children when they turn their nose up at something. My f-I-l was the > > > youngest and so was never proficient in Portuguese sadly. > > > > > > Yvonne > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 25, 3:12 pm, Ginny [email protected]> wrote: > > >> I ran across this site today. Maybe some of you know about it, but > > >> others may not. > > >> > > >> http://a4esl.org/ > > >> > > >> I was looking for the correct spelling for head/cabeca. It had > > >> several different spellings, but I was able to find the correct one my > > >> grandparents used. > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions > > > when they arrive. > > > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > > > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > > > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > > > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > > > membership." > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when >they arrive. > > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail >(vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right >that >says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."-- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
