Mais Fica was used in my family daily. Even tho my parents are gone, I still use it especially when it comes to food "more for me". Brings back great memories.
________________________________ From: helen kerner <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, May 27, 2011 12:37:00 AM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: translation from Portuguese to English I have been told this is homes where I did not take seconds and didn't consider it offensive. It was said in a playful manner and I took it that way. Never once did I every consider the comment to be said in a sarcastic manner. I have heard it very often (just last week) and use it in a playful manner myself. ________________________________ From: Margaret Vicente <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, May 26, 2011 7:50:39 PM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: translation from Portuguese to English Hi, For the sake of Potuguese and Azorean culture it may be of interest to note that it is a term that may have been used "inside" the home but the tone is on the sarcastic side...it is rude to say so to guests or someone who may be offered something to eat and they decline. In large families where food was scarce the term was used as if to say if you don't or won't eat your portion someone else will...and that was used to entice the person/child to eat otherwise there would be no more later. Best, Margaret On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 8:30 PM, helen kerner <[email protected]> wrote: > >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. 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