I've been teaching my girlfriend to play bridge. So I have lear

« Back

by:
Sep 20 2019, 12:27am CST ~ 4 years ago.

I've been teaching my girlfriend to play bridge. So I have learnt that shuffle is balasa and cut is hatiin (although in practise she says that she would use the English word cut). She tells me that the Tagalog for deal is mabigay. Not magbigay or mamigay, which I can find in the dictionary, but mabigay. Am I mis-hearing her or is mabigay another variation of bigay?

Sep 20 2019, 1:07am CST ~ 4 years ago.

@JohnD

"Magbigay" is "to give" and "mamigay" is "to give out/distribute". "Mamigay" is the appropriate word for "deal".

"Mamigay" is the accepted form of "mabigay" and I have never heard a native Tagalog speaker say "mabigay".

There is "maibigay" though which means "to be able to give/hand over". There is a possibility that if we'd pronounce it fast enough, it might sound like "mabigay".

Sep 20 2019, 6:04am CST ~ 4 years ago.

Thank you @Tagamanila. I think I have been mis-hearing mamigay as that sounds like the most appropriate word.

Sep 20 2019, 6:32am CST ~ 4 years ago.

@JohnD You're welcome!

BTW, you might find the phrase, "Waláng dayaán" useful when playing bridge with her. It means, "no cheating". 😁

Post a Reply»

« Back to Main Page

See more of Tagalog.com by logging in

Join for the free language discussion group, flash cards, lesson tracking and more.

Become a patron
We love our supporters! :)

© copyright 2024. Do not copy or reproduce content or audio without prior written authorization. Scraping and republishing our data is a copyright violation. We put a lot of hard work and TLC into this website -- please don't copy or publish our content without permission. Terms & Community Agreement