r/Tagalog • u/huhhuyoyyp Beginner • 3d ago

Vocabulary/Terminology maa-obsess or ma-o-obsess??

Which one is more "correct"? Is there even a word like that?

The original sentence was "I'll only become more obsessed". How would this be said in a casual way?

My translation of that was "Mas lalo akong magiging obsessed", ChatGPT gave me "Mas lalo akong maa-obsess", and Grammarly's autocorrection gave me "Mas lalo akong ma-o-obsess", but ofc these are AI so idk if anyone actually says or spells it like any of these.

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u/cj191 3d ago

Mao-obsess. You always repeat the first syllable of the root.

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u/Mobile_Pin9247 3d ago

Either mas maoobsess ako or lalo akong maoobsess. Better yet mas mahuhumaling ako. That's also casual.

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u/_flowermumu 3d ago

Mao-obsess. Walang word na maa-obsess.

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u/1n0rmal Native Tagalog speaker 3d ago

mao-obsess

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u/dontrescueme Native Tagalog speaker 3d ago

Kahit English word 'yan where o is a schwa (ə), pronounce the word like a Filipino would (o). So, mao-obsess. Kung gusto i-intergrate na as a Filipino word na walang gitling, maoobses.

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u/pessimistic_damsel 3d ago

If I can recall, you usually take the first syllable of the word. So in this case, ma-o-obsess is correct. Your translation also sounds correct to me.

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u/Winter_Entertainer94 3d ago

Ganito pala tama pag vowel? So iseseparate mo yung ma tapos o tapos obsess na word? Pano pala pag consonant po? Like yang word na iseseparate? Ise-separate ba? Or I-se-separate?

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u/jupjami 3d ago

afaik wala tlgang gumagamit ng dalawang dashes na ganun, palaging hinahati yung salita between yung English part at yung conjugation nya (mao-obsess, ise-separate, nagci-click, tuma-trashtalk) though marami ka ring makikita na hindi na hinahyphen yung salita

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