mā-
Unintentionally; coincidental; to occur by chance; “it so
happened”.
nagkataon
Nātōn ang don ami ong balay nira pagsoay
tanirang magkatawa.
It
so
happened we were there at their house when the
married couple were fighting.
Asing pagpaning ni Ana tarin nātōn ang kakaldawano.
When Ana came here it happened
to
be my birthday.
-on
To schedule, arrange, or plan to arrive or do something at a
certain time; to set a time for something.
Paningo atan ong nindio, tōnono lamang mga
maolik amo ra.
I'll go to your house, I'll just plan
it for when you are about to
go home.
Indi itōn ta tang kasal ong kasagsagan tang pista.
Let's not set
the
time for the wedding during the
busiest time of the fiesta.
Napaningo ong kombida, tinōno lamang ang
paranamal da.
I went to the banquet, I planned
it
for
when they were
about to eat.
ma-
ma--an
To happen to come across something or someone; to find a
person in a good or bad mood; to be lucky or unlucky; to
become sick due to bad luck, bathing at a wrong time, etc.
Mga matōnan mong mo-ya tang kinaisipan na, sia
mapa-dola ta kamosi.
If you happen
to
find
him in a good frame of mind,
then you'll be able to ask for some cassava and be given it.
Balampang palbetena ka nandia ta bilog mga
matōna. Piro mga india matōn, india malbet.
Hopefully he'll loan you the boat if you are lucky (i.e. to
find him in a good mood). But if you aren't lucky, then
you won't be able to borrow it.
Natōnan nang may sapat sigoro don, animan
sina-bolan.
It
was
her
bad
luck that there was perhaps an evil
spirit there, and that's how she was cursed with an itchy skin
rash.
Balampang matōnan ming alian ang wi anday
bato na.
I hope you are
lucky
in
that
where you dig for water
there won't be any rocks there.
Matōn ang kabotona ta masit mo ong teled ta
pitong takon, india mago-ya asta mapataya ra
lamang.
If you happen to have your disease for seven years, you
won't get well, you will just die.
Natōnan tang sinangoni mo ong pagpandigo mo
ang anday sayod ang oras.
Your body happened
to
get
sick because of bathing at
a bad time.
Indi natōn ong mo-yang kaldaw, animan indi
na-led.
It didn't happen
to
be a good day for her, so she didn't
come to work.