Sunday, October 2, 2011

Tsamba in Tagalog - Chance in English






tsamba
fluke, chance


nakatsamba / tsumamba
to be fortuitous or just lucky


Tsumamba lang.
Just got lucky.

Tsumamba din ako.
I finally got lucky.

Tsumamba ka lang.
You just got lucky.

Tsumamba lang sila.
They just got lucky.
(It wasn't skill or work. They didn't deserve it.)


Mahirap tsumamba nang ganoon.
It's tough to get lucky that way.


tsambahan
a matter of playing the game of chance

Tsambahan lang ito.
This is all a matter of being lucky.


Also spelled stylistically as chamba, chambahan

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