particle
bogami
honestly, by God (emphatic; colloquial but not rude; also bogme)
ей-богу; честное слово (усиление; разгов., но не грубо; также bogme)
With stress
bȍgami
In Cyrillic
богами
Examples from the lessons
Bogami. Boga mi. Bogme.
ей-богу — самое частое; лёгкое, годится почти всем
Taboo, swearing & euphemismI bolje, bogami. Meni je dovoljno i ovo prvo.
И правильно, ей-богу. Мне и первого хватает.
Taboo, swearing & euphemismIn phrasebooks
Appears in lessons
Appears in immersion pieces
Hairdressing school practice: models and manicures · Buyers keep coming, but energy is fading · Krupaja spring: fair-like crowds, swimmers, and trash · Polishing the lens: can he remove the scratch? · Showdown for the last toilet paper roll
Next to it in the phrasebook
- mȁoh come on; nah (dismissing, disagreeing; only at the start of a…
- bȁšexactly, just (so); really (intensifier); not really, not exactly…
- vàljdapresumably, I suppose; hopefully
- brȅmate, man (emphatic particle; very colloquial, friends only)
- ȅtothere it is (by you); there you go; so (summing up)
- jȁoouch!; oh no! (pain, alarm, sympathy); oh! (annoyance, delight)
- zȁrreally? (doubting); surely not
- dȅcome on; go on (coaxing, before an imperative; colloquially also gde…
- ȅnoover there, there (pointing far off; + Gen.; compare evo, ‘here’)
- čȕjlisten; hey (to get attention, at the start of a reply)