Lingomir
particle

jao

ouch!; oh no! (pain, alarm, sympathy); oh! (annoyance, delight)

ой!; ах! (боль, испуг, сочувствие); ох! (досада, восторг: Jao, kako je dobro!)

With stress

jȁo

In Cyrillic

јао

Examples from the lessons

Jao, baš mi je žao. Šta sad?

Ой, как обидно. И что теперь?

Taboo, swearing & euphemism

Jao, baš mi je žao, u petak radim do devet.

Ой, как жаль, в пятницу я работаю до девяти.

Politeness & tact

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Forgot the parchment: flipping and saving it · Where do you bury survivors? Trick questions · No-yeast dough: what could go wrong · A restaurant in a rock, no cards accepted, and an extra walk · Caught My Parents: Dad’s “Explanation” · Champagne Sprays & Sudden Love for Doctors · How he got into hairdressing in the 90s · Sprint for a purchase: six minutes and “number two” · Cows, a stalking donkey, and packing advice · Green Card Move: Would She Do It Again? · Meeting his idol was scarier than proposing · Hungry Goca and the “pro co-driver” · Apartment tour in Novi Pazar · Grandma’s freezers: homegrown meat vs. store-bought

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