phrase
ma kakvi
nothing of the sort!; as if!; no way! (denying what was said)
какое там!; ничего подобного!; да куда там! (отвергает сказанное)
With stress
mȁ kàkvi
In Cyrillic
ма какви
Examples from the lessons
Ma kakvi, nije mi teško. Vi ste novi u zgradi?
Да ну что вы, мне не трудно. Вы новенький в доме?
Politeness & tactIn phrasebooks
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)