phrase
ma kakvi
no way!; nothing of the sort! (standalone reply denying what was just said)
да куда там!; ничего подобного! (отдельной репликой, отрицает только что 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 & faceIn phrasebooks
Next to it in the phrasebook
- mȁoh come on; nah (dismissal, disagreement; clause-initial only: Ma…
- bȁšexactly, just; really (intensifier)
- vàljdapresumably, I suppose
- brȅemphatic particle (very colloquial; informal only)
- ȅtothere you go; so (clause-initial, sums up: Eto, to je sve; the trio…
- jȁoouch!; oh no! (pain, alarm, sympathy; clause-initial: Jao, izvini!)
- zȁrreally?; surely not
- dȅcome on; go on (coaxing; placed before an imperative: De, reci mi!…
- ȅnothere (pointing at something distant, + genitive: Eno ga! — 'There he…
- čȕjlisten; hey (attention-getter, clause-initial; Čuj njega! — 'Listen…