particle
ma
oh come on; nah (dismissal, disagreement; clause-initial only: Ma nije tako)
да ну; да брось (отмахивание, несогласие; только в начале реплики: Ma nije tako)
With stress
mȁ
In Cyrillic
ма
Examples from the lessons
ma, pa, ono, znači
смягчают и заполняют паузу — любая устная речь (урок «Частицы и модальные слова»)
Colloquial & substandardIn phrasebooks
Appears in lessons
Next to it in the phrasebook
- 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…
- ìzgledāit seems; apparently (parenthetical, usually clause-initial: Izgleda…