ma
oh come on; nah (dismissing, disagreeing; only at the start of a reply)
да ну; да брось (отмахивается, возражает; только в начале реплики)
With stress
mȁ
In Cyrillic
ма
Examples from the lessons
ma, pa, ono, znači
смягчают и заполняют паузу, как «ну», «типа», «значит» — любая устная речь ( ma и pa — урок «Частицы и модальные слова», заполнители — «Как вести разговор»)
How people really talkIn phrasebooks
Appears in lessons
- Particles & modal wordsRunning a conversationExpressing opinionPoliteness & tactHow people really talk
Appears in immersion pieces
“Pour it into the pan!” And then it’s too much · A Santa hat for 100 dinars · Belgrade traffic: red lights, mud, and no fuel · How to reach the viewpoint: 800 meters on foot · Kruševac: meeting the designer and trying to skate · Why long-haul flights fly in arcs · Wrap-up: should you climb to the top? · From individuals to a band: EKV after 10 years · 285 km/h—and why he backed off · World-level prices: service should match · Why he won’t buy a brand-new BMW · “Is it all a joke?”: his excuses · Last-minute haul: games at about 50 dinars each · Army haircuts: scissors, no clippers · The cheapest item at Hugo Boss: socks · Finding Aca’s garage in Belgrade · Nicked a client with clippers—saved by a “Milan trend” joke · “25. maj”: why Kinez calls it the best park
Next to it in the phrasebook
- 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)
- ìzgledāit seems; apparently (usually at the start of a sentence; neutral)