majke mi

I swear on my mother, on my mother’s life (a solemn oath; not at work)

мамой клянусь, клянусь матерью (серьёзная клятва; не на работе)

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Taboo, swearing & euphemism

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• 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)

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