phrase
nema šta
no two ways about it, no argument there
ничего не скажешь, тут не поспоришь (признавая факт)
With stress
néma štȁ
In Cyrillic
нема шта
Examples from the lessons
Nema šta, odlično je odradio.
Ничего не скажешь, отлично сделал — похвала с признанием факта
Shades of feeling and judgementIn phrasebooks
Next to it in the phrasebook
- tȏ je tȏthat’s it, that’s that (closing a matter); just the thing (approving)
- néma fȑkeno problem; no worries (colloquial)
- svȁka čȁstwell done!; hats off, respect (praise); ironic after a blunder: well…
- kȕd kòjī mȉlī mòjieveryone scattered in all directions (jocular)
- štȍ je tȗ jeit is what it is
- dȏđē mi daI feel like (doing something: + da and a verb)
- ni lȕk jȅo ni lȕk mìrisaoto have had nothing to do with it, to be in no way at fault
- néma vȅzenever mind; it doesn’t matter
- štȁ da se rȃdīwhat can you do
- tàkō ti je tȏthat’s how it is, that’s the way it is (a philosophical sign-off)