adverb
nikako
no way; by no means (a flat refusal)
никак; ни в коем случае (категорический отказ)
With stress
nȉkāko
In Cyrillic
никако
Examples from the lessons
Hvala na pozivu, stvarno bih voleo, ali nikako ne stižem.
Спасибо за приглашение, я бы правда хотел, но никак не успеваю.
Politeness & tactIn phrasebooks
Appears in lessons
Appears in immersion pieces
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Next to it in the phrasebook
- 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)