particle
vala
honestly; I swear (colloquial emphasis, often clause-initial; Turkism from vallah; familiar — not for the workplace)
ей-богу; право слово (разг. усиление, часто в начале реплики; тюркизм от vallah; фамильярно — не на работе)
With stress
vȁla
In Cyrillic
вала
Examples from the lessons
Vala. Vala baš.
тур. «клянусь Аллахом» — то же, но с южным и старшим оттенком (урок «Тюркизмы»)
Taboo, swearing & euphemismIn phrasebooks
Appears in lessons
Next to it in the phrasebook
- mȁoh come on; nah (dismissal, disagreement; clause-initial only: Ma…
- 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…