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- A?

English translation: huh?

01:30 Feb 16, 2004
Serbian to English translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Serbian term or phrase: - A?
- Razumeo sam.
- A?

Naizgled lako, ali je vrlo bitno zadrzati isti registar.

Unapred hvala na sugestijama i pozdrav,
Tanja Abramovic (X)
English translation:huh?
Explanation:
to mean 'what?'
Selected response from:

Larisa Zlatic, Ph.D.
United States
Local time: 04:30
Grading comment
Ipak sam se opredelila za ovaj odgovor.
Svima puno hvala i pozdrav,
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +8huh?
Larisa Zlatic, Ph.D.
5did you / really / oh, you did / oh yeah / wow, how come/ ... ?
Said Kaljanac a.k.a. SARAJ


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
huh?


Explanation:
to mean 'what?'

Larisa Zlatic, Ph.D.
United States
Local time: 04:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian
Grading comment
Ipak sam se opredelila za ovaj odgovor.
Svima puno hvala i pozdrav,

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniela Miklic Belancic
0 min
agree  Bogdan Petrovic
6 hrs
agree  Maja Amidzic
7 hrs
agree  Marija Vujosevic Caric
9 hrs
agree  jenan
10 hrs
agree  Vuk Vujosevic
11 hrs
agree  IZIDA
1 day 20 hrs
agree  Nerman Jakubovic
15 days
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
did you / really / oh, you did / oh yeah / wow, how come/ ... ?


Explanation:
I agree with the previous suggestion, but I don' think it fits in this context. It seems that the guy who says "A?" had already said something before and is surprised that he was understood; that's why he reacts like that "A?". While if it meant "what?" then it would have had no sense, since he (the "A?" guy)knows what is all about.

So if the context allows it I would rather put something like "did you?" or "really?" or "oh, you did?" or "oh yeah?" or "wow, how come?" and so on.

Said Kaljanac a.k.a. SARAJ
Belgium
Local time: 11:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in BosnianBosnian
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