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Dat ass!

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ururimi: English

Leke (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 25 Nyakanga 2013 15:43:40

For expressions such as "Dat ass!" (That ass!), I guess it's "Tiun pugon" rather than "Tiu pugo" because it's a shortened form of "Mi ŝatas tiun pugon!".

Is this right?

Nile (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 25 Nyakanga 2013 16:09:39

I always interpreted it as "DAT ASS is (good adjective)".

kaŝperanto (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 25 Nyakanga 2013 18:52:53

Vespero_:I've heard "Kia [substantivo]" used in a manner that might be applicable here.
I think this is more in the spirit of the expression. It's kind of like "Such an ass", or "What an ass"

Nile (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 27 Nyakanga 2013 01:29:19

So now, the question is of whether "pugo" means "ass" like "contemptible person" or "butt".
It can only mean the latter, right?

RiotNrrd (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 27 Nyakanga 2013 03:04:43

It's your rear end.

That doesn't necessarily stop anyone from using it in a figurative sense, however, but that's true of any word. So, y'know, someone always could use it somewhat more descriptively. But I have never heard it used in that manner, referring to a contemptible person.

Rejsi (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 27 Nyakanga 2013 03:09:39

Nile:So now, the question is of whether "pugo" means "ass" like "contemptible person" or "butt".
It can only mean the latter, right?
Yeah, "pugo" only refers to your bottom. ridulo.gif

sudanglo (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 27 Nyakanga 2013 10:37:57

A positive vernacular expression used when one sees the buttocks of another (from the Urban Dictionary}.

In that case kia bela pugo!

Nile (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 28 Nyakanga 2013 00:14:46

Yeah, but that still doesn't have "Dat ass!"'s . . . elegance.
It feels weird calling such a silly phrase elegant.

Leke (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 28 Nyakanga 2013 04:52:38

Nile:Yeah, but that still doesn't have "Dat ass!"'s . . . elegance.
It feels weird calling such a silly phrase elegant.
I guess you could shorten it to Kia pugo. I guess this is like the Spanish Que culo.

sudanglo (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 28 Nyakanga 2013 08:44:56

I guess you could shorten it to Kia pugo.
Yes but that relies on context as to whether you are expressing approval or disgust. Compare Kia vetero!

By the way, I judge this phrase (dat ass) as unknown to speakers of the Queen's English. I have never heard it pass the lips of anybody this side of the pond.

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