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"Err, um" etc. in Esperanto?

by marbuljon, November 10, 2014

Messages: 4

Language: English

marbuljon (User's profile) November 10, 2014, 9:35:43 AM

How do you translate these? Something to easily note that the speaker is hesitating, changing the subject, being ineloquent, etc. Like this:

"So, uh, the exam - how did that go?"

"Err, it's not really like that."

Balbutanto (User's profile) November 10, 2014, 8:08:16 PM

marbuljon:"So, uh, the exam - how did that go?"

"Err, it's not really like that."
Nu, be... la ekzameno, kiel iris ĝi?

Nu, tiel ĝi ne vere estas.

whysea (User's profile) November 10, 2014, 8:55:38 PM

I would use things like "nu" and "do", and maybe "ehh..."

"Nu, ehh, la ekzameno - kiel estis tio?"

"Nu, gxi ne vere estas tiel."

marbuljon (User's profile) November 11, 2014, 1:58:43 AM

Okay, thanks!

It's not something you can find easily in the dictionary, haha.

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