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Need Help With Some Colloquialisms

de Polaris, 27 de novembre de 2008

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Polaris (Mostra el perfil) 27 de novembre de 2008 12.39.40

I need to be able to express a few "slangy" expressions in Esperanto, and I was wondering if there are already some stock phrases in use. How would I express the idea of:

"Oh, Come off it!" or "Oh, Come on, now!" in the context of disbelief? Another one that comes to mind is "Give me a break!"

Also, what about a surprise expression such as "Oh, my goodness" or "MAN!/Dude!" or even just "Wow!" in the context of either shock or dismay?

Thanks

mnlg (Mostra el perfil) 27 de novembre de 2008 13.15.49

There might be better proposals around but what I use for your first purpose is "ĉesu!".

To express surprise I use "nu!" or "ho ve!"

Miland (Mostra el perfil) 27 de novembre de 2008 15.04.26

For incredulity, an alternative might be

"Tute ne!"

awake (Mostra el perfil) 28 de novembre de 2008 2.54.17

Polaris:
"Oh, Come off it!" or "Oh, Come on, now!" in the context of disbelief? Another one that comes to mind is "Give me a break!"

Also, what about a surprise expression such as "Oh, my goodness" or "MAN!/Dude!" or even just "Wow!" in the context of either shock or dismay?

Thanks
I use Ho! and Ho Ve! for this sort of thing.

The following might also work
Ĉu vere? = Really? (literally Is it true?)
Vi ŝercas! = You're joking!
Ne frenezu! = Don't act crazy!
Vi ne seriozas! = You're not serious!

or some variation on that theme. ridulo.gif

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