"where" = no way
FRANCESC XAVIER LAMUELA GARCIA
xavier.lamuela at UDG.ES
Mon Mar 14 17:24:31 UTC 2005
Romanian:
da de unde! = not at all! impossible!
but from where
Best wishes,
Xavier Lamuela
> Dear all
>
> re David Gil's question:
> Nepali uses this a lot, too, e.g. kahÄÍ gayo, lit. 'where did he go?',
> with an extra high-pitch accent on kahÄÍ 'where', means 'no way he
> went!'.
>
> Balthasar.
>
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