ne mozhno

[Hugh McLean]

Leskov liked to write (in jest) to, chto l'zja i to, chego ne mozhno.
> Wasn't their a comedy routine of two clowns sitting on a bench and one 
> saying to the other нельзя and the other replying лья (or зя as it 
> sounded to my ears when I heard it a loooong time ago)?  I can't think 
> of what to call it to find a video clip.  Does anyone know?
>
> Emily Saunders
>
> 03.03.2011, в 6:39, Ashot Vardanyan написал(а):
>
>> It's as funny as the "l'zya" form used ironically or just as a joke for
>> "mozhno". Of course, "ne mozhno" is not a standard, nor is "l'zya" at 
>> all. To
>> me, sounds something like "mayn't" or even"mightn't" in English which 
>> sound
>> terrible, don't they?
>>
>> Ashot Vardanyan
>>
>>
>>
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>> From: anne marie devlin <anne_mariedevlin at HOTMAIL.COM>
>> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
>> Sent: Thu, March 3, 2011 4:07:14 AM
>> Subject: [SEELANGS] ne mozhno
>>
>> Dear all,
>> one of my native speaker students used 'ne mozhno' as a response.  I 
>> don't think
>> I've come across that before and was always under the impression 
>> that  it wasn't
>> possible.  Just wondering what your thoughts are on it.
>> Thanks
>> AM
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