[Mihalic] Na wanem

C A Volker volker at nalik.org
Mon May 10 07:05:31 EST 2004


This reminds me of another use of  "Na": My neighbour who looks after my house
when I'm overseas is famous for staring trespassers down with "Na yu?" (= What
the hell are you doing here?)

Craig Volker


Zitat von John Burton
> Good point: 'Na wanem' = 'of course (it is, they are etc)', 'and what if it
> is? / what if they are etc?'.
>
> But perhaps these are all questions - rather emphatic retortive questions -
> that eventually all mean 'So what?'.


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