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Neydikibu?

English translation: What on earth was that?

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Turkish term or phrase:	Neydikibu?
English translation:	What on earth was that?
Entered by:	Mariette van Heteren

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14:41 Mar 22, 2010

Turkish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - History

Turkish term or phrase: Neydikibu?

Uğultu büyüyerek yaklaşıyor, yer titriyordu. Köpekler havlamaktan vazgeçip sindiler. Tavuklar ürküp kümeslerine kaçtılar. Neydikibu?

Mariette van Heteren KudoZ activity Questions: 1071 (none open) (21 closed without grading) Answers: 504 Turkey
Local time: 06:25

What on earth was that?

Explanation:
Neydi ki bu?

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Note added at 5 mins (2010-03-22 14:47:42 GMT)
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Or... "was it".

Or "What the hell?" even, depending on the nature of the text.

Selected response from:

Nagme Yazgin
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:25

Grading comment

Oh yes! Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

What on earth was that?

Nagme Yazgin

Wonder what it was!

Salih YILDIRIM

What was that?

MutercimTR

What the dickens was that?

Mehmet Hascan

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

What on earth was that?

Nagme Yazgin
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:25
Native speaker of:

Turkish
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Oh yes! Thanks!

2 hrs confidence:

What was that?

Explanation:
OLriginally "Neydi ki bu?" or "Ne idi ki bu?" or "Bu neydi acaba?" or "Bu da neydi?" all have the same meaning which is "Oh what was that?" or "Oh what is that" with astonishment.

MutercimTR
Local time: 06:25
Native speaker of: