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what ´s up?...

Serbo-Croat translation: Šta ima?

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English term or phrase:What's up?..
Serbo-Croat translation:Šta ima?
Entered by: Russ

12:43 Oct 17, 2002
English to Serbo-Croat translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
English term or phrase: what ´s up?...
what´s up? what happens?.
whats´s going on?
Russ
Local time: 08:09
Šta ima?
Explanation:
"Šta ima?" or "Šta se radi?" or "Šta ima novoga?" - "What's new?"
Selected response from:

Ingrid Lovric
Local time: 13:09
Grading comment
I was doubting whether it is better to say "Sta ima novoga?"
or just "Sta ima novo?".. Please, gimme a tip. Thanks ! Russ
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1Sta ima novo?
Drak
1 +4Šta ima?
Ingrid Lovric


Discussion entries: 1





  

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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Šta ima?


Explanation:
"Šta ima?" or "Šta se radi?" or "Šta ima novoga?" - "What's new?"

Ingrid Lovric
Local time: 13:09
Native speaker of: Native in CroatianCroatian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
PRO pts in pair: 62
Grading comment
I was doubting whether it is better to say "Sta ima novoga?"
or just "Sta ima novo?".. Please, gimme a tip. Thanks ! Russ

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  sneguenant (X)
7 mins
agree  Blanka van Raalte (X)
1 hr
neutral  Drak: Strictly Bosnian, not used in other parts of the former Yugo.
1 hr
agree  Said Kaljanac a.k.a. SARAJ
7 hrs
agree  hrvaska
71 days
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Sta ima novo?


Explanation:
Personally, I prefer just "Sta ima?" (or simply "S'a ima?", as they say in Sarajevo), but that is rather a colloquial Bosnian expression.
"Sta ima novo?" is pure mainstream Serbo-Croat, easily understood by anyone from the former Yugo...

Drak
PRO pts in pair: 10

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Said Kaljanac a.k.a. SARAJ
5 hrs
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