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do you remember me, i used to help babysit you.

Albanian translation: A me mbani mend, une isha dadoja juaj dikur.

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English term or phrase:do you remember me, i used to help babysit you.
Albanian translation:A me mbani mend, une isha dadoja juaj dikur.
Entered by: TrueBaller

21:19 Jun 3, 2007
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English term or phrase: do you remember me, i used to help babysit you.
just a simple sentence
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A me mbani mend, une isha dadoja juaj dikur.
Explanation:
"to baby-sit" is translated "behem/jam dado" into Albanian. Therefore, this is how I would translate the sentence.
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TrueBaller
Local time: 06:17
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4 +3A me mbani mend, une isha dadoja juaj dikur.
TrueBaller
4 -1a të kujtohem unë ty, unë ndihmoja për kujdesjen tënde
Susanne Glas


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
a të kujtohem unë ty, unë ndihmoja për kujdesjen tënde


Explanation:
please note that there is no real translation for 'babysit', so I translated 'care' into Albanian


Susanne Glas
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Local time: 05:17
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Blerta Alikaj: specific name for babysitter is "dado" and babysit mbaj femije.
3 hrs
agree  Fabiana Papastefani-Pezzoni: In fact, the sentencec does not say babysitter, Blerta, and this answer makes sense to me. As there is no "babysit" word (dado is for babysitter) there are many ways to say it and not be wrong. Mimoza here below is also right, but like this one better.
6 hrs
disagree  Monika Coulson: That is a word for word translation and no Albanian speaker would say it this way.
14 hrs
agree  Ledja: dado=babysitter?I beg to differ.Babysitting can be done by family, friends or trusted (even hired) people,but doesn't mean professional childcare,which is what a "dado" (nanny) is.Suszanne's translation may need retouching,but is correct in meaning.
4 days
disagree  Eva T: Does not sound like an Albanian speaker would say it this way.
5 days
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
A me mbani mend, une isha dadoja juaj dikur.


Explanation:
"to baby-sit" is translated "behem/jam dado" into Albanian. Therefore, this is how I would translate the sentence.

TrueBaller
Local time: 06:17
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fabiana Papastefani-Pezzoni: This one is also ok (with some more ë though ;) ), even though I would say that to "babysit" as a verb is "të përkujdesesh", "të mbash"
4 hrs
  -> Fabiana, thanks for your vote. I agree: your sugestion is another good option.
agree  Monika Coulson
12 hrs
  -> Thank you, Monika. Much appreciated.
agree  aneta_xh
264 days
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