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да простиш

English translation: Pardon my French

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Serbo-Croat term or phrase:да простиш
English translation:Pardon my French
Entered by: Dejan Škrebić

09:31 Nov 3, 2009
Serbo-Croat to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Folklore
Serbo-Croat term or phrase: да простиш
Има значење: „управо ћу рећи нешто што некоме може да личи на простоту, али није ми то намјера.“ Као на примјер: А онда се он, да простиш, подигао.
Dejan Škrebić
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 15:40
Pardon my French
Explanation:
Mislim da je to najpribližniji izraz u engl.
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Pavle Perencevic
Canada
Local time: 06:40
Grading comment
Хвала. Чуди ме како раније нисам наишао на ово.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7Pardon my French
Pavle Perencevic
4 +2pardon/excuse my French
Sherefedin MUSTAFA
5if I may say/if you don't mind me saying/don't get me wrong...
Ingrid Lovric


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Pardon my French


Explanation:
Mislim da je to najpribližniji izraz u engl.

Pavle Perencevic
Canada
Local time: 06:40
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Хвала. Чуди ме како раније нисам наишао на ово.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sherefedin MUSTAFA
2 mins
agree  mita
23 mins
agree  Katarina Delic
3 hrs
agree  Iva Pajvancic
3 hrs
agree  sofijana: "Excuse my French" mi je još duhovitije :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_my_French
3 hrs
agree  Milena Chkripeska
4 hrs
agree  Natasa Djurovic
9 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
pardon/excuse my French


Explanation:
Можда једно решење.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_my_French

Sherefedin MUSTAFA
Netherlands
Local time: 15:40
Native speaker of: Native in AlbanianAlbanian, Native in MacedonianMacedonian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  sofijana: "Excuse my French" mi je još duhovitije :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_my_French
3 hrs
  -> Hvala.
agree  Violeta Farrell
1 day 28 mins
  -> Hvala.
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
if I may say/if you don't mind me saying/don't get me wrong...


Explanation:
Something like that, whichever feels better to you.

Ingrid Lovric
Local time: 15:40
Native speaker of: Native in CroatianCroatian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
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