View Single Post
(#4 (permalink))
Old
KyleGoetz's Avatar
KyleGoetz (Offline)
Attorney at Flaw
 
Posts: 2,965
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Texas
12-19-2009, 02:42 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by MMM View Post
1. Actually it is also used as a form of "excuse me", so in this case I think the OP had it right the first time.
I agree, but I think "umm" is a form of "excuse me" in English. I just think a more accurate translation of "ano~" is something like "umm [can I get your attention?]."

But if I'm wrong on that, which I may well be, my bad.
Reply With Quote