Translation help

Discussion in 'Vocabulary & Translation Help' started by stacy, Jul 6, 2006.

  1. stacy

    stacy New Member

    Can anybody please tell me what hej means in english?

    Thank you :)
     
  2. wer

    wer Well-Known Member

    Czech "hej" means "say" (that "say" used to catch somebody's attention) or "hey, heigh",
    Slovak "hej" is unformal "yes" (yeah, yep).
     
  3. stacy

    stacy New Member

    :D Thank you wer :D
     
  4. Sova

    Sova Well-Known Member

    The Slovak "hej" took me a while to get used to. I'd say something to someone, and they'd reply, "hej, hej, hej!", and I'd think, "Hey, Hey, What? What did I say???" :lol:
     
  5. LaRusski

    LaRusski Active Member

    Norwegian "hej" means hello...yeah that's not Czech/Slovak but I thought I'd post it anyway :D
     
  6. dzurisova

    dzurisova Well-Known Member


    So what did they mean by it? Were they saying, "Say, Say, Say"?
     
  7. Jana

    Jana Well-Known Member

    No, they were saying "Yes, yes, yes..."
     
  8. Sova

    Sova Well-Known Member

    Exactly. Just agreeing with me, although my knee-jerk reaction was that they were about to contradict me.
     

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