Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Bosnian term or phrase:
dabogda
English translation:
I wish
Added to glossary by
Larisa Zlatic, Ph.D.
Aug 8, 2005 20:59
18 yrs ago
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Bosnian term
United States
linguistic expert
Native in: Serbian (Variant: Montenegrin ) 
Works in: English to Serbian, English to Croatian, English to Bosnian, and 5 more.
dabogda
Bosnian to English
Other
Religion
dabogda, u upotrebi kletve, u svakodnevnom govoru.
Primer: dabogda crko!
Primer: dabogda crko!
Proposed translations
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| 4 +6 | I wish etc... |
Pavle Perencevic
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| 5 +2 | May God give... |
Said Kaljanac a.k.a. SARAJ
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| 4 | I hope |
Sherefedin MUSTAFA
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Proposed translations
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21 mins
Pavle Perencevic
Canada
Canada
Works in field
Canada
Sparing no effort to get it right!
Native in: Serbian
Works in: Serbian to English, Slovenian to English, Croatian to English, and 7 more.
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I wish etc...
Nema jedinstvenog resenja za dabogda. Npr. "Dabogda crko" moze se prevesti kao "I wish you were dead", "God damn you", "Damn you" ili "May you rot in Hell" - or worse!
"Dabogda" je otprilike ekvivalent za "I wish" ili "May", pa onda sledi sta sledi...
Cesto u B/C/S radni glagolski pridev predstavlja ekvivalent za subjunctive u eng. (Crko dabogda - I wish you were dead; Ziveo kralj - Long live the king).
"Dabogda" je otprilike ekvivalent za "I wish" ili "May", pa onda sledi sta sledi...
Cesto u B/C/S radni glagolski pridev predstavlja ekvivalent za subjunctive u eng. (Crko dabogda - I wish you were dead; Ziveo kralj - Long live the king).
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Hvala Pavle i svima koji su komentarisali."
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Sherefedin MUSTAFA
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
Eppur si muove!
Native in: Albanian 
, Macedonian
Works in: Dutch to Albanian, Albanian to Dutch, Dutch to Macedonian, and 18 more.
Related KudoZ points
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12
I hope
Ref. Morton Benson, Srpsko-Hrvatsko-Engleski Rexnik
primer: Sve se dobro svrsilo, dabogda! I hope that everything ended wel!
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Note added at 13 mins (2005-08-08 21:12:40 GMT)
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Vas primer bi bio: I hope he died! Za ilsustraciju: http://www.madhoo.com/archives/000876.php
primer: Sve se dobro svrsilo, dabogda! I hope that everything ended wel!
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Note added at 13 mins (2005-08-08 21:12:40 GMT)
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Vas primer bi bio: I hope he died! Za ilsustraciju: http://www.madhoo.com/archives/000876.php
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Maida Berbic
: Kletva "dabogda" po meni nosi mnogo snaznije emocije od samo "nadati se".
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| agree |
Veronica Prpic Uhing
: it is all in the tone of the voice
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Said Kaljanac a.k.a. SARAJ
Belgium
Belgium
Native in Bosnian
Specializes in field
Belgium
WORKING DAY AND NIGHT
Native in: French , Bosnian
Works in: Bosnian to French, Croatian to French, Serbian to French, and 36 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
May God give...
May God give (you) strength, grace, hope, happiness,
unfortunately, sometimes some people use it to damn someone
May God give you death, illness, ... etc
I would rather write it in three words: "Da Bog da..." than in one word "dabogda"
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Note added at 2005-08-09 06:56:39 (GMT) Post-grading
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Hello Pavle,
Dabogda / Da Bog da is often used for curses, but not always;
For example, if someone tells you: \"Situacija ce se poboljsati\", you can answer: \"Dabogda / Da Bog da.\" (pronounce: \"da Bôg da\").
Another example, you can also say to someone: \"Da Bog da me nadzivio\", in this case it is not a curse anymore, it becomes a wish.
Etc.
I think you can write it both ways, but I prefer in three words (da Bog da = Neka Bog da).
unfortunately, sometimes some people use it to damn someone
May God give you death, illness, ... etc
I would rather write it in three words: "Da Bog da..." than in one word "dabogda"
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Note added at 2005-08-09 06:56:39 (GMT) Post-grading
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Hello Pavle,
Dabogda / Da Bog da is often used for curses, but not always;
For example, if someone tells you: \"Situacija ce se poboljsati\", you can answer: \"Dabogda / Da Bog da.\" (pronounce: \"da Bôg da\").
Another example, you can also say to someone: \"Da Bog da me nadzivio\", in this case it is not a curse anymore, it becomes a wish.
Etc.
I think you can write it both ways, but I prefer in three words (da Bog da = Neka Bog da).
Peer comment(s):
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Pavle Perencevic
: Dabogda is exclusively used for curses - never for good wishes. You'll never hear anything like "Dabogda ziveo u sreci i veselju" ;) Is it really three words in Bosnian? Saide, zaista si u pravu za dabogda. Ne koristi se samo za kletve. Pozdrav :)
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see above
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Maida Berbic
: Ne slazem se jer reci na engl. "May God give you death' nije nesto sto se koristi u svakodnev. govoru, a to je ono sto se trazi ovdje. Tako nesto bi rekao neko ko zaista i to duboko emotivno zeli zlo nekom drugom (ponavljam, na engl. jeziku).
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Zavisi od kntksta. Npr. "masallah" se cesto koristi na bosan., sto bi na engleskom bilo "with the grace of God", mada se taj izraz ne koristi u svakodnev. govoru na engl. Naravno "dabogda crko" se moze prevesti na vise nacina, npr. "For God sake, DIE!"itd
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Nedzad Selmanovic
: Ovaj prijedlog stoji u svakom slucaju i ispravan je do mjere da se moze direktno prevesti. Naravno, zavisi od konteksta, tj sta je pisac htio da kaze.
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hvala Nedzade :-)
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Veronica Prpic Uhing
: Iyea it is all in the tone of the voice
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hvala
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Maida Kojic-McAndrew
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hvala Maido :-)
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