unbelievable, unreasonable, extraordinary, completely unexpected, outrageous, preposterous · not at all
köken: Many sources consider this to be a shift from 途でもない (to de mo nai, literally “that is not even the way”, idiomatically “extraordinary, unexpected, unreasonable”) or とでもない (to de mo nai, literally “that's not even [whatever came before]”, where the to here is the quotative particle to in reference to whatever was just said previously). However, citations for tondemonai precede those for todemonai…
nuh-uh (together with joho (“yuh-uh”)) · aha, I see, oh, OK (for something expressed in the negative or a contradicting piece of information) · no (expressing disagreement or denial)
– Nähä! – Joho!
– Du får inte gå ut ikväll. – Nähä, det var trist.
Nähäää, så det kan alltså inte varit han som gjorde det.
come on, please, give me a break, stop messing around (an expression of disapproval or disapproving frustration, e.g. said to a person who is misbehaving) · come on, no way (an expression of disbelief, with the undertone of an accusation that the speaker is being lied to or being told a joke)
Used in interrogative sentences to add a nuance of doubt, surprise, or astonishment, implying that the speaker thinks of the circumstance as improbable. · oh really
köken: From Old Georgian ნუთუ (nutu). Equivalent to ნუ (nu, negative particle) + თუ (tu, “if”). Compare the similar development in Armenian միթե (mitʻe).