ne medet
/ne medet/
Literal translation
what help
Intended meaning
Expresses resigned regret that nothing came of something and nothing can be done about it.
- Ne medet, ala Şimal Kavkazğa kirgenli üç aydan atlap barsa da, anı diviziyası Terk suwnu jağasından arı ötalmay turadı.Alas, though more than three months have passed since they entered the North Caucasus, his division still cannot cross beyond the bank of the Terek.
- Da, ne medet! Men keçirek tuwsamed, Birgeŋe quwanç toylağa barırem.Yes, alas! Had I been born later, I would have gone to Birgen's joyful weddings.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 365