353- Acknowledgement
While generally understood to mean ”yes”, the ’phrase’ actually sig-
nifies acknowledgement in general - it can be used as an acknowledging
response to questions, meaning ”yes”, but can also be used to acknowledge
a speaker only to indicate that they’re still being listened to. This may lead
to situations where can be interpreted as either:A:
B:A: ”Have you finished yet?”
B: [acknowledges the question] ”Not yet.”Alternatives to are the more colloquial and the more ex-
plicitly acknowledging.- A formal greeting used when meeting
someone for the first time
Like , this is technically an unfinished sentence, being the polite
form of , ”to start (something)”. Literally, this sentence reads
”[through our meeting, something] starts ...”, which is why it is only used
once in your life per person you meet. This sentence is typically followed
by or
, depending on the whether
you will be potentially relying on the other person a lot.
- GeĴing upset
This phrase literally means ”to raise [my] stomach”, and is used to indi-
cate something causes genuine upset or upset anger. Like being hungry or
thirsty, being upset, too, is typically indicated by describing the physical
feeling.