AVAJ in English translation

• alas
• unfortunately
• but

Examples of using Avaj in Serbian and their translations into English

Avaj, moja ljubavi.
Alas, my love.

Moja poenta je, avaj.
My point being that, alas.

Avaj, ostavih prvi za dan drugi!
Oh I kept the first for another day!

Avaj, moj mužu, moj mili Edvarde!
Oh, for my husband, for my dear Lord Edward!

Avaj, bio sam mnogo mlad i zelen.
Sadly, I was young and green.

Avaj, ništa od toga.
Sorry, none of that.

Avaj, ni plesat ni mest ne znam!
But alas, I can neither dance nor sweep!

Avaj, pa sebe zovem lošom feministkinjom.
Oh, so I call myself a Bad Feminist.

Avaj, kakav pad to beše, moji sugradjani!
O, what a fall was there, my countrymen!

Avaj, kakav jad, kakav oganj dušu mi pali!
Ay, what grief! What fire runs through my head!

Avaj… Vi niste biIi casna kaIuderica.
You however… haven't been a virtuous nun.

Avaj, knjiga je bila razočaranje.
Sadly, this book was a disappointment.

Avaj, ne znam ni plesati ni pometati.
But alas, I can neither dance nor sweep.

Avaj, mojoj sreći je brzo došao kraj.
However, my happiness soon came to an end.

Avaj, zaboravio sam s kim imam posla.
Sorry, I forgot who I was dealing with.

Avaj, zaboravio sam s kim imam posla.
Sorry, forgot who I'm dealing with.

Avaj meni.
Woe upon me.

Avaj, ostavih prvi za dan drugi!
O, I kept the first for another day!

Svaki čovek je onakav kakvim ga je Bog stvorio, avaj, ponekad i gori.
Every man is as God made him, ay, and often worse.

Znam šta ste pomislili, ali, avaj.
I know what you're thinking, but sorry.