Your nationality?

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Originally Posted by Remedy

Not really. Phew is an exclamation of relief, usually from a negative presumption.


Maybe it's "huhh" in hungarian or "hála istennek"

What did you mean by exclamation of relief in a negative presumption?
exclamation of relief= 'megkönnyebbült felkiáltás' which doesn't fit here.
You want to seem smart? I don't want to be rude, but it doesn't make much sense.
By the way in hungarian its more likely to mean something like:
'Hú' 'Hmmm'
Phew can also mean 'fúj' but it's not what he meant here i guess:P

[Remedy]

Originally Posted by Hammi

What did you mean by exclamation of relief in a negative presumption?
exclamation of relief= 'megkönnyebbült felkiáltás' which doesn't fit here.
You want to seem smart? I don't want to be rude, but it doesn't make much sense.
By the way in hungarian its more likely to mean something like:
'Hú' 'Hmmm'
Phew can also mean 'fúj' but it's not what he meant here i guess:P

Fits where? (i talked about the meaning of "phew")

No. Phew exactly means what i said. It'll never mean "fúj". Fúj = ewww.

It's great you don't want to be rude, you have no ground for it. Maybe ask an english guy, what he thinks about the meaning of "phew". You'll be surprised :P

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Originally Posted by Remedy

Fits where? (i talked about the meaning of "phew")

No. Phew exactly means what i said. It'll never mean "fúj". Fúj = eww.

It's great you don't want to be rude, you have no ground for it. Maybe ask an english guy, what he thinks about the meaning of "phew". You'll be surprised :P

You'll be surprised that I'm fluent in english, as I've been studying in England for 4 years, and now I'm studying in Switzerland.
But if you don't believe me just look up in a dictionary
In english, as well as in any other language words can have different meanings? Just think before you speak I believe you are good in english therefore you think you're the best, but maybe you can make mistkes as well:P

[Remedy]

Originally Posted by Hammi

You'll be surprised that I'm fluent in english, as I've been studying in England for 4 years, and now I'm studying in Switzerland.
But if you don't believe me just look up in a dictionary
In english, as well as in any other language words can have different meanings? Just think before you speak I believe you are good in english therefore you think you're the best, but maybe you can make mistkes as well:P

Well, at least there is a conversation

Actually, i just asked some friends of mine, and they are english. And they said i was right. (phew!) So i don't really need a dic. :P Study better!

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Originally Posted by Remedy

Well, at least there is a conversation

Actually, i just asked some friends of mine, and they are english. And they said i was right. (phew!) So i don't really need a dic. :P Study better!

And what did they exactly say to you?
I'm not saying you're not right it has different meaning, I'm just trying to say it also means 'pfúj or fúj'.
And don't tell me to study better, I know english, and I don't have to study it.
I'm just like a native speaker.

[Remedy]

Originally Posted by Hammi

And what did they exactly say to you?
I'm not saying you're not right it has different meaning, I'm just trying to say it also means 'pfúj or fúj'.
And don't tell me to study better, I know english, and I don't have to study it.
I'm just like a native speaker.

Hmm, i'm not sure about your last sentence.

Just for clarification: We(hungarians) say "fúj" when feeling disgust.

You are you saying that you say "phew" when you feel disgust?

If you do, then i disagree. That was my whole point.

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I'm not telling that you're not right, phew is a good word to express your relief, but it's like, for example when someone comes into your room and you're hiding, he leaves without noticing you, you say 'phew'. But literary it means "fúj" as well.
I'm sure, that here it was used for something like Wow, or nice, which of course has quite different meanings. Spoken english is pretty much different, but words have quite a lot meanings.
Hence I don't use phew to express my disgust. I'm just trying to say, that phew has more meanings than just an exclamation of relief. It depends on the situation where you use it. Anyway, the way Senki used it was wrong, but still, in different situations it can mean different things.
That's it.

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Originally Posted by Remedy

Well, at least there is a conversation

Actually, i just asked some friends of mine, and they are english. And they said i was right. (phew!) So i don't really need a dic. :P Study better!

And if i want to be punctilious than you can't eay study better, you say 'study harder'.

Edit: (study better is to improve the level of how you study, and study harder, is to learn more)