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Meaning of long time no see | Babel Free

Interjection CEFR C2

Definitions

I (or we) have not seen you for a long time.

idiomatic

Equivalents

العربية لَم أَرَكَ مُنْذُ وَقْت طَوِيل لَم نَرَكَ مُنْذُ مُدَّة

Català quant de temps

Deutsch lange nicht gesehen

Ελληνικά χρόνια και ζαμάνια

Español a los años añales que no te veo añales sin verte añares que no nos vemos añares sin vernos cuánto tiempo cuánto tiempo sin verte dichosos los ojos dichosos los ojos que te ven hace mucho que no te veo hace tiempo que no nos vemos tanto tiempo sin vernos

Eesti pole ammu näinud

Suomi pitkästä aikaa

Français ça fait longtemps ! ça fait longtemps qu'on ne s'est pas vu ! ça fait un bail !

Gàidhlig 's fhada bhon uair sin

Bahasa Indonesia lama tidak berjumpa

Italiano da quanto tempo! ne è passato di tempo

日本語お久しぶりですお久しぶりです久しぶり久しぶり

한국어 오래간만입니다 오랜만 오랜만이에요 히사시부리

Nederlands lang niet gezien

Polski kopę lat

Português há quanto tempo

Русский давно не виделись ско́лько лет, ско́лько зим

Yorùbá kú àtijọ́ ku ọjọ mẹta ó tọ́jọ́ mẹ́ta

Examples

“Dave! Long time no see ⟳! How’s Boston been treating you?”

“This lady had only assumed the reins of government a short time, when one morning Appoo made his appearance.—"Ma-am—long time no see ⟳ wife—want ⟳ go to Colombo see ⟳ wife.[...]"”

“"Maybe. I think ⟳ I go see ⟳ my mamma today. Long time no see ⟳," answered Mamie, who from constant association had, like ⟳ the other girls of the neighborhood, fallen into the habit of talking pigeon English to the Chinamen.”

“When we were close ⟳ enough, I could see ⟳ that he had a smile ⟳ on his face ⟳, and I knew that he had recognized me. When we rode up to him he said: "Good morning. Long time no see ⟳ you," and at the same time presented the gun with the breech foremost.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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Meaning of long time no see | Babel Free

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