long time no see

Interjection CEFR C2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Española los años añales que no te veo añales sin verteañares 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

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

Deutschlange nicht gesehen

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العربيةلَم أَرَكَ مُنْذُ وَقْت طَوِيل لَم نَرَكَ مُنْذُ مُدَّة

Catalàquant de temps

Ελληνικάχρόνια και ζαμάνια

Eestipole ammu näinud

Suomipitkästä aikaa

Gàidhlig's fhada bhon uair sin

Bahasa Indonesialama tidak berjumpa

Italianoda quanto tempo!ne è passato di tempo

日本語お久しぶりです久しぶり

한국어오래간만입니다 오랜만 오랜만이에요히사시부리

Nederlandslang niet gezien

Polskikopę lat

Portuguêshá quanto tempo

Русскийдавно не виделись ско́лько лет, ско́лько зим

Yorùbákú àtijọ́ku 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

C2

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

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See also

loo look look ahere look at me look at you look here

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