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Naber?

Naber?
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By Joy Schreiber

[nah-bear] greeting

What’s up?

DT: short for ‘What’s the news?’

Used talking to friends. The response will not be the same as English; we say “I’m good” (iyiyim) or however you’re feeling, or for bonus points, you can say ‘iyilik’ or ‘iyidir’ meaning everything is good. 

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