Thread: How "yes" or "no" is "да нет, наверное"?

Word "да" has many meanings. It can be a particle, conjunction or interjection. Here it has an intensive function and should not be translated as "yes". What remains is "нет, наверное", which is translated literally: "probably not" or "rather not".

Originally Posted by it-ogo

Word "да" has many meanings. It can be a particle, conjunction or interjection. Here it has an intensive function and should not be translated as "yes". What remains is "нет, наверное", which is translated literally: "probably not" or "rather not".

I would add that "да" can be better translated as "well" ("ну").

Well, perhaps not.