Thread: Ну что ты, право ...

Originally Posted by Alex80

"Ну что ты, право"
"... something like "What are you talking about?" which expresses confusion of the talker: "Oh, stop it! I beg you!".

It is actually a short phone conversation in which a person calls his friend to congratulate his 50-year-old birthday and also pays compliment to his achievement. Probably Ну что ты is some kind of denial here, I think.

Originally Posted by vikk

Нет, в самом деле. - "actually, no". or "indeed, no"

My Chinese translation of "Нет, в самом деле" says something like "No, it's true." And I just found a source here,
в самом деле, maybe it's meaning 2)?

Originally Posted by wonlon

My Chinese translation of "Нет, в самом деле" says something like "No, it's true." And I just found a source here,
в самом деле, maybe it's meaning 2)?

I believe, "Нет, в самом деле" is used to negate the words of the interlocutor and turn the conversation back to the previous topic.

It can have both meaning here: "actually, no" and "no, it's true" (i.e. "no i will not stop; my words are true"). The both meanings merge and complement each other, so it is hard to split them.