you got me

Зравствуйте!

Можно ли перевести эту фразу, как "ты подловил меня"?

Спасибо! :D

Я думаю, что да.

Gotcha!

Спасиб.! :D

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Originally Posted by Leof

Зравствуйте!

Можно ли перевести эту фразу, как "ты подловил меня"?

Спасибо! :D

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В общем-то, перевести так, конечно, можно, но ты сам сказал бы так, если бы тебе задали вопрос, на который ты не знаешь ответа? Обычно говорят "Спроси что-нибудь полегче". "Ты подловил меня" для меня звучит именно как перевод—не слишком естественно. (Хотя, возможно, кто-то где-то так у нас и в самом деле уже говорит — живой язык постоянно меняется. Ну и контекст важен).

"you got me" is also slang for "you fooled me" or "you tricked me"

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Originally Posted by shadow1

"you got me" is also slang for "you fooled me" or "you tricked me"

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True, but I for some reason I thought that Leof was talking about a differnet situation, when "(you) got me" simply means that the soeaker doesn't know the answer to the question s/he has been asked.

It seems there are three possible meanings depending on the context.

1 you tricked me
2 you caught me
3 I don't know (when said like a question "you got me?")

Shadow, you have shown me the light!

You caught me and you tricked me are the words I was seeking.

Edited: basurerо, спасибо тебе за всегдашнюю твою помощь!

I think there are even more.

1) You tricked/fooled me.
2) You found me.*
3) You caught me.*
4) You've stumped me or "I don't know" (I don't think it has to be a question.)
5) You have me.**

*If you've been looking for someone and you finally found them you can say "well, you got me at last!" or if the police have been tracking a criminal and finally caught him "the police got him (apprehended him)"

**As in "You have me to comfort you"
A: My wife left - what am I to do?
B: Well, you got me if you want to talk about it.

Then you can say You got it! meaning "you understand it!"
A: 2 + 2 = 4?
B: You got it!

Interesting tidbit. I recently did a play and there was a line "You got me!" In context it could have meant "Well, I have no idea - I'm stumped!" or "Well, you have me if you ever need to talk."

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Originally Posted by Leof

Shadow, you've shown me the light!

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