N- Nnya
Setswana for "no." It's one of those little sounds that you take for granted but will totally make you stick out if you say it in the U.S. Also in that category: "Ee" (I say this often to our French teacher); "this side" or "that side" as in "My office is that side"; and "yeah, no" as in "yeah, no, I totally agree."

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