Re: [Lingo] you have got to be kidding

["Keith Bawden" <keith@example.com>]

> > I would like to translate this phrase into Japanese:
> >
> > "you have got to be kidding"
>
> In my experience, the folks I work with usually use
>
> "maji de!? / マジで!!!"
>
> as the rough equivalent of the english
> "You got to be kidding/You're kidding, right?"

I would have thought that maji de was more akin to "Really?"...

Which is pretty similar...

Regards, Keith