Re: [Lingo] you have got to be kidding

[steven smith <sjs@example.com>]

Pietro Zuco wrote:
> I would like to translate this phrase into Japanese:
> 
> "you have got to be kidding"
> 
> I have some ideas:
> 
> "Joudan desu ka?"
> "Hontou desu ka?"
> "Shinjirarenai"

A web site I use a lot for things like this is:
http://www.alc.co.jp/

The closest they come to your English phrase is:
Tell me you are kidding.
冗談ですよねえ。／うそだ纔瘢韭絎竢軅ってくれ。

The first looks really close to your first with the
substitution of "yo ne" for "ka".  Maybe the 「よねえ。」
gives a better feeling for incredulity than 「か」??

Fun stuff...

Steve S.