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how to say? #1 (permalink) Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:55 am   how to say?
 

if somebody has no time for you or is very busy, may I say:
you are not up TO me
or
you are not up FOR me

or they both are incorrect?

if it is so, then how to say?

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how to say? #2 (permalink) Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:48 am   how to say?
 

The second one would sound correct to me, but I've personally never heard either of those phrases said in British English. Where did you get them from?
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how to say? #3 (permalink) Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:33 am   how to say?
 

from google translator:
http://translate.google.com/#
and from another translator:
http://www.lexilogos.com/english/

A different variety: Leave me alone! I am not up to/for you.
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how to say? #4 (permalink) Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:38 am   how to say?
 

I am still not sure...
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how to say? #5 (permalink) Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:38 am   how to say?
 

I think you need to clarify what you mean.

Do you mean what would you say if YOU were too busy and someone tried to talk to you, and you then wanted to politely tell them you did not have time?

If it was something like that you'd probably say:

"Sorry, but I'm a bit busy at the moment. Can we discuss it / talk later."

But there are a lot of variations on that.
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how to say? #6 (permalink) Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:49 am   how to say?
 

If to be honest I am not talking about academic polite English.
I am interesting about daily English for ex. between teens or mother and annoying children...
More precisely, as an ex. :

Husband wants attention. Wife is always on a phone.
And he complains:
Kind of : You have never had time for me or
like I am asking:
You are always not up to/for me.

By the way: interesting about...? Interesting for...? or to be interested in... ???
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how to say? #7 (permalink) Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:57 am   how to say?
 

I will be greatly appreciated if somebody correct ALL my mistakes :-)
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how to say? #8 (permalink) Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:41 am   how to say?
 

"Interested in..."

I think your other point is difficult to answer, but only because there are so many different things that you can say. There is not a set phrase as such. I'm sure you can't say "You are always not up to/for me", but maybe someone else on the forum has heard different.

"You have never had time for me" is ok. (or present perfect instead of past - "You never have time for me").

Or some others that come to mind:

You always ignore me
You never listen to me
You are not interested in me (as you said)
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how to say? #9 (permalink) Tue Jan 17, 2012 7:02 am   how to say?
 

Thank you
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how to say? #10 (permalink) Wed Jan 18, 2012 21:08 pm   how to say?
 

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How to say?

I have thought / I thought/ I was thinking/ ...
and agreed/have agreed/ was agreed ?

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