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Xero_Daxter Oct 13 @ 11:05am
What words in your language doesn’t have an English Equivalent?
The title says it all?

There are some words that exist in one language that don’t exist in English. For me the word “tài” (not Chinese by the way) is grandma on your mother’s side. Whilst “pô” is for your dad’s side. I probably butchered the vowels but screw it.

What about yours? (If you speak a second language)
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Boba Shred Oct 13 @ 11:10am 
German: Fernweh
Its the opposite of homesickness.
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Siluva Oct 13 @ 11:10am 
Unrelated but "bite" mean "d*ck" in French.
Now imagine when I see someone writing "take a bite"...
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Reddari Oct 13 @ 11:11am 
Im from Estonia so we got...

"Roomlane"
The closest equivalanet is Roman. But in my language it has double meaning of Reptiles.

Oh yeah, we also have had a gender neutral pronoun for thousands of years. Its "ta" or "tema"
It applies to both he or she. But people be acting like gender neutral pronouns are some crazy, new thing. I guess if you only know 1 language...
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salamander Oct 13 @ 11:11am 
like all of them, for direct translations. is easier to translation georgian to russian, and then to english.
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Boba Shred Oct 13 @ 11:17am 
Originally posted by Alice Liddell:
Originally posted by Boba Shred:
German: Fernweh
Its the opposite of homesickness.
This is called, 'Wanderlust'.
Wanderlust is something different, its when you have the urge out of the blue to march to middleearth on foot and back. Fernweh, means you wanna travel somewhere far, and stay there for a while. In some regions "wanerlust" more like "wandern" is a daily religous habit.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kmqMqXwDNAg
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Walach Oct 13 @ 11:18am 
English - Swedish

Mother - Mor
Mother's Mother - Mormor
Mother's Father - Morfar

Father - Far
Father's Mother - Farmor
Father's Father - Farfar
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Boba Shred Oct 13 @ 11:22am 
Originally posted by Alice Liddell:
Originally posted by Boba Shred:
Wanderlust is something different, its when you have the urge out of the blue to march to middleearth on foot and back. Fernweh, means you wanna travel somewhere far, and stay there for a while. In some regions "wanerlust" more like "wandern" is a daily religous habit.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kmqMqXwDNAg
So you are actually saying this, 'Immigration'.
No.
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LunarFroot Oct 13 @ 11:30am 
Madrugar (spanish), it means to get up first thing in the morning/very early in the morning.
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bAd a!m Oct 13 @ 11:38am 
"DOR" romanian word, means missing someone very intensely, or a moment, or a feeling.
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Chaosolous Oct 13 @ 11:44am 
In English we have Ballet... and Kindergarten... and Fiasco... and Karaoke... and Patio... and...

Huh... wait a minute.
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Walach Oct 13 @ 11:48am 
Originally posted by Chaosolous:
In English we have Ballet... and Kindergarten... and Fiasco... and Karaoke... and Patio... and...

Huh... wait a minute.
Also, the word Till in english means the same thing as the word Till in Swedish.

Also, also, it's not spelled Til in english! :P
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Xero_Daxter Oct 13 @ 1:37pm 
Originally posted by Chaosolous:
In English we have Ballet... and Kindergarten... and Fiasco... and Karaoke... and Patio... and...

Huh... wait a minute.
Those words actually came from other languages, fun fact.
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steven1mac Oct 13 @ 2:25pm 
Originally posted by bAd a!m:
"DOR" romanian word, means missing someone very intensely, or a moment, or a feeling.
longing seems to be the English equivalency.
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HeavyGoat Oct 13 @ 2:32pm 
Danish: hygge — it is somethikg cozy, fun, or pleasant, but there is no direct translation.
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De Hollandse Ezel Oct 13 @ 3:54pm 
there are many more (especially sayings and verbs)

but the most know dutch word without translation is
gezellig
(though the german gemutlich comes close.. we also have the word gemoedelijkheid that matches that one.. gezellig is just a tad different meaning..)
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