What’s your favorite word that has no English equivalent?
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Welcome to the group. I don't have a favourite one of those, but they're interesting words. I wonder if there are any English words that speakers of other languages have difficulty expressing.
David_Cooper
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Sep 26, 2018
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Sorry to be pedantic, but all non-English words have English equivalents - it's just that it may require several words or a a phrase to give the meaning. A number of languages - German and Finnish are examples - have the ability to join concepts together to make single words like the German for 'automobile liability insurance' - Kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherungand or the the Finnish for 'I wonder if I should run around aimlessly?' - "juoksentelisinkohan".
CeliaVL
Level 7
Sep 26, 2018
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Lol always a pedantic answer on these threads. You knew precisely what I meant ?
@DannyC137 Pedantry is fun!
According to one of our presidents... The French don't have a word for "garage" LOL
Eldovis
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Sep 25, 2018
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Il a dit que les Français n'ont pas de mot pour dire "garage"?! Non mais quel connard!
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