Words that only your language has? (1 Viewer)

[seungfloral]

There are words unique to a language only, or to not many at least! Are there words in your language that are rare in others or in English.

Ex. Szerelem in hungarian
We have different words for love in hungarian. If you like someone you call it "tetszés".
If you love someone (any body, a friend, a parent, a lover) u call that word "szeretet"
But u can only use the word "szerelem" a.k.a. romantic-love between partners.

Another example is "bezzeg". It's similar to "but" or "whereas" however it conveys a sarcastic tone to it. Conveying that smth unfair happened to the subject.
(Én nem kaptam fizetés emelést, bezzeg Anna aki kedvében jár a főnöknek igen.)
= "I didn't get a raise, whereas Anna who is in the good graces of the boss did."

 

[athenaaa]

L’espirit d’escalier - refers to the moment after a conversation when the time for quick replies has passed, and you’re on your own when you finally think of the perfect response

 

[seungfloral]

L’espirit d’escalier - refers to the moment after a conversation when the time for quick replies has passed, and you’re on your own when you finally think of the perfect response

Like when u prepare for a super awesome roast xd

 

[athenaaa]

Like when u prepare for a super awesome roast xd

Yes exactly

 

[Ahsoka]

When I don’t need to know then I can think immediately but when asked I can’t remember a single one

 

[Villains]

in urdu, fanaa can mean "destroyed in love" though it's a really hard word to translate so it isn't fully accurate

 

[Ahsoka]

Oh got one, I think. Russian has a specific word for horned animal? Like not a word that means horned combined with the word that means animal, but as one word? I might be wrong it was a while ago when I learned this and I don’t remember the word so I can’t check easily.

 

[Michael]

I cannot objectively know. According to this, there are 6,909 distinct languages in the world, and when I google about unique Spanish words, it brings non-existent words in English only. I might find something if I keep looking; but I'm not willing right now.

 

[velvet]

kuchi sabashii - in japanese it lietrally means lonely mouth. It's the feeling of eating because you're not hungry but because you long for eating. So stress eating or eating when bored

 

[seungfloral]

in urdu, fanaa can mean "destroyed in love" though it's a really hard word to translate so it isn't fully accurate

Thats actually a pretty word even tho the meaning is so sad

Oh got one, I think. Russian has a specific word for horned animal? Like not a word that means horned combined with the word that means animal, but as one word? I might be wrong it was a while ago when I learned this and I don’t remember the word so I can’t check easily.

Oh we definitely dont have that xD

kuchi sabashii - in japanese it lietrally means lonely mouth. It's the feeling of eating because you're not hungry but because you long for eating. So stress eating or eating when bored

Xd lmao that's basically my whole life