ruskivyetr Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5482 days ago 769 posts - 962 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Russian, Polish, Modern Hebrew
| Message 17 of 124 12 December 2009 at 4:18am | IP Logged |
My favorite Russian word (and pretty much the same for all other Slavic languages) is правда (truth). I also like the word курва :). Hahah I know it's bad...
In Czech I really like saying anything with the letter ř. I love the way it just sounds. Like dobře, or lekařka.
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Warp3 Senior Member United States forum_posts.asp?TID= Joined 5536 days ago 1419 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Korean, Japanese
| Message 18 of 124 12 December 2009 at 5:08am | IP Logged |
hombre gordo wrote:
A similar Korean word, chibsaram also feels awesome to say. |
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Hmmm...I had't run across that term yet myself, but I do recognize the two parts of it (집 = house; 사람 = person).
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Loopy Newbie United States Joined 5712 days ago 37 posts - 39 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, French
| Message 19 of 124 12 December 2009 at 5:30am | IP Logged |
the butterfly
le papillon
DER SCHMETTERLING
I like saying Schmetterling, especially when compared to its English and French counterparts.
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datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5586 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French
| Message 20 of 124 12 December 2009 at 6:21am | IP Logged |
Hencke wrote:
I agree about "piping hot". It always makes me smile when I hear it or read it. Another one in this same category is "spanking new".
I'd prefer "A salt rifle", though I've no idea if such a thing has ever been thought of. Well, it has now :o).
Spanish:
Descuajiringado - approx. meaning: "smashed up and bent, often beyond repair, sometimes even beyond recognition".
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so I could say el carro mio estaba descusjiringado?
German - ACHTUNG! Wiederholen! Haeuser!
Spanish - Too many to list...
Edited by datsunking1 on 12 December 2009 at 6:24am
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rostocpj Pentaglot Newbie United States Joined 5492 days ago 21 posts - 33 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Mandarin, French, Toki Pona Studies: Esperanto, Indonesian, Shanghainese, Cantonese
| Message 21 of 124 12 December 2009 at 6:23am | IP Logged |
I'm a big fan of the french word "tarabiscoté" which is in itself slightly tarabiscoté.
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furyou_gaijin Senior Member Japan Joined 6387 days ago 540 posts - 631 votes Speaks: Latin*
| Message 22 of 124 12 December 2009 at 12:22pm | IP Logged |
baby bamboo
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g-bod Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5983 days ago 1485 posts - 2002 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, German
| Message 23 of 124 12 December 2009 at 4:29pm | IP Logged |
I don't know why but the word bollard always makes me giggle like a school girl.
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Woodpecker Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5812 days ago 351 posts - 590 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Written), Arabic (Egyptian) Studies: Arabic (classical)
| Message 24 of 124 12 December 2009 at 7:35pm | IP Logged |
It's more a phrase that a word, but "not busy" in colloquial Arabic is: مش مشغول
Transliteration: mish mashghuul. It sound hilarious to my English ears.
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