’So-so’ in other languages (Philological Room) Language Learning Forum

’So-so’ in other languages
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Gary Rector Diglot Newbie Korea, South languagewatch.korea. Joined 6088 days ago 15 posts - 17 votes Speaks: English*, Korean	Message 34 of 52 27 March 2008 at 4:21am \| IP Logged
	In Korean the end of the expression can take a number of different forms depending on the level of speech you're using, but to give the commonly used familiar form (used between friends and colleagues of the same age, for instance), it's 그저 그래. In the official romanization, that's "geujeo geurae". It looks complicated because of the vowel digraphs: eu is like the Turkish dotless i; eo is like the o in the French word "bonne"; ae is a very open eh sound, as in the French e with a circumflex. Gary Rector 1 person has voted this message useful
fcavalheiro Diglot Groupie Brazil Joined 6096 days ago 54 posts - 54 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English Studies: German, Mandarin	Message 35 of 52 28 March 2008 at 12:37am \| IP Logged
	In Portuguese, it'd be "mais ou menos", literally "more or less". 1 person has voted this message useful
ilovelanguages Newbie United States Joined 6286 days ago 8 posts - 8 votes Speaks: English*	Message 36 of 52 28 March 2008 at 4:23pm \| IP Logged
	I think that another Hebrew word for so-so is hetzi-hetzi. (I'm sorry, I haven't figured out how to type in Hebrew letters on the computer yet). 1 person has voted this message useful
alfajuj Diglot Senior Member Taiwan Joined 6211 days ago 121 posts - 126 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Taiwanese, French	Message 37 of 52 05 May 2008 at 5:01am \| IP Logged
	Taiwanese: "Jing Jing Tsai Tsai" Literally: vegetables vegetables (actually: vege- vege- tables tables) Since "jing tsai" = vegetables) 1 person has voted this message useful
Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6034 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds	Message 38 of 52 21 May 2008 at 12:12pm \| IP Logged
	Bulgarian: Горе-долу (Gore-dolu), which literally means "up-down". 1 person has voted this message useful

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