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Words that only exist in some languages
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mr_chinnery
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26 January 2011 at 5:40pm | IP Logged

Tally wrote:

There are many words that appear in certain languages but don't appear
in others, and
would be difficult to translate into other languages.
What words like that do you know? Or what words do you think are missing in some
languages?

I'll start:

In Hebrew there is a word called 'fraier', which means someone who lets other people
get ahead of him, or he waits patiently while other people go etc. :)

I think English is missing a word like 'bon appetit' to say before a meal.

"Dig in!".

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