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no sé cómo decir nadaaa

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In Japanese, they don’t say “moon,” they say “tsuki,” which literally translates to “moon,” and I think that’s how language works.

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i hate when i send someone a meme in another language and they're like "uhm... translate? 😒" fucker i sent you a meme where 90% of the words have an english cognate and/or you don't need to know what they're saying to find it funny. can you at least TRY

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Les ordiphones....? Dites moi que je ne suis pas la seule à n'avoir jamais vu ce mot auparavant

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Regional languages ​​in France

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the name "theresa" is so funny like. theres a what

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Hockey Vocab

le hockey sur glace- Ice Hockey

un but- goal

une aide- assist

le match- game

la patinoire- rink

un joueur- player

un gardien de but (gardien)- goal tender (goalie)

un patineur- skater

un défenseur- defenseman/d-man

un attaquant- forward

un centre- center

un ailier- winger

la rondelle- puck

le bâton (quebec)- stick

un tir- shot

un arrêt- save

un blanchissage- shut out

pénalité- penalty

le banc des pénalités- penalty box

filet désert/cage vide- empty net

un attaquant supplémentaire- extra attacker

avantage numérique- power play

infériorité numérique- penalty kill

retard de jeu- delay of game

une mise en jeu- face off

le hors-jeu- offsides

la league nationle de hockey (LNH)- national hockey league (NHL)

la coupe stanley- stanley cup

le repêchage- draft

jeter les gants- drop gloves

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Map of the World’s Writing Systems

by futuresponJ_

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Which word in any language has the most complex definition. As in, a definition that cannot otherwise be summed up in English?

None.

There's no concept in any language that can't be adequately described in another language.

Another way of looking at it: IF you believe there's absolutely "no way" to understand what x word from y language "really" means unless you're a native speaker of that language, then there's no concept in any language that can be adequately described in another language.

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l'ours blanc- polar bear l'éléphant de mer- elephant seal l'ours kodiak- alaskan brown bear la banquise- ice floe la chaleur corporelle- body heat le pôle nord- north pole l'océan arctique- arctic ocean

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Des chats tigrés se baladent à côté d’un bateau de pêche au Japon, où les chats jouissent d’une « relation spéciale » avec les pêcheurs, explique le photographe. 

PHOTOGRAPHIE DE TUUL ET BRUNO MORANDI

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*also known as français, langue française

note: this is a remake of a now-privated older poll.

reblogs are encouraged :-) please be respectful when commenting!

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The Eiffel tower is going to be deconstructed.

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In English we don't have a specific word for "the day after tomorrow" we just say "the day after tomorrow" which means "one day after tomorrow" and I think that's beautiful