I've seen tons of people over the years say japanese has dozens, perhaps hundreds, of counting systems, with the strong implication that it's this super exotic trait. Don't get me wrong that japanese doesn't have some super interesting features as a language, but english has literally the same system:
While correct about English, Japanese is still different in that you use different counters for different objects qs opposed to what you listed, which they do also have some analogues of as well. Different counter for flat things, cylindrical things, large things, small things, small animals... But at least they have the generic counter that I just use if I'm not 100% positive and it works well enough.
Venir is come. Venidos is a cast form of the verb, something like a past these for the second person (you plural), it would be bienvenido for a single person. In any case yeah, the equivalence to Welcome is correct.
An entrepôt (English: /ˈɒntrəpoʊ/ ON-trə-poh; French: [ɑ̃tʁəpo] ⓘ) or transshipment port is a port, city, or trading post where merchandise may be imported, stored, or traded, usually to be exported again. Such cities often sprang up and such ports and trading posts often developed into commercial cities due to the growth and expansion of long-distance trade.
English doesn't have a single word for "government official who has been giving kickbacks to a company and therefore upon retirement gets a sinecure position in that company" but Japanese does.
"Monde" is both the word "world" and a synonym for "a group of persons". The second meaning is an older formula for people you are used to or people who work for you.
-> "Je connais mon monde" == "I know my people"
This came up in the latest episode of Tom Scott's Reverse Trivia: they got onto the topic of princes, and Tom had the sudden realisation of where "principality" comes from.
And Gary then dropped "duchy": region granted to a duke.
it's great fun to take a place name and figuring out what it means
Stockholm: Lit. log islet, they used logs to protect the original settlement on a small island.
Exeter: From Escanceaster, the city has a castle and lies on the river Exe, the modern name might as well be Execastle
Typically "film" has the implication of being art and "movie" has the implication of being entertainment, at least in american english. I don't know of a term that doesn't carry any implication.
To me, a Brit, movie and film are interchangeable at a basic level, though I suppose you're right in that I wouldn't necessarily refer to an art house film as a movie.
As a kid growing up in '80s/90s England, I feel like 'movies' didn't truly enter the vernacular over here until the early/mid 90s when stations like MTV became more accessible, and US culture was easier to get to.
I mean, I'm only 45, but still don't feel it's been that long since it wasn't unusual to say "I'm going to the pictures" which of course is just short for 'moving pictures'.
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kartoffelsaft@programming.dev · 46 pts · 362d
I've seen tons of people over the years say japanese has dozens, perhaps hundreds, of counting systems, with the strong implication that it's this super exotic trait. Don't get me wrong that japanese doesn't have some super interesting features as a language, but english has literally the same system:
shalafi@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 362d
mono-
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Soulg@ani.social · 4 pts · 362d
While correct about English, Japanese is still different in that you use different counters for different objects qs opposed to what you listed, which they do also have some analogues of as well. Different counter for flat things, cylindrical things, large things, small things, small animals... But at least they have the generic counter that I just use if I'm not 100% positive and it works well enough.
bisby@lemmy.world · 45 pts · 363d
It blew my mind when I learned that "venidos" meant "come"... And bienvenidos literally meant "well come", like it is good that you have came here.
And then I finally realized what welcome meant. 🤯
shalafi@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 362d
Willkommen!
fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 362d
Venir is come. Venidos is a cast form of the verb, something like a past these for the second person (you plural), it would be bienvenido for a single person. In any case yeah, the equivalence to Welcome is correct.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 355d
well cum
cyberpunk 2077 riff
threeonefour@piefed.ca · 42 pts · 363d
The French don't have a word for entrepreneur
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 29 pts · 363d
Because of woke
BonkTheAnnoyed@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 362d
Funny about that.
Anyhow, apropos of nothing...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrep%C3%B4t?wprov=sfla1
bigboismith@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 363d
The Swedish word for vegetable is "Green thing"
sniggleboots@europe.pub · 30 pts · 363d
Buddy have I got news for you about oranges!
:^)
Tagger@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 363d
Wait, what?
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 363d
Orange the color was named after the fruit. So they probably joking
sniggleboots@europe.pub · 6 pts · 363d
it's true, I was!
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social · 18 pts · 363d
I mean, calling vegetables "greens" isn't terribly odd in English either.
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 6 pts · 363d
In Arabic it's green things. Creativity!
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 36 pts · 363d
English doesn't have a single word for "government official who has been giving kickbacks to a company and therefore upon retirement gets a sinecure position in that company" but Japanese does.
https://jisho.org/search/amakudari
BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 363d
Corrupt, regulatory capture or SEC employeecomes to mind lol
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 362d
I quite like 転勤族, or tenkinzoku, myself. "person who moves a lot for their job; family who moves a lot for the primary breadwinner's job"
https://jisho.org/search/tenkinzoku
aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 24 pts · 362d
HotDog7@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 362d
In German the word for alone is Allein as in "all one". It blew my mind that it's the same in English.
In Ukrainian the word for Trident is Trizub, literally "three tooth". Again, it blew me away that it's the same in English.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 363d
English doesn't have a word for people with orange hair.
someguy3@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 362d
Redhead was from when red was used to describe both red and orange.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 362d
I know. My point still stands though.
klemptor@startrek.website · 7 pts · 362d
Ginger
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 362d
Oh right. Well done!
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 362d
English also doesn't have a word for overcooked steak
KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 362d
Congratulations
twinnie@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 363d
“Everybody” is a weird way of saying all the people. The French say “all the world”, which is also weird.
Bonsoir@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 363d
"Monde" is both the word "world" and a synonym for "a group of persons". The second meaning is an older formula for people you are used to or people who work for you.
-> "Je connais mon monde" == "I know my people"
ConstantPain@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 363d
Portuguese too (todo mundo)
bent@feddit.dk · 5 pts · 362d
In Norwegian it's all together (alle sammen).
Two9A@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 363d
This came up in the latest episode of Tom Scott's Reverse Trivia: they got onto the topic of princes, and Tom had the sudden realisation of where "principality" comes from.
And Gary then dropped "duchy": region granted to a duke.
Words have histories, we often forget it.
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 362d
Not to mention counties.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 355d
it's great fun to take a place name and figuring out what it means
Stockholm: Lit. log islet, they used logs to protect the original settlement on a small island.
Exeter: From Escanceaster, the city has a castle and lies on the river Exe, the modern name might as well be Execastle
Linkalee@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 362d
My favorite is that in French, you don't ask "How old are you?" "I'm 50 years old," you ask "What age do you have?" "I have 50 years."
It's like you've aged like a fine wine, versus being old and past your prime.
Bonsoir@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 362d
Well, age is an attribute. Do you say "I have blue eyes" or "I am blue-eyed"? I guess both are technically valid.
KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 362d
Polish also does this:
Ile masz lat - How many years do you have? (lit. how-many you-have years)
Mam 50 lat - I have 50 years
It also uses "finish X years" instead of "turn X" to refer to becoming a particular age
Skończył 50 lat - they finished 50 years
Professorozone@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 363d
How do you explain skibidi?
Psaldorn@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 363d
Short for skibidibidibidibidoop.
Don't make me resurrect the skatman
burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 362d
Ba pa BEE ba ba bada boo...
usernameusername@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 362d
Originally comes from this song
Then it was used by this belly dance guy which I imagine is what popularized it as a meme
Then skibidi toilet came along, using a mashup with this other song
(Also as a little fun fact, the original song actually says shtibidi, not skibidi)
Professorozone@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 362d
Wow, didn't actually expect an answer.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 362d
drugs
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 363d
🤮
TheBat@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 363d
riot@fedia.io · 3 pts · 363d
Co-wife.
ConstantPain@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 363d
Concubine?
TheBat@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 363d
khannie@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 362d
In Irish, there is no word for yes.
Part4@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 363d
zout@fedia.io · 26 pts · 363d
Movie is short for "moving picture", film is the medium it used to be recorded on.
Part4@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 362d
Yoddel_Hickory@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 363d
'Film' is a medium, and 'movie' is short for moving picture. A bit like 'talkie' was for non-silent movies
Part4@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 362d
Rusty@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 363d
I think 'film' is used in British English and movie is used in American and Canadian.
kartoffelsaft@programming.dev · 6 pts · 362d
Typically "film" has the implication of being art and "movie" has the implication of being entertainment, at least in american english. I don't know of a term that doesn't carry any implication.
DJDarren@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 362d
To me, a Brit, movie and film are interchangeable at a basic level, though I suppose you're right in that I wouldn't necessarily refer to an art house film as a movie.
DJDarren@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 362d
As a kid growing up in '80s/90s England, I feel like 'movies' didn't truly enter the vernacular over here until the early/mid 90s when stations like MTV became more accessible, and US culture was easier to get to.
I mean, I'm only 45, but still don't feel it's been that long since it wasn't unusual to say "I'm going to the pictures" which of course is just short for 'moving pictures'.
guy@piefed.social · 1 pts · 363d
Thought it was pictures first
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 362d
how many syllables do you use to pronunce 'film'? I think it's more fun to use two
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 363d
neuroneiro@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 362d
Whoops! Sorry.
gaybriel_fr_br@jlai.lu · 0 pts · 363d
English doesn't have a word for "saudades" (edit to specify it's Brazilian portuguese) and has to express missing someone as an action.
lemmyknow@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 363d
Afaik it's a word in Portuguese, not specific to Brazil, innit? Portugal had "Saudade", I think, for Eurovision one year
gaybriel_fr_br@jlai.lu · -1 pts · 363d
Ah okay, just not familiar with Portuguese from Portugal, that's why I specified.
Wolf314159@startrek.website · 1 pts · 363d