rico@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agowhat’s the weirdest word in your language?message-squaremessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squarewhat’s the weirdest word in your language?rico@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squarerico@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agowhat language is that? that’s so interesting that there’s some very specific words out there that can’t be explained in other languages.
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 day agoNorwegian. Middle-north dialect, to be specific
minus-squarejoelfromaus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoI’ll admit I read that as Middle-Earth dialect on first glance.
minus-squarerico@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoawesome to see more people speaking norwegian, im trying to learn it a little because my mom has some norwegian ancestry :)
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 day agoThere are dozens of us! Det er dusiner av oss! (Although that sounds a bit… off)
minus-squarerico@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day ago(lol, what would be a better way to say it?) det er så kult!
minus-squareespentan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day ago“Det finnes dusinvis av oss” would perhaps be a better translation, but it’s not really an expression commonly used in Norway, so it still feels a bit awkward to say.
what language is that? that’s so interesting that there’s some very specific words out there that can’t be explained in other languages.
Norwegian. Middle-north dialect, to be specific
I’ll admit I read that as Middle-Earth dialect on first glance.
awesome to see more people speaking norwegian, im trying to learn it a little because my mom has some norwegian ancestry :)
There are dozens of us!
Det er dusiner av oss! (Although that sounds a bit… off)
Jeg studerer norsk også :) Hei
(lol, what would be a better way to say it?)
det er så kult!
“Det finnes dusinvis av oss” would perhaps be a better translation, but it’s not really an expression commonly used in Norway, so it still feels a bit awkward to say.