rico (he/him) to [email protected]English • 3 months agowhat’s the weirdest word in your language?message-square71fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down11
arrow-up152arrow-down1message-squarewhat’s the weirdest word in your language?rico (he/him) to [email protected]English • 3 months agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squarerico (he/him)OPlinkfedilinkEnglish10•3 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•edit-23 months agoNorwegian. Middle-north dialect, to be specific
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•3 months agoI’ll admit I read that as Middle-Earth dialect on first glance.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoAccording to swedes, that’s not far off: https://youtu.be/CEnRaW9zcBc
minus-squarerico (he/him)OPlinkfedilinkEnglish5•3 months agoawesome to see more people speaking norwegian, im trying to learn it a little because my mom has some norwegian ancestry :)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-23 months agoThere are dozens of us! Det er dusiner av oss! (Although that sounds a bit… off)
minus-squarerico (he/him)OPlinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months ago(lol, what would be a better way to say it?) det er så kult!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•3 months 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.
According to swedes, that’s not far off: https://youtu.be/CEnRaW9zcBc
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)
(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.
Jeg studerer norsk også :) Hei