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What Slangs do you have in your language that doesn't exist elswhere ?

User Profile: Kenzas
Kenzas October 19th, 2015

Hello there ! As I'm trilingual , I am aware of the fact that each language has it's own touch when It comes to connecting with others , some slangs may seem a bit odd or funny when you translate them in an other language .. so what singular and particular slangs do you have in your native language and what's their literal translation in English ? laugh

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User Profile: TortueDesBois
TortueDesBois October 21st, 2015

avoir un nom coucher dehors (have a name to sleep outside)

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User Profile: Kenzas
Kenzas OP October 22nd, 2015

@TortueDesBois Je comprend tres bien le francais mais j'ai presque jamais entendu parler de celle la lol , tu peux me l'expliquer ?

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User Profile: TortueDesBois
TortueDesBois October 22nd, 2015

@Kenzas ça signifie, avoir un nom difficile prononcer ou retenir.

ça viens d'une époque où les gens qui étaient perdus avaient plus de chances de se faire offrir une chambre ou un lieu pour dormir, s'il avaient un nom plus familier (religieux ou local), et que les noms plus difficiles pouvaient laisser croire un ennemi et risquer de devoir coucher dehors... .

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User Profile: Kenzas
Kenzas OP October 23rd, 2015

@TortueDesBois C'est trés interessant , dorénavant je l'utiliserai maintenant que je connais son sens , Merci! Thanks for sharing xo

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User Profile: Pandas4ever
Pandas4ever October 23rd, 2015

Gday Mate

User Profile: NothingButSilence
NothingButSilence October 25th, 2015

Kamu KEPO banget sih = its like saying someone is so nosy

KEPO stands for Knowing Every Particular Object

We call our slang words Gaul

Gitu means like that

Alay is like overdressed,and etc etc

amit- amit is like omg no

Anjir is like Anjing (dog) but it means Damn. When u say anjing to someone thats super rude lol bc u know... haha

Babe is read bah be which mean dad or father in Java

Baper Sentimental

Bengong is shock

Bete is bored

and etc etc xD <3 <3

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User Profile: NothingButSilence
NothingButSilence October 25th, 2015

lol i forgot thats in Indonesia

User Profile: Kenzas
Kenzas OP October 28th, 2015

@NothingButSilence so interesting and I also had a hard time trying to pronounce the words right lol , thanks for sharing !

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User Profile: NothingButSilence
NothingButSilence October 29th, 2015

@Kenzas lol yeah it's quite hard to pronounce bc we read ABC differently and eh languages xD

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User Profile: inneryu
inneryu May 29th, 2016

@NothingButSilence old post, but just wanna add that alay is the best slang ever, when translated into english it's like 'someone who likes to exaggerate things, narcisstic and (or) tries a lot to look cool but they failed' LOL IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN

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User Profile: NothingButSilence
NothingButSilence June 25th, 2016

@inneryu lol ikr

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User Profile: astuteScorpius
astuteScorpius November 6th, 2015

"Out in left field" and "batting 1000" are two phrases that are common in American English that I forgot people in other countries who learn English don't learn and had to explain what they meant. I also had to define "nightcap."

User Profile: amirah95
amirah95 June 20th, 2016

yaar(in hindi) - friend

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User Profile: inneryu
inneryu August 21st, 2016

@amirah95 omg, yaar. my hindi friends at 7cups taught me this lol also shaanti

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User Profile: amirah95
amirah95 August 30th, 2016

@inneryu

That's great:D

Also i would like to teach u 1 more thing... if u don't mind:)

Hindi is not nationality. It's our national language. Same as England's is English.

Our nationality is Indian. As Britain's is British.

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User Profile: inneryu
inneryu August 31st, 2016

@amirah95 omg, sorry I didn't realized I said hindi, i meant my indian friends :0

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User Profile: 7degrees
7degrees November 15th, 2016

@Kenzas We have so many slangs here we have a name for it - Singlish. Haha

User Profile: meBYyou
meBYyou January 26th, 2017

@Kenzas my language has creative slangs that no other language has :D ask me and i ll tell you more about it haha

User Profile: agreeableNest4683
agreeableNest4683 January 30th, 2021

There are many such slang words that do not appear in other languages. Even in English, there are such things. By the way, I can recommend you to follow the link mondly.com/blog/2020/02/06/50-common-british-phrases-to-impress-your-british-mates/ to get acquainted with the cool 50 common words in order to impress your British friends.

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User Profile: Nathania123
Nathania123 February 2nd, 2021

Aahhh that's really interesting. I don't know much about the english language and Britain in general so this was a bit fascinating to me 😚👌🏽

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