Multi-Lingual People Reveal Useful Words That Can't Be Translated Into English

Nom Nom Nom

Shemometchama -georgian it means that you accidentally ate all the food while bringing it to someone

MeMeMachina052

Like Winnie the Pooh eating all the honey on the way to Eeyore's birthday party.

Lady_of_Lomond

Another Friday Night

Kalsarikännit - Finnish word for getting drunk alone, at home, in your underwear, with no intention of going out.

This word can be used in a sentence to express a feeling of wanting to get go home and get drunk or to explain what we're you at last night.

Pronunciation is available here: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/kalsarik%C3%A4nni

And for those of you who are interested, there are few quite catchy songs, by the same name (of course) :D

FemmeSapiens

So Cozy, So Happy

'Gezellig' is a Dutch word which describes a pleasant experience with friends or family.

It's often translate to nice or cozy. But most people agree that those translations don't really do the word justice.

Hosselaar9

Yeah it translates terribly.

Gezellig can be a chill birthday party, but if you're on your way to the supermarket and someone decides to tag along then that's gezellig as well.

Rolten

Alone, Content, Happy

The German word Geborgenheit. It basically describes the feeling of being safe from any harm, relaxed and happy at the same time.

Thank you so much /u/no_nick for helping me out. The linked a blog post, just as I said before, does a great job describing the feeling. It is hard to describe for me, so I highly appreciate the help. :)

I recommend reading it, for an better example.

I hope I didn't cause too much bafflement. Tho, it's a bit to expect that some confusion arise.

GrumpyGlitterBunny

Relationz

We have a lot of words for a specific relationship. Like in English, "aunt" could mean a lot of things but in Urdu, "pupi" means your dad's sister, "Khala" means your mom's sister, chachaa means your dad's younger brother and chaachi would be his wife, Nani vs daadi distinguishes your maternal and paternal grandmothers, etc.

luwandaattheOHclub

Can't Fight This Feeling

มันเขี้ยว mankhiew in Thai refers to feeling you get when something is just so cute you NEED to squeeze it tightly and bite it and love it as aggressively as you can skdsksjdifjd

hypnos1620

Just A Modifier

In Irish we have Tá. A lot of people seem to think it means yes but that's not the case. Tá is used as a way to make a sentence positive.

So 'An bhfuil sé anseo?' means 'Is he here?'

But you'd use 'Tá sé anseo' to make it positive and say 'He is here'

juggyc1

Congratulations, You Suck

Already wrote that ...

Verschlimmbessern.

To make something worse while repairing it.

Imaginaery

Is/Isn't/Might Be

There's a quite a few:

• We have words for older/younger sister/brother. Many languages have that, but English doesn't and it's annoying.
• Megcsörgetni - When you call someone and cancel the call before they pick up so they'll call you back and you won't have to spend any money.
• Elvágyódás - The desire to be somewhere else.
• Káröröm - When you are happy that something bad happened to someone else.
• Different words for romantic and platonic love, (Szerelem and Szeretet)
• There isn't is simply 'nincs', there isn't either is just 'sincs'

IBlameMyPlayers

Definitely A Germanic Language

The screw of the rearview mirror of a truck that keeps it connected and in place would be "vrachtwagenachteruitkijkspiegelbevestigingsschroefje".

But it is dutch and we can artificially elongate a noun just like in german.

DannyBlind

Ah yeah, the Lastkraftwagenrückspiegelbefestigungsschraube. We have that one, too.

I think the Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitänsmützenhinterherträgersgeselle stole mine.

allesfliesst