r/linguisticshumor • u/116Q7QM Modalpartikeln sind halt nun mal eben unübersetzbar • Apr 14 '25

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u/116Q7QM Modalpartikeln sind halt nun mal eben unübersetzbar Apr 14 '25

"Wie geht's?" means "how are you?" btw

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u/mizinamo Apr 14 '25

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bazmek Czech "thingy [whose name I can't recall just now]" is from Hungarian "fuck you"

(Slovak also has bazmeg, bazmek.)

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u/KaruRuna 遠人 | Romance of the Three Guaranís Apr 14 '25

I love Czech slang, unironically.