deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?message-squaremessage-square158linkfedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1128arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square158linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBeelzebubEiNukuKoskaan@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agoTheres a sort of Finnish flavor to it. Just like theres grit, then theres Aussie grit. Its kind of difficult to put into words, “grit” is just a part of “sisu”, theres more to it.
minus-squareThirdConsul@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·15 hours agoSorry, but if you can’t articulate the difference I don’t believe there is one.
minus-squareTessaRekt@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 hours agoOr, hear me out, the word/concept doesn’t translate into English well which is why the difference is hard to articulate in English
Theres a sort of Finnish flavor to it. Just like theres grit, then theres Aussie grit. Its kind of difficult to put into words, “grit” is just a part of “sisu”, theres more to it.
Sorry, but if you can’t articulate the difference I don’t believe there is one.
Or, hear me out, the word/concept doesn’t translate into English well which is why the difference is hard to articulate in English
Okay.