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What is the hardest word to translate?
Ilunga
Interestingly, the hardest word in the world to translate is Ilunga. This word belongs to the Luba-Kasai or Tshiluba language, which is spoken by more than 6 million speakers in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
What English word Cannot be translated?
1. Awkward. Awkward is the perfect word to describe that peculiarly British blend of embarrassment, discomfort and uncertainty that arises most often in social situations when someone has said something that they shouldn’t.
What do you mean by cooing?
intransitive verb. 1 : to make the low soft cry of a dove or pigeon or a similar sound The baby cooed quietly in her crib. 2 : to talk fondly, amorously, or appreciatively The family cooed over the baby pictures. COO.
Do untranslatable words exist?
Untranslatable words do exist. The reason is fairly obvious. Cultural groups have their own characteristics and idiosyncrasies. We humans have different habits and daily routines, our own specific sense of humor and ways of living in society that differ around the world.
Does English have untranslatable words?
You may also be aware that there are words that simply don’t translate well out of or into certain languages. This is even true for English.
What language family is the hardest?
Mandarin Chinese Interestingly, the hardest language to learn is also the most widely spoken native language in the world. Mandarin Chinese is challenging for a number of reasons. First and foremost, the writing system is extremely difficult for English speakers (and anyone else) accustomed to the Latin alphabet.
What is the most difficult Chinese character?
The most difficult character in Chinese is the word “biang” which is the name of one of many kinds of noodles from Shaanxi province .
Which Chinese character has the most strokes?
The most complex character, biáng (above), is made up of 57 strokes. This character occurs in the written form of biángbiáng miàn, or biangbiang noodles , a dish of wide, flat noodles popular in the Chinese province of Shaanxi .
How many words are there in Chinese?
It includes scientific terms, zoological definitions, highly technical words, and even loan words from other languages that are said in Chinese. Realistically in modern Chinese, there are about 7,000 characters that are used. These 7,000 characters can be combined into 106,230 Chinese words.
What are Chinese measure words?
Measure words in Chinese can refer to the shape of the object, the type of container it comes in, or are simply arbitrary. The main difference between English (and other Western languages) and Mandarin Chinese is that Mandarin Chinese requires a measure word for every noun.