Question of the Day - Tuesday, January 3

[cassiopea]

Hellooooo! Welcome to the first Tuesday of 2023! Boochacalaca wooooo!







What is your favourite word in a foreign language?






Krakenwagon - German for ambulance
Antibabypillen - German for contraceptive pill
Pupu - Finnish for Bunny
Bijou and Bisou - French for jewelry and kiss (As you might notice, one of my kitties is actually named Bijou!)
Fufu - Dough-like food from West Africa
Babushka - Polish or Russian for elderly lady or grandmother
Tokidoki - Japanese for sometimes

I could go on and on lol

 

[Margot Lane]

Karpouzi - Watermelon in Greek
Jambo!- Hello in Swahili
Gattone- Big Cat in Italian
Gatito- Little Cat in Spanish
…frankly, almost any word in French.
As-salaam-alaikum- Thank you in Arabic
Mir- Peace in Russian.

 

[denice]

It isn't a word, the Cherokee language can't be literally translated to English, but I love the song Amazing Grace in Cherokee.

 

[strider rose]

gato- cat in spanish

 

[MonaLyssa33]

I love the sound of penguin and turtle in Spanish. Pinguino and Tortuga.

 

[neely]

Amore - love in Italian

 

[aliceneko]

In the languages I speak:

ronronner - "purr" in French
사랑 (sarang) - "love" in Korean, also a very popular girl's name in South Korea
oíche - "night" in Irish Gaelic
mooi - "beautiful" in Dutch
corazón - "heart" in Spanish

 

[iPappy]

gato- cat in spanish

We had a cat named Gato when I was growing up He lived to be 22!
I always like Super Mario anything, and I didn't realize until just a few years ago that Yoshi means "good" in Japanese.

 

[Margot Lane]

I love the sound of penguin and turtle in Spanish. Pinguino and Tortuga.

OO, YEAH! And Tiburon…shark!

 

[Bri5]

Somewhere along the way, we learned how to say "your zipper is down" in another language but now I can't remember what language.

 

[debbila]

Chiquita - Small girl in Spanish, my kitty's name

 

[Maria Bayote]

Saranghae - Korean
Wo Ai Ni - in Chinese
Aishi Teru - in Japanese
Te Amo - In Spanish

Or basically all foreign languages saying, "I Love You".

 

[misty8723]

Chat - cat in French

 

[Mia6]

bien

 

[mama africa]

Infatuation (English is a foreign language to me - my third language)
Chouchouter (French) : to pamper/spoil
Flâner (French) : to stroll around
Estival (French) : summerly
Mariposa (Spanish) : butterfly