deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 20 hours agoWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?message-squaremessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up186arrow-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 · 20 hours agomessage-square85fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEnkrod@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-23 hours agoDoch There exists no english equivalent for doch, it has multiple functions, the most known one being an expression that emphatically negates a previous sentiment. “Does not!” “Does too!!” Which created one of the most long lived german memes. “It should not be that way, but it was.” But doch can do so much more.
Doch
There exists no english equivalent for doch, it has multiple functions, the most known one being an expression that emphatically negates a previous sentiment.
“Does not!”
“Does too!!”
Which created one of the most long lived german memes.
“It should not be that way, but it was.”
But doch can do so much more.