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« on: December 02, 2014, 12:32:37 AM »
Every language is unique. It doesn't matter if it has the same roots (e.g. Spanish and Portuguese), each language developed its own unique phrasing, words and meanings. If you're bi-lingual, and you've ever tried to translate from one language to the other, you probably had at least a few times said: "This can't really be translated.", because each language does have words that just don't have a parallel in other languages.
Here are 30 fine examples of some truly great words that just can't be translated into another language.

1. Fernweh (German)
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2. Komorebi (Japanese)

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3. Tingo (Pascuense)

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4. Pochemuchka (Russian)

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5. Bakku-shan (Japanese)

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6. Gökotta (Swedish)



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