deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 days agoWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?message-squaremessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1130arrow-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 · 8 days agomessage-square107fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareThirdConsul@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days ago Tja Isn’t that literally “oh, well”? And the intonation changes if thats empathy or schadenfreude. Curiously, schadenfreude does not translate to English well :)
minus-squarebold_omi@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoThe closest English word to shadenfreude is epicaricasy, I believe.
Isn’t that literally “oh, well”? And the intonation changes if thats empathy or schadenfreude.
Curiously, schadenfreude does not translate to English well :)
The closest English word to shadenfreude is epicaricasy, I believe.