Zombiepirate@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhat's your favorite joke that doesn't translate to English very well?message-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1102arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your favorite joke that doesn't translate to English very well?Zombiepirate@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square68fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTanis Nikana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·23 hours ago「野菜を食べやさい！」 I think a close-enough approximation (which isn’t close at all) would be “eat your veggies, peas.”
minus-squareLimonene@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 hours agoIn the garden, there are two chickens.
minus-squareTanis Nikana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 hours ago庭には、鶏が二羽いる。 I almost forgot about that one! English is squeezing the last scraps of Japanese out of me. :(
minus-squarevateso5074@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·23 hours agoIs -やさい just a cheeky pun off of -なさい?
「野菜を食べやさい！」
I think a close-enough approximation (which isn’t close at all) would be “eat your veggies, peas.”
In the garden, there are two chickens.
庭には、鶏が二羽いる。
I almost forgot about that one!
English is squeezing the last scraps of Japanese out of me. :(
5回も誤解した
Is -やさい just a cheeky pun off of -なさい?
>:]