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Funny Learning Japanese

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u/NewRootsLol 10h ago

LOL it was the same with me when I came to the country, wanted to practice my Japanese, and was asked if I wanted milk and sugar in my coffee but I didn't know how to say "Black coffee" in Japanese and said:

"Umm, no sugar and milk, please"

"ああ、ブラックコーヒー" (burakku koohii)

u/Dizzzzza 9h ago

Japanese word for "work" goes like "arubaito". When I learned it I was wondering, when did they borrowed words from German? Nvm...

u/emachel 9h ago

Isn't it "shigoto"?

u/slvl 9h ago

Shigoto is a full-time job, arubaito or baito is a temporary or part-time job.

u/brazzy42 7h ago edited 6h ago

Which funnily, in German would be more likely called "Job" rather than "Arbeit".

u/Stormfly 6h ago

Like how the common Korean for heterochromia is 오드아이 ("odd eye").

Or how one version of "throw up" is 오바이트 ("over eat").

Makes for a few funny moments when they correctly reverse engineer the original English phrase only to learn that's not what we say.