Fantastic Features We Don't Have In The English Language

Also, I've learned from last week: no irritating piano music this time!

[yahlibar]

I love how I can watch a tom scott video and never know if it’s from 10 years ago or 10 minutes ago

[joshporter]

I'm studying Swedish at the moment and I am rather taken with the fact that the words for grandmother/grandfather, uncle, and aunt tell you which side of your family they belong to. Morbror, for example, is your mother's brother. Farfar is your father's father. Morfar? Your mother's father.

[shibaarmy]

"We're lost! what do we do?"

Don't worry I'll use my special technique. *Absolute Direction*

[aurelia_the_jelly]

I'm learning Swedish and I discovered that it has 2 words for yes. 'Ja' and 'jo'. 'Ja' is used as we use yes, but 'jo' is used when someone asks a negative question like "Aren't you coming?" and you'd say "Jo" or "nej" so there's no confusion whether you mean "Yes, I'm not coming" or "No, I'm not coming".

[hahagostudy]

"We've just won the lottery, but you haven't" has the same energy as "Call an ambulance! But not for me"

[themindstorm]

Maybe these features will be added in the next update

[ma-tanica]

about inclusivity - there's soviet joke about some party official who during his speech makes an optimistic prediction: "In year 2000 we will live much better". One of his listeners, an ordinary worker, replies "I get it, what about us?"

[geoffreyhui]

Being bilingual in English and Cantonese, it is much easier to chat with other bilinguals using a mixture. Actually, once you start, it is extremely difficult to revert back to one language or the other without contamination, unless a monolingual third person joins the conversation.

[LumaSloth]

- Have you ever heard about that band?
- Which band?
- *Absolute Direction*

[cathe]

It drives me crazy that in English there is no determination with, say, "brother/sister-in-law". It could mean your spouse's sibling or the spouse of your own sibling.

[nevadie]

“I’m east-handed, when I’m facing north”

[wizengy]

Hawai'ian; Apart from only having 13 letters there are two words. Mauka for toward the mountains, inland (away from the ocean) and Makai for toward the ocean. On the islands these are important directions and commonly used by everyone. English also gives us the windward and leeward sides of the island.

[Hemlol]

"We've just won the lottery, but YOU haven't"
I felt that

[tytywuu]

I am from Hong Kong and in Chinese, we have a word for every position in a family tree. For example, 姑姐 means "dad's younger sisters" and 姨丈 means "dad's younger sister's husband"
In English, they are just simply uncles and aunts.

[joeghezzi]

We need a word for “my left your right” and “my right your left”

[yyy]

I personally don't use it when typing, but in Spanish you have to start every interrogative question with ¿
This helps out a lot when reading a text and having questions that are super long.

[snorf]

"As a language speaker" omg me too

[anujfnitepro]

Imagine this happening;
"Hey! We won the lottery But you haven't"
Then suddenly miss your south kidney

[benlevy]

Fun fact: In Ethiopian grammar, they have a punctuation symbol used like a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark to indicate sarcasm.

[PeterArnold]

"Call me an ambulance!"
"Ok, you're an ambulance"
"Noooo, call an ambulance, and get them to come."