What are some Jamaican slang words?

Some Jamaican slang words are:

  • Irie: “All is well” or “I’m good”
  • Ya mon: “Yes” or “Yeah, man”
  • Wah gwaan: “What’s up?”
  • Nuff respect: “Thanks” or “I appreciate it”
  • Bredda: “brother”
  • Sistren: “sister”
  • Pickney: “children”
  • Gyal: “girl”
  • Bwoy: “boy”
  • Criss: “good-looking” or “new”

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What are some Korean loanwords?

Some Korean loanwords are:

  • 아파트 (romanized as a-pa-teu), “apartment”
  • 케이크 (keaikeu), “cake”
  • 메뉴 (menyu), “menu”
  • 슈퍼 (syu-peo), “supermarket”
  • 셀카 (selka), “selfie”
  • 매니큐어 (mae-ni-kyueo), “manicure”

These are Korean loanwords from English, but Korean also has loanwords from Chinese, Japanese, and other languages.

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What are some Japanese loanwords?

Some Japanese loanwords are:

    • マイク (transliterated as maiku), “microphone”
    • スーパー (suupaa), “supermarket”
    • ビル (biru), “building”
    • イラスト (irasuto), “illustration”
    • アルバイト (arubaito), “part-time job,” from the German word Arbeit
    • ビール (bīru), “beer,” from the Dutch word bier
    • パン (pan), “bread,” from the Portuguese word pão

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Which languages does Swahili include borrowed words from?

Some languages that Swahili has borrowed words from are Arabic, Portuguese, English, German, Hindi, and Urdu.

For example, the Swahili word for “book” is “kitabu,” from the Arabic “كتاب,” transliterated as “kitab.”

Swahili includes loanwords from these languages due to centuries of trade, colonization, and cultural exchange.

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What’s the meaning of calque?

A calque is a loan translation, or a word or phrase from one language that is translated literally into another language.

For example, the English word “skyscraper” becomes “rascacielos” in Spanish (“rasca” is “scrape” and “cielos” is “skies”).

Unlike loanwords, which are borrowed directly, calques are translated versions of the original expression.

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