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What are some loanwords (originated in another language and usually retains original spelling in equivalent english) for concepts, things, or experiences that English doesnt necessarily have yet? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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If you could, please format it

WORD, DEFINITION

I want to add them to a flashcard deck for myself, I casually collect loanwords and have been getting turned on to trying out csv/flashcards lately haha

Feel free to do the same, if the format is followed you can just copy and paste it to a new line of the csv deck

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I've never been Muslim or spoken Arabic, but I've adopted inshallah. It means hopefully or with any luck

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It means "if Allah wills it", so similar to "God willing".

[–] sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I cant ever get Michael Scott desecrating that word to mean if his foot ever recovers from its George Foreman Grill degree burns out of my mind whenever I hear godwilling used

[–] sjmulder@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The English equivalent would be "God willing" and in Dutch, a lovely archaic phrase: "Zo de Heere wil en wij leven"

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What's the literal translation there?

[–] sjmulder@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 days ago

Turns out it's from an old translation of James 4:15, here formulated as: "[If] so the Lord wills and we live"