The world's hardest word to translate
By: Agencies / June 25, 2004
London: The world?s most difficult word to translate has been identified as ?ilunga? from the Tshiluba language spoken in south-eastern DR Congo...
Ilunga means ?a person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time?....
In second place was shlimazl which is Yiddish for ?a chronically unlucky person?.
Third was Naa, used in the Kansai area of Japan to emphasise statements or agree with someone.
ナー!
Updated: Monday, June 28, 2004 4:42 PM KDT
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