Last word in a foreign language that you learnt 2

[Rí.na.dTeangacha]

endossar - to endorse

The lack of the <r> in the cognate threw me.

[Rí.na.dTeangacha]

estafante - grueling, strenuous

[OldBoring]

Mano, tu aprende toda palavra dificil e inutil

[Dormouse559]

endossar - to endorse

French endosser also means "endorse", but specifically in the sense of signing something, like a check, on the back.

Now for my words:


ultracrépidarianisme nm - ultracrepidarianism, giving opinions on topics outside of one's knowledge
marche nordique nf - Nordic walking, a walking activity using special poles based on ski poles

The English terms are new to me as well.

C’est un mot curieux et alambiqué, qui a fait irruption dans le débat public à l’été 2020 : l’ultracrépidarianisme, c’est-à-dire l’attitude qui consiste à parler, souvent avec assurance, de sujets sur lesquels on ne possède aucune compétence ni expertise.

It is a curious and convoluted word, which burst into the public debate during summer 2020: ultracrepidarianism, that is, the tendency to speak, often with confidence, about subjects in which one has no talent or expertise.

Un vaste programme d’[activités] est disponible auprès de l'office du tourisme : aromathérapie, concours photos, peinture sur bois et sur lauze, spectacles, yoga d[‍u] visage, marche nordique, ateliers culinaires, etc.

A wide range of activities is available from the tourism office: aromatherapy, photo competitions, wood and stone painting, shows, face yoga, Nordic walking, cooking workshops, and more.

[Linguaphile]

marche nordique nf - Nordic walking, a walking activity using special poles based on ski poles

I have always liked the Estonian word for this (kepikõnd, where kepp means "pole/cane/walking stick" and kõnd means walk). Very clear and to the point, compared to the English/French/etc words. It seems kepikõnd is just a calque of the Finnish (sauvakävely) and Swedish (stavgång) words for the same thing. (Although that in itself is interesting because Estonian does have cognates for both components of sauvakävely - sau & käimine - but doesn't use them here, using non-cognate synonyms instead.)

[Naava]

(Although that in itself is interesting because Estonian does have cognates for both components of sauvakävely - sau & käimine - but doesn't use them here, using non-cognate synonyms instead.)

They do that to confuse Finns.

[Linguaphile]

(Although that in itself is interesting because Estonian does have cognates for both components of sauvakävely - sau & käimine - but doesn't use them here, using non-cognate synonyms instead.)

They do that to confuse Finns.

You mean you can't recognize the obvious similarities to käppä and kontti or kontata and immediately recognize it so that you automatically know "oh yeah, kepikõndi, käppäkontti, of course that must mean sauvakävely"?

[Rí.na.dTeangacha]

Mano, tu aprende toda palavra dificil e inutil

Aprendo as palavras que vêm!

[Naava]

(Although that in itself is interesting because Estonian does have cognates for both components of sauvakävely - sau & käimine - but doesn't use them here, using non-cognate synonyms instead.)

They do that to confuse Finns.

You mean you can't recognize the obvious similarities to käppä and kontti or kontata and immediately recognize it so that you automatically know "oh yeah, kepikõndi, käppäkontti, of course that must mean sauvakävely"?

I know you're joking, but why käppä and not keppi (stick)? I mean, they're even cognates and mean the same in both languages.

(also I'm not sure if you know but both käppä and kontti are so archaic that I had never heard either of them before. So, to answer your question, these are definitely the first words an average Finn would think of )

[Linguaphile]

(Although that in itself is interesting because Estonian does have cognates for both components of sauvakävely - sau & käimine - but doesn't use them here, using non-cognate synonyms instead.)

They do that to confuse Finns.

You mean you can't recognize the obvious similarities to käppä and kontti or kontata and immediately recognize it so that you automatically know "oh yeah, kepikõndi, käppäkontti, of course that must mean sauvakävely"?

I know you're joking, but why käppä and not keppi (stick)? I mean, they're even cognates and mean the same in both languages.

(also I'm not sure if you know but both käppä and kontti are so archaic that I had never heard either of them before. So, to answer your question, these are definitely the first words an average Finn would think of )

I was just trying to be silly. I came across kontata while looking to see if Finnish had any cognate to Estonian kõnd. The closest cognate set is kõndima/konata but while kõndima means "to walk," konata meant "to crawl on all fours". So the temptation to combine that with käpp ("paw" in Estonian and not archaic in Estonian; "stick" in Swedish and the sourceword word for Finnish keppi and Estonian kepp) was just too great. Yeah, it's a combination of archaic words (which is why I linked to Wiktionary), but the funny part is just that it changes "pole walking" into something like *"crawling around on paws like an animal" (sort of) and I found it just too good to pass up. But perhaps too weird, apparently.

[Naava]

but the funny part is just that it changes "pole walking" into something like *"crawling around on paws like an animal" (sort of)

That's what I'd call nordic walking! It's especially popular at Midsummer or in the early morning when the bars have closed.

[Linguaphile]

but the funny part is just that it changes "pole walking" into something like *"crawling around on paws like an animal" (sort of)

That's what I'd call nordic walking! It's especially popular at Midsummer or in the early morning when the bars have closed.

[Linguaphile]

tsis tas li no xwb not only that; that's not all
/ʈʂì tà li nɔ sɨ́/

li no xwb os that's it; that's all
/li nɔ sɨ́ ɔ̀/

[Rí.na.dTeangacha]

enviezado - skewed

[Osias]

enviezado - skewed

E também biased, já que bias é viés? Sei lá.

[Rí.na.dTeangacha]

enviezado - skewed

E também biased, já que bias é viés? Sei lá.

Cara, eu nem percebi que tinha "viés" escondido aí dentro! É verdade, faz mais sentido agora, obrigado!

[vijayjohn]

enviezado - skewed

E também biased, já que bias é viés? Sei lá.

Cara, eu nem percebi que tinha "viés" escondido aí dentro! É verdade, faz mais sentido agora, obrigado!

Não é enviesado?

le DEA (diplôme d'études approfondies) - tertiary education degree higher than a master's but lower than a doctorate

[Osias]

Eu me lembro de uma regra de que palavras derivadas tem s se tiver s na original e z caso contrário, mas não sei se já mudaram isso nas últimas retcons ortográficas.

[Rí.na.dTeangacha]

Não é enviesado?

Provavelmente foi. É que eu ouvi a palavra num vídeo, e já que não tinha percebido que contem "viés", eu devo ter escrito errado.

[linguoboy]

moc de gall foxtail amaranth

(Literally, the name means "cock snot".)