"who" is your name?
By nawala
@nawala123 (20871)
Indonesia
July 17, 2020 6:40pm CST
In my Indonesian language,if we to ask someone's name, we say "siapa namamu?"
If we translate that to English literally, it is "who is your name?"
"What" in Indonesian is "apa", but we may not say "apa namamu?" But it is meaningless in Indonesian and may cause people confused.
Language is confusing
"What" in Indonesian is "apa", but we may not say "apa namamu?" But it is meaningless in Indonesian and may cause people confused.
Language is confusing4 people like this
5 responses
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
18 Jul 20
There is an old tv series called Mind Your Language. It is about a school for adults who are learning English. It is funny with the foreigners to speak - Spanish, Indian, German, etc.
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
18 Jul 20
I never now. But it must be funny in case every language have different "logic"
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
18 Jul 20
@nawala123 yes, it is a funny show for 30 minutes only.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
18 Jul 20
yes languages are confusing if we use the literal meaning during translation. By the way Indonesia and hindi ( India's national language) looks similar. What's your name ? translates to Apka naam kya hai - in hindi.
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
18 Jul 20
Sankrit and other indian language has influenced our language for centuries
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
18 Jul 20
@jayanth_77 i dont sanskrit. We just taught about mahabharata at school
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
18 Jul 20
@nawala123 yes you are right. Do you know to read sanskrit . if you know hindi, sanskrit is easy to read but you won't understand the meaning unless you have been taught in school. I recite mantras ( hindu vedic text ) daily from Bhagwat Gita and they are in sanskrit but listen to the translation on youtube
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
18 Jul 20
Haha...for me learning a new language appears so tough and difficult
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
18 Jul 20
@nawala123 yes..and very tough for me
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