Voytek (They/Them)@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-24 days agoWhat is a figure of speech you like in your language?message-squaremessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up177arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a figure of speech you like in your language?Voytek (They/Them)@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-24 days agomessage-square64fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFondots@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·4 days agoEsperanto krokodili- verb, literally something like “to crocodile” It means when an Esperanto-speaker speaks in a language other than Esperanto while amongst other Esperanto-speakers. No one’s quite sure why that’s the term for it, most likely because crocodiles have a big mouth. When I learned that, it suddenly made a lot of sense why Duolingo taught me the word for “crocodile” so early.
Esperanto
krokodili- verb, literally something like “to crocodile”
It means when an Esperanto-speaker speaks in a language other than Esperanto while amongst other Esperanto-speakers.
No one’s quite sure why that’s the term for it, most likely because crocodiles have a big mouth.
When I learned that, it suddenly made a lot of sense why Duolingo taught me the word for “crocodile” so early.