voytek709@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agoWhat is a figure of speech you like in your language?message-squaremessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squareFondots@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 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.
minus-squareLegoBrickOnFire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 hours agoAre there really esperato speakers in the wild (not just Duolingo?) It would be a fun language to learn, but if no one speaks i’d rather just get better at german :)
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.
Are there really esperato speakers in the wild (not just Duolingo?) It would be a fun language to learn, but if no one speaks i’d rather just get better at german :)