asklemmy·AsklemmybyJéssica/Vitor How does your language or region say wow?In the language I’m learning: Łał - polishView original on lemmings.world41Comments38
VVoxAliorum replylemmy.ml1Hide 1 replyI didn't know how to write it, but it also crossed my mind. "TschüÜSCH!" felt very wrong.1
HHelix 🧬 replyfeddit.orgWould also be acceptable, although mine is the non-Germanised version of it 😄 vallah2
DrDystopia lemy.lolBut that's just the polish, phonetic way of "wow". Like saying "uao" in norwegian. But considering that's a foreign word our equivalent would be more like "dæven", a soft variation of "Devil". Basically "What the devil?!"3
verolena piefed.social1Hide 1 replyin my moms language: «ого!» «вау!» «супер!» (impressed by something ig) "super!"2
sselokichtli lemmy.mlOh, we use all kinds of slurrs for that. Actually, to avoid slurs you can say "guau", which sounds like "wow".2
TurtleCalledCalmie sopuli.xyzŁał! Wow! O ja Cię kręcę! O chuj/kurwa! Ja jebe! Obv last two are casual :D Gg on taking up polish, not easy language to learn1
HHadriscus jlai.lu5Hide 5 repliesbouuuudi ! short form of "boun dioù", or "good god" Or just... ouah1
bleddy 'ell
holy fucking shit!
great googly moogly
By imitating Owen Wilson "woooowwww"
I've always considered myself a Waaaaaaow Owen Wilson kind of gal.
Hala! is wow in Tagalog, Filipino language
Wow! or Wahnsinn! or Krass! - German
Çüș!
I didn't know how to write it, but it also crossed my mind. "TschüÜSCH!" felt very wrong.
Would also be acceptable, although mine is the non-Germanised version of it 😄 vallah
Boah!
Ay Caramba!
Vau in lithuanian :3
Leck Oasch
Tja
Wah
Ammata udu! (Ammata means "to mom", no idea what udu means)
Wauw!
Godnondeju
But that's just the polish, phonetic way of "wow". Like saying "uao" in norwegian. But considering that's a foreign word our equivalent would be more like "dæven", a soft variation of "Devil".
Basically "What the devil?!"
in my moms language: «ого!»
«вау!»
«супер!» (impressed by something ig) "super!"
oh and ух ты! i think is like a whoa or an "oh wow!'
"Holy Wah!"
Vaŭ
In Esperanto
Oh, we use all kinds of slurrs for that. Actually, to avoid slurs you can say "guau", which sounds like "wow".
oh wow eh
Portuguese: “Uau” (woo-ah-oo)
Łał!
Wow!
O ja Cię kręcę! O chuj/kurwa!
Ja jebe!
Obv last two are casual :D
Gg on taking up polish, not easy language to learn
In my family, it's always been "Ho-ly shit!"
Wow
bouuuudi ! short form of "boun dioù", or "good god"
Or just... ouah
C'est de l'occitan?
oui ! ma mamie en faisait grand usage (elle était de Lunel)
J'ai trouvé les francophones!
Bien joué ! ils étaient pas bien cachés
Oh punaise ! Enfin des mots français !
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