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A language like a set of building blocks. (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 week ago by NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 16 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I suspect every language does this to some extent. Some good examples from Japanese:

靴 = shoes 下 = under 靴下 = socks

手 = hand 紙 = paper 手紙 = letter

歯 = teeth 車 = wheel 歯車 = cog / gear

火 = fire 山 = mountain 火山 = volcano

Sadly (?) the Japanese compounds are often only compounds of the symbols, not the spoken words.

[–] FUsername@feddit.org 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Well 🇩🇪

Zahn = Tooth

Rad = Wheel

Zahnrad = cog 🎉

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

We took that into Hungarian

Fog = Tooth
Kerék = Wheel
Fogaskerék = Toothywheel = Cog

[–] FUsername@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, is a cog actually a toothy wheel for everybody but the English language?

[–] meekah@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Wouldnt be surprised if it was. looking at pineapple

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Even more than the compound words I really like the kanji that have basically pure pictograph meanings, like mountain pass being "mountain up down" 峠.

Side note my favorite mnemonic is for the word (hospital) patient, where a person (者) ate too much meat on a stick, and now the problem is in their heart 串 + 心 --> 患者

[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

well every language except English I guess.

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

We might not have as many as German or Japanese, but we do have some. Toothbrush, waterwheel, phonebook, stovetop, bookshelf, Headphone, bedspread, newspaper, etc.

[–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Or for the example in the actual original post "ice box."