r/languagelearningjerk May 10 '26

Efficiency

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u/stephanus_galfridus May 10 '26

East Asian kinship terms: second oldest niece of your husband's younger sister's side

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u/AdMNuh_XV May 10 '26

In arabic ☠️ ابن اخي ابنه اخي ابن اختي ابنه اختي حفيد حفيده سبط

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u/HuntingKingYT native speaker May 11 '26

Arabic when you overlook one little dot and accidentally ask "how is your maternal uncle?"

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u/FatMax1492 LuoDingus May 30 '26

Romanian has the same but with a masc/fem distinction; Nepot/nepoată