Språklektion

I alla språk finns ord som är specifika för just det språket eller som kan vara svåra att förklara och översätta exakt. I svenskan finns exempelvis ord som unna sig, missunna någon något och missunnsam.

- Unna sig is a verb that means that you do something good for yourself.

- You mean that you treat yourself to something?

- Yes, but first you have to deserve it.

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- If you work out at the gym for example you can unna dig a kanelbulle afterwards.

- What if you just buy a kanelbulle without working out first?

- No, that's not unna sig. That's just buying a kanelbulle and that's not good.

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- You can also missunna someone else something. It means that you don't want anything positive to happen to another person. It's called to be missunnsam.

- Why wouldn't you want that?

- Probably because that person doesn't deserve it.

- And why wouldn't he or she deserve it?

- Because he or she is rich, beautiful, drives a nice car or has a big house. We don't like that.

- ?

- Never mind. If you live here long enough you will learn the hard way.

- Ok...