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Now, let us go beyond English and Japanese,/and look at some of the world’s other languages.//
According to some linguists,/there are over 7,000 languages in the world,/so what I’m going to show/is just a tiny sample of words we can’t translate easily/into English or Japanese.//
Swedish offers an interesting example,/as shown on Slide 1.//
This word (resfeber ) means/“the restless beat of a traveler’s heart/before the journey begins;/feelings of being nervous and excited.”//
Here is an example/from the Dutch language.//
Look at Slide 2.//
This word (gezellig ) means “cozy;/a positive warm feeling you have/when you are with loved ones.”//
It’s amazing/that one word can describe this kind of feeling!//
Slide 3 shows an example from Finnish.//
This word (poronkusema ) means/“the distance a reindeer can comfortably travel/before taking a break.”//
Slide 4 shows an example from Arabic.//
This word (gurfa ) means/“the amount of water/that can be held in one hand.”//
You may find it fascinating/how different languages conceptualize the world/in different ways.//
It seems there is no limit/to what you can say in simple words.//
Now, let us go beyond English and Japanese,/