13 words not found in the English language


Arguably the most difficult language to learn, English has commonly adopted words from other languages as its own. Surprisingly, there are 13 words from other languages that have not been translated into English, though would be really useful.
For example, if you're sitting in a meeting or lecture and there's one person asking too many questions, in Russian he would be called a pochemuchka. Or, should your neighbor borrow an item from you one at a time until you have nothing the Polynesians of Rapa Nui would call him a tingo!
In Hawaii, we have a catch all phrase, da kine. It's primarily a noun, but could be used as an adjective as well. Example sentence: The police officer was such a pochemuchka as I filed a complaint against my tingo neighbor after borrowing my last da kine.
Full story at The Urban Recluse.