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One of my favorite things I've learned during my time studying Esperanto is the word "volapukaĵo", which is constructed from "volapuk" as the root and means "no
by Impl0x 10y ago
One of my favorite things I've learned during my time studying Esperanto is the word "volapukaĵo", which is constructed from "volapuk" as the root and means "nonsense".
"Tio estas volapukaĵo al mi" is the Esperanto equivalent of "It's all Greek to me!"
- schoen 10y agoI've heard it claimed that there's an analogous verb volapuki 'to babble, talk nonsense' (but never seen someone use it).
- klipt 10y agoEsperanto is very flexible about transforming verbs/nouns/adjectives into one another, so probably. Adjective would be volapuka (nonsensical)? Adverb would be volapuke (nonsensically?)
- snaily 10y agoTurns out Danish has the same construction in use ("thats just volapük [incomprehensible] to me"), so it's not just one conlang throwing shade at another.