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I think that 'Fika' is an interesting one. In Spanish, or at least in Spain, 'to go for a coffee' implies the same things that 'fika' does. Nobody expects to bu
by Hokusai 5y ago
I think that 'Fika' is an interesting one. In Spanish, or at least in Spain, 'to go for a coffee' implies the same things that 'fika' does. Nobody expects to buy coffee to drink at the office, or at home, as to talk and socialize is more important than the coffee itself.
I guess that in English speaking countries it could mean literally to go to buy a cup of coffee and hurry back with the coffee to your desk. Wouldn't 'to for a beer' have the same implications, maybe with more noise, than fika but with beer instead of coffee and cookies?
- actually_a_dog 5y agoIt looks to me like "fika" is just like "chilling." See, for instance, https://www.swedishfood.com/fika https://www.swedishfood.com/fika
- dmitriid 5y agoI like `fika` as a term because it now means almost any type of light social get-together where there's coffee/tea and possibly (but not necessarily!) sweets. And that it can be used as a verb and as a noun. Russian speakers in Sweden have adopted the word `fika`, and now use it as a Russian word, too :D
- Duralias 5y agoHowever, unlike "chilling", "fika" does require you to be eating/drinking something for the definition of it to apply. Sure, you could skip it, but any swede who hears that word will know that a break like it should be combined with some kind of drink and/or snack.
- mongol 5y agoDo grandparents chill together much? I am lot native english speaker so I don't know. Chilling seems like a youthful thing.