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I am a native English speaker, and may be wrong about this, but I believe that the use of "de nada" from Spanish, and "de rien" in French to mean "you're welcom
by mallomarmeasle 3y ago
I am a native English speaker, and may be wrong about this, but I believe that the use of "de nada" from Spanish, and "de rien" in French to mean "you're welcome" suffer from similar loss in translation. Do not the former phrases imply that thanks is not needed?
- morkalork 3y agoThe English equivalent is responding to someone saying thank you with "hey, it's nothing"
- aidenn0 3y agoA close English idiom might be "Don't worry about it" or "no problem" in the place of "you're welcome." Even "You're welcome" implies this as in "You're welcome [to ask for such a favor in general]"
- mallomarmeasle 3y agoThat is an interesting implied addendum. However, there still seems to be an acknowledged favor granted, while the French and Spanish phrases I understand to mean that no favor was granted and no thanks are needed.
- nerdbert 3y agoNo worries, mate.