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In Arabic there is no word for "uncle". There is only "dad's brother" and "mom's brother". Often times an English speaker will leave out the paternal/maternal p
by LargeTomato 3y ago
In Arabic there is no word for "uncle". There is only "dad's brother" and "mom's brother". Often times an English speaker will leave out the paternal/maternal portion and the Arabic sentence may be ambiguous. If the English speaker later specified the needed information and the Arabic translator guessed wrong then there's a confusing problem here and the Arabic listener might get confused.
- karmakaze 3y agoIs there no structure to express a parent's (or father's or mother's) brother? It may not flow well but avoids making incorrect assumptions.
- rootsu 3y agoIn my language, there are two different words for Maternal uncle and Paternal uncle, so translating from English without any context might completely change the relationship.