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In spanish 'mama' and 'papa' are the actual words for mom and dad, respectively (and IIRC they are too in italian). Funny that other languages don't use the sam
by gjulianm 13y ago
In spanish 'mama' and 'papa' are the actual words for mom and dad, respectively (and IIRC they are too in italian). Funny that other languages don't use the same simple sounds for both.
Auto-nitpick: Well, actually it's not 'mama' but 'mamá' (same with 'papa'), the accent is in the last syllable
- MarkSweep 13y agoIn Japanese you use "haha" and "chichi" to refer to your own mother and father (respectively), instead of the more formal "okaasan" and "otousan".
- dsego 13y agoIn spoken croatian, mama is mother, tata is father. In some dialects baba is grandmother or old lady and dida (deda) is the grandfather.
- klez 13y agoIn Italian, mama is "mamma", dad is "pap�" (in pap� you stress the second syllabe)
- yen223 13y agoIn Mandarin too - mother is 'mama', and father is 'baba'