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Why in English - 'Enjoy you meal' but in another european languages 'Guten appetit', ' Bon appetit' and so on?
Sep 12, 2010 7:55 PM
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There is no "why". It just is! If you ask "why", you won't learn anything.
September 12, 2010
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Hi, this is common to all translations. For example in Lithuanian people say I feel the cold on me but translated into English = I am cold.
September 12, 2010
P.S. No. It's not translational question. It's about culture. You see, phrases 'Guten appetit', ' Bon appetit' contain word 'appetit' and mean something like 'have a good wish for food', but in english just 'enjoy a food'.
September 13, 2010
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