Tat translation "How will I laugh tomorrow ..."

Bríd Mhór · **Joined:** Sun 28 Aug 2011 8:29 pm **Posts:** 2996

C. Uí Loideáin wrote:

What I have noticed (and I'd be interested to know if others notice the same thing) is that Irish doesn't make the same distinction between a laugh and a smile that English does.

That's true.

kokoshneta · **Joined:** Wed 07 Sep 2011 5:05 pm **Posts:** 422

Just as a slightly-off-topic tidbit, Chinese is like Irish—very much so, even.

笑 xiào is ‘laugh’ (noun or verb), while 微笑 wēixiào ‘tiny laugh’ (also both noun and verb) means ‘smile’. 微笑 isn’t used that much, though, and it’s much more common just to use 笑.

There’s also 笑容 xiàoróng ‘laugh face’, which is very equivalent to aoibh an gháire. And then there’s the rather wonderful verb meaning ‘to laugh heartily’: 哈哈大笑 hāhā dàxiào or ‘haha big laugh’. So poetic. :mrgreen:

Saoirse · **Posted:** Tue 27 Sep 2011 10:10 pm

kokoshneta wrote:

Just as a slightly-off-topic tidbit, Chinese is like Irish—very much so, even.

笑 xiào is ‘laugh’ (noun or verb), while 微笑 wēixiào ‘tiny laugh’ (also both noun and verb) means ‘smile’. 微笑 isn’t used that much, though, and it’s much more common just to use 笑.

There’s also 笑容 xiàoróng ‘laugh face’, which is very equivalent to aoibh an gháire. And then there’s the rather wonderful verb meaning ‘to laugh heartily’: 哈哈大笑 hāhā dàxiào or ‘haha big laugh’. So poetic. :mrgreen:

Seriously Koko, how many languages do you have again?

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