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submitted 3 weeks ago by RicoSuave@feddit.cl to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

in portuguese, i just came across “por que o vírus da gripe não tem amigos? porque ele é uma má influenza”

translation: “why does the flu virus have no friends? because it’s a bad influenza!”(Influence)

i think it could work in english but sounds better in portuguese.

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[-] daq@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 3 weeks ago

I'm sure there's a better example in Ukrainian, but

Як як? Ну як як? Як як як...

Not really a pun and not translateable as a joke, but same word that can repeat to form a sentence.

Joke is a guy went to the zoo and friend is asking him how was yak. He replies with yak was like yak.

[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 weeks ago

Something similar in Finnish;

Kokoo koko kokko kokoon. Koko kokkoko kokoon? Koko kokko kokoon.

Which translates to

Put together the whole bonfire. The whole bonfire together? The whole bonfire together.

[-] gjoel@programming.dev 9 points 3 weeks ago

Danish has: Far får får får? Nej, får får ikke får, får får lam.

This translates to: Dad, does sheep get (give birth to) sheep? No, sheep don't get sheep, sheep get lambs.

[-] voytek709@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

Similarly, Swedish has

  • ”Farfar, får får får?” (Grandpa, do sheep have sheep?)
  • ”Nej, får får inte får, får får lamm”. (No, sheep don’t have sheep, sheep have lambs)
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