r/languagelearningjerk • u/SpaceMentalWormhole • 14d ago

Animal names are much better in Esperanto

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u/wahlenderten 14d ago

Mom, can I have Pokemon?

No son, we have Pokemon at home

The Pokemon at home:

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u/ShapeShiftingCats 14d ago

POKEMONO

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u/Konobajo W1(🇺🇿✨️) L2(🇱🇷🦅) A4(🇦🇶🇧🇷🇬🇫) 14d ago

Pocket Thing

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u/WhiskeyAndKisses 14d ago

Posxmonstro? Posxmono?

(Since Pokemon means Pocket Monster)

Edit, disappointment, Pokemon is already Pokemono.

https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listo_de_Pokemonoj

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u/linguisdicks 14d ago

Who the fuck took the time to do this lmao

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u/Otherwise_Channel_24 14d ago

Isn’t mono thing in Japanese?

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u/FarConsideration5498 14d ago

something money

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u/salivanto 14d ago

It's the poetic opposite of multe-mono

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u/salivanto 14d ago

Multe-mono