Aprendizaje

Learning for me is uncomplicating (I just made up that word) the complicated. There are so much to be learned yet limited time. One thing that has always fascinated me is different people in the world and their cultures, the most interesting thing is their language. I always wondered how people could understand gibberish someone or a group of persons cooked up to communicate with each other.

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was a GENIUS!, I can’t emphasize enough about how much of a genius he was. He is the author of “lord of the rings”, he invented at least 15 languages for his writings. My point is he cooked up something, called it language and those languages are still being studied. I’ll talk more about him some other day.

When I was a kid, I and my immediate younger sister had our own language. We understood each other I guess, because sometimes we would say something and laugh so hard at the same time (good times). The irony of this shit is I can’t speak or comprehend any language fluently; my dad is Igbo (well I don’t understand that, I know it’s embarrassing don’t come for me), my mom is Idoma (I understand but can’t speak), I learned Hausa in school (I was lousy at it, at least I can buy stuff from the market in Hausa), I also learned French (I cant remember shit), I know a few words in Yoruba from the media (they own that shit), and I am currently learning Spanish and Swahili, the title of today’s post is “Aprendizaje” which is Spanish for “learning” (ps. I am not that good in Spanish, I just googled the word)

I decided to share 10 exotic words with y’all, so get jotting and thank me later;

IRUSU: (n) Japanese pretending to be out when someone knocks at your door (this is me).

MAJIME: (n) Japanese an earnest, reliable person who can simply get things done without causing drama (what I am trying to be).

IKIGAI: (n) Japanese a reason for being, the thing that gets you up in the morning (still searching).

YUGEN: (n) Japanese a profound awareness of the universe that triggers a deep emotional response.

UKIYO: (n) Japanese literally “the floating world” living in the moment, detached from the bothers of life (how I am trying to live).

YOISHO: (n) Japanese a word without meaning said when flopping into a chair after a hard day at work (explains my whole life).

SHIBUI: (n) Japanese old school cool.

KUIDAORE: (n) Japanese to eat yourself into bankruptcy (a Japanese word for “if I perish, I perish”).

LYKKE: Danish happiness (a goal).

MERAKI: (n) Greek to do something with soul, creativity, or love; to put something of yourself into your work (I attempt that every Monday for y’all).

I hope y’all grabbed at least one word, my favorite word is “Ukiyo”. I would really love to know your favorite word, I would be in the comment session sipping wine and “joffin fingz down”. Please indulge me by leaving a comment.

Xoxo Coco.