Comment on What are the most confusing false friends from your language to another that are spelt exactly the same?

LeapSecond@lemmy.zip ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Greek: Ναι (ne) means yes. Greeks often move their head up and down to say yes.
Bulgarian: Не (ne) means no. Bulgarians often move their head up and down to say no.

So if someone says ne and moves their head up and down it could be a Greek saying yes or a Bulgarian saying no. In reality the movements are not the same but it would probably be confusing to an outsider.

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