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Posted: Wednesday, January 4th, 2012, Tags: Azerbaijani, Basque, Danish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Latvian

Language learners are forever haunted by the infamous incorrect cognate and faux friend when translating or even just learning. But can you guess the odd one out from these strikingly different languages. Within each row are 6 words, one of which has a completely different meaning to the rest – any ideas?

 

	Azerbaijani	Basque	Danish	Hungarian	Icelandic	Latvian
1	Kalkulyator	kalkulagailua	lommeregner	számológép	reiknivél	paldies
2	ağac	trig	træ	fa	tré	koks
3	ling	hizkuntza	sprog	nyelv	tungumál	valoda
4	küçə	kalean	strand	utca	götu	iela
5	İngiltərə	England	England	Anglia	Enska	Anglija
6	dəniz	itsasoa	havet	sussa	sjó	jūra

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answers

 

1)      They all mean calculator apart from the Latvian which means thank you

2)      They all mean tree apart from the Basque which means wheat

3)      They all mean language apart from the Azerbaijani which means lever

4)      They all mean street apart from the Danish which means beach

5)      They all mean England apart from the Icelandic which means English

6)      They all mean Sea apart from the Hungarian which means bake

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