Words: Jumping Tracks
For National Poetry Month #21
Do you know
the word in Russian for white is “bela?”
And the word in Japanese for snow is “yuki?”
And in my convoluted mind
the track for Russian and Japanese
often converge
And I get bela yuki.
Do you know
the word “ona”
is present in both languages?
In Russian it means “she.”
In Japanese, when coupled with
“(ona) no hito,” it means “woman.”
How amazing is that?
Do you know that
The word in Russian
For tea is “chai?”
And the Japanese word for tea is “cha.”
When we order chai tea
Are we asking for tea tea?
copyright/all rights reserved April 21, 2012 Audrey Howitt. Do not use or copy without the express written permission of the author.
Comments
Laughed at the end... felt knowledge at the start...amazing poem yet again... great work...
loved it all through out!
Your background in languages is awesome. I love playing with words in English, but you have so many languages to play with. Thanks for SHARING.
Very interesting to see these similiarites across languages which one would never imagine would have any connection. Thanks for sharing. WB
Words have always been interesting to me, especially the origin..Thank's for sharing...
Audrey, enjoyed this. They are both in the East but I would not have imagined such close association in some of their words. Very interesting, fun poem.
That was fun to read Audrey and totally enjoyable.
Voted up funny and beautiful, Joyce.
What a delightful departure from your usual fine work. Up and across the board!
wow how interesting.. great hub
Debbie
How interesting that they both have such similar words, makes you wonder where it all originated from. Both in the East but I wouldn't have seen a connetion, but maybe there is one.
Your knowledge of language is amazing
This was funny Audrey I'm still chuckling. Now I'll go get some chai cha or something to that effect. Languages are an amazing thing I should know with all the Russian being spoken here and me not knowing anything but I have discovered that Latvian and German languages and even sometimes some English do have words in common.
Very interesting Audrey. Chai tea must be a double tea then? Lovely :-)
Interesting and entertaining.Enjoyed reading!!
The way we use language is fascinating and I love what you have written.
great fountain of information Audrey...
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Thank you Rahul! Fun write for me actually!
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Thank you Sandrabusby!
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Thank you for reading and commenting Wayne! Much appreciated!
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Thank you for reading Ruby!
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Thanks Jools!
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Thank you Joyce--fun to write this one!
big fan of tea tea. Interesting and funny. Shared!
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Thank you so much for reading Will!
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Thank you so much Deborah!
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Thank you Rosemary! Interesting, isn't it?
interesting analogy between languages, Audrey!
Good one Audrey! My daughter loves chai tea, I'm looking forward to sharing this with her!
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Interesting isn't it Gypsy?? Thank you so much!
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Thank you so much Katrine--Hope you are doing well!
Such a small world we live in, this poem really makes you appreciate that fact. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you Vellur!!
Yum! Chai tea!!
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Thank you Blossom!
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Thank you raciniwa!
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Thank you Justin!
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Thank you Ruchira!
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I also love chai tea! Funny! Thank you so much Sunshine!
In India Hindi for tea is "Chai". Thanks to you I can get my favorite brew in Russia and Japan easily. Good work Audrey. Take care,
MAKUSR
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Thank you Jon!
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Thank you so much for stopping by Stokermm!
Lovely work with words Audrey, so much fun. Jamie
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Thank you maksur! So there must be a connection between all these languages!
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Thanks Jamie!!
Chai is also a word for tea in Hindi language and in Nepal we can chiya, which sounds quite similar to Hindi Chai.
You have composed a wonderful poem over the words. Brilliant piece my dear friend.
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Thank you Vinaya! Aren't the similarities amazing!
I definitely voted up.
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Thank you IntegirtyYes!
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