in portuguese, i just came across “por que o vírus da gripe não tem amigos? porque ele é uma má influenza”

translation: “why does the flu virus have no friends? because it’s a bad influenza!”(Influence)

i think it could work in english but sounds better in portuguese.

  • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    9·
    8 days ago

    Something similar in Finnish;

    Kokoo koko kokko kokoon. Koko kokkoko kokoon? Koko kokko kokoon.

    Which translates to

    Put together the whole bonfire. The whole bonfire together? The whole bonfire together.

    • gjoel@programming.dev
      7·
      8 days ago

      Danish has: Far får får får? Nej, får får ikke får, får får lam.

      This translates to: Dad, does sheep get (give birth to) sheep? No, sheep don’t get sheep, sheep get lambs.

      • Voytek (They/Them)@lemmy.ca
        2·
        8 days ago

        Similarly, Swedish has

        • ”Farfar, får får får?” (Grandpa, do sheep have sheep?)
        • ”Nej, får får inte får, får får lamm”. (No, sheep don’t have sheep, sheep have lambs)
      • Ekky@sopuli.xyz
        2·
        8 days ago

        Or slightly different:

        Får får får? Får får ej får, for får får lam.

    • Lokoschade@feddit.org
      3·
      8 days ago

      There are several versions of these kinds of puns in German, one version:

      Wenn Grillen Grillen grillen, grillen Grillen Grillen.

      When crickets barbecue crickets, then crickets are barbecuing crickets.