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The German Word Schadenfreude in English Basically Means "A Good

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The German word schadenfreude in English basically means "a good feeling obtained from observing someone else's bad luck." There is no exact equivalent for this word in the English language. Thus, according to the linguistic determinism hypothesis, one would conclude which of the following?


A) Chuck, who speaks fluent English, Spanish, and German, would think about schadenfreude first in English and then translate it into the other two languages he knows.
B) Tito, who speaks Spanish, German, English, and Mandarin Chinese, will be able to convey schadenfreude in four different ways.
C) Sara, who speaks only English, will have problems understanding schadenfreude, because there is no exact word for this concept in her native language.
D) Tina, who speaks only German, may feel schadenfreude but will not be able to learn this concept quickly when it is presented to her in a foreign language.

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