I am wondering if anyone can think of good examples of situational words that are unique to a certain language. For example, in English there is snow, slush and ice but in some aboriginal languages, there are special words for specific types of snow. I am not sure if the old '40 words for snow' story is true of the Inuit language, but I do know there is more than one word. And there are not equivalents to these types of words in English.
I know some Hebrew words too that don't really have equivalents in English. Mitzvah is one. It's sort of a cross between a good deed, an honour and a commandment or obligation, but that is not quite right either as a description. But any Hebrew speaker will know exactly what I mean
