As a Mandarin apeaker: Just do what Mandarin Chinese does. It’s pretty literal when it comes to nouns.
Airplane? Nah, flying machine.
Bus? Nope, public car.
Train? Fire car. (Artifact from back when trains were coal fired)
Car? (Like, automobile) is gas car.
Fridge? Ice box.
Computer? That’s an electric brain.
Telephone? Electric voice.
Television? Electric sight.
Battery? Oh, you mean the ol’ tub of electricity. (I think this was from when pretty much all batteries was just a literal container of liquid with electrodes in it.)
As a Mandarin apeaker: Just do what Mandarin Chinese does. It’s pretty literal when it comes to nouns.
Airplane? Nah, flying machine.
Bus? Nope, public car.
Train? Fire car. (Artifact from back when trains were coal fired)
Car? (Like, automobile) is gas car.
Fridge? Ice box.
Computer? That’s an electric brain.
Telephone? Electric voice.
Television? Electric sight.
Battery? Oh, you mean the ol’ tub of electricity. (I think this was from when pretty much all batteries was just a literal container of liquid with electrodes in it.)
God I need to learn mandarin
I need to recharge my ol’ tub of electricity ⚡️
What do you call an ice box?