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- Subject: #F# "I love you" in various languages
-
- From: (various)
-
-
- Afrikaans : Ek is lief vir jou
- : Ek het jou lief
- Albanian : Te dua
- : Te dashuroj
- : Ti je zemra ime
- Alsacien (Elsass) : Ich hoan dich gear
- Amharic (Aethio.) : Afekrishalehou
- : Afekrischalehou
- Amharic (Ethiopian) : Ewedishalehu (male/female to female)
- : Ewedihalehu (male/female to male)
- American Sign Language : __
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- Apache : Sheth she~n zho~n (nasalized vowels like French,
- '~n' as in French 'salon')
- Arabic (formal) : Ohiboke (male to female)
- : Ohiboki (male to female)
- : Ohibokoma (male or female to two males
- or two females)
- : Nohiboke (more than one male or females
- to female)
- : Nohiboka (male to male or female to male)
- : Nohibokoma (male to male or female to two
- males or two females)
- : Nohibokom (male to male or female to more
- than two males)
- : Nohibokon (male to male or female to more
- than two females)
- Arabic (proper) : Ooheboki (male to female)
- : Ooheboka (female to male)
- Arabic : Ana behibak (female to male)
- : Ana behibek (male to female)
- : Ahebich (male to female)
- : Ahebik (female to male)
- : Ana ahebik
- : Ib'n hebbak
- : Ana ba-heb-bak
- : Bahibak (female to male)
- : Bahibik (male to female)
- : Benhibak (more than one male or female to male)
- : Benhibik (male to male or female to female)
- : Benhibkom (male to male or female to more
- than one male)
- : Nhebuk (spoken to someone of importance)
- Arabic (Umggs.) : Ana hebbek
- Armenian : Yes kez si'rumem
- Ashanti/Akan/Twi : Me dor wo
- Assamese : Moi tomak bhal pau
- Assyrian (east dialect) : ana buyanookh (female to male)
- : ana buyanaakh (male to female)
- Assyrian (west dialect) : ono korekhmalokh (female to male)
- : ono korekh-hamnolakh (male to female)
-
- Bangladeschi : Ami tomake walobashi
- Basque : Maite zaitut
- : Nere maitea ("My love/My darling")
- Bassa : Mengweswe
- Batak : Holong rohangku di ho
- Bemba : Ndikufuna
- Bengali : Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi
- : Ami tomay bhalobashi
- : Ami tomake bahlobashi
- Berber : Lakh tirikh
- Betazed : Imzadi
- Bicol : Namumutan ta ka
- Binary code : 011010010010000001101100011011110111011001100101
- 00100000011110010110111101110101
- Bolivian Quechua : Qanta munani
- Bosnian : Volim te
- Braille : :..:| ..:| |..-.. .::":.., :.:;
- Brazilian/Portuguese : Eu te amo
- /Galician : Querote
- : Amo-te (pronounced "Amu'-tee")
- Breton : Ho karet a ran
- : Karet a ran ac'hanoc'h
- : Me a gar ac'hanoc'h
- : Da garet a ran
- : Karet a ran ac'hanout
- : Me a gar ac'hanout
- Bulgarian : Obicham te
- : As te obeicham
- : As te obicham
- : Obozhavam te ("I love you very much")
- Burmese : Chit pa de
-
- Cajun : Mi aime jou
- Cambodian : Kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah
- : Bon sro lanh oon
- Canadian French : Ch't'aime
- : Ch'trip su' toe' ("I'm crazy for you")
- : J'capote su' toe' ("I'm turned upside-down for you")
- : Je t'aime ("I like you")
- : Je t'adore ("I love you") (not really used in
- a romantic or passionated way, it is mostly used
- in family context, or for a pet, or a meal etc.)
- Catalan : T'estimo (Catalonian)
- : T'estim (Mallorcan)
- : T'estime (Valencian)
- : T'estim molt ("I love you a lot")
- Cebuano : Gihigugma ko ikaw
- Central Yup'ik : Assiramken ('r' is a voiced uvular fricative,
- kind of like a German 'ch', except
- voiced and pronounced a little
- farther back in the mouth, nearer
- to the throat)
- Chaldean : Kibinakh (male to female)
- : Kibanokh (female to male)
- Chamoru (or Chamorro) : Hu guaiya hao
- Cherokee : Aya gvgeyu'i nihi
- Cheyenne : Ne mohotatse
- Chichewa : Ndimakukonda
- Chickasaw : Chiholloli (first 'i' nasalized)
- Chinese : Gwa ai li (Amoy)
- : Ngo oi nei (Cantonese)
- : Wo oi nei ( " )
- : Ngai oi gnee (Hakka)
- : Ngai on ni ( " )
- : Ai oi ngee ( " )
- : Wa ai lu (Hokkien)
- : Wo ai ni (Mandarin/Putonghua)
- : Ngo ai nong (Wu)
- Common Eldarin : Melinje^ edje^ (I love thee)
- : Melinye^ edye^ (I love thee)
- Corsican : Ti tengu cara (male to female)
- : Ti tengu caru (female to male)
- Creol : Mi aime jou
- Croatian (familiar) : Ja te volim (used in proper speech)
- : Volim te (used in common speech)
- Croatian (formal) : Ja vas volim (used in proper speech)
- : Volim vas (used in common speech)
- : Ljubim te (in todays useage, "I kiss you",
- 'lj' pronounced like 'll' in
- Spanish, one sound, 'ly'ish)
- Croatian (old) : Ljubim te (may still be found in poetry)
- Czech : Miluji te (a downwards pointing arrowhead
- on top of the 'e' in te, which is
- pronounced 'ye')
- : Miluju te! (colloquial form)
- : Ma'm te (velmi) ra'd (male speaker, "I like
- you (very much)", often
- used and prefered)
- : Ma'm te (velmi) ra'da (female speaker)
-
- Danish : Jeg elsker dig
- Dhivehi : Varrah loabi vey
- : Aharen, kalaa-dheke loabi-vameve (I love you)
- : Aharen, kalaa-dheke varahh loabi-vameve
- (I love you very much)
- Dusun : Siuhang oku dia
- Dutch : Ik hou van je
- : Ik hou van jou
- : Ik bemin je (old fashioned)
- : Ik bemin jou ( " )
- : Ik heb je lief ( " )
- : Ik ben verliefd op je ("I am in love with you")
- : Ik ben verliefd op jou ( " )
- : Ik houd erg veel van jou ("I love you very
- : Ik houd erg veel van je much")
- : Ik vind je leuk ("I like you")
- : Ik vind je aardig ( " )
- : Ik vind je heel erg leuk ("I like you very
- : Ik vind je heel aardig much")
- : Ik zie je graag
- : Ik mag jou wel ("I like you")
- : Ik mag jou heel graag ("I like you very much")
- (the last two are more superficial, thus more
- suitable for male to male)
-
- Ecuador Quechua : Canda munani
- English : I love you
- : I adore you
- : I love thee (used only in Christian context)
- Eritrean / Tigrinya : Afkireki (as said to a female)
- : Afkireka (as said to a male)
- Esperanto : Mi amas vin
- Estonian : Mina armastan sind
- : Ma armastan sind
- Ethiopian : Afgreki'
-
- Farsi (old) : Tora dust mi daram
- Farsi : Tora dost daram ("I love you")
- : Asheghetam
- : Doostat daram ("I'm in love with you")
- : Man asheghetam ("I'm in love with you")
- Fijian : Au lomani iko (I love you)
- : Au lomani iko vakalevu (I love you very much!)
- : Au vinakati iko (I want you)
- Filipino : Iniibig kita
- : Mahal kita
- Finnish (formal) : Mina" rakastan sinua
- : Rakastan sinua
- : Mina" pida"n sinusta ("I like you")
- Finnish : (Ma") rakastan sua
- : (Ma") tykka"a"n susta ("I like you")
- French : Je t'aime ("I love you")
- : Je t'adore ("I love you", stronger meaning
- between lovers)
- : J' t'aime bien ("I like you", meant for friends
- and family, not for lovers)
- French (formal) : Je vous aime
-
- Gaelic : Ta gra agam ort
- : Moo graugh hoo
- Galician/Portuguese : Eu te amo
- /Brazilian : Querote
- Georgian : Miqvarhar (familiar)
- : Me shen miqvarhar [MEh SHEN MI-(q pronounced
- between k and g)-VURR-HURR]
- : Miqvarharth (more respectful)
- : Me thkven miqvarharth [MEh (t in breathing out)-
- KVEN MI-(k/g)-VURR-HURR-(the same)]
- German (formal) : Ich liebe Sie (rarely used)
- German : Ich liebe dich
- : Ich hab' dich lieb
- : Ich hab dich lieb (not so classic and
- conservative)
- German dialects:
- Bavarian (Bayrisch) : I moag di gern
- (Bavaria/Bayern) : I mog di (right answer: "I di a")
- : I lieb di
- Berlin dialect : Ick liebe dir (Old, very old)
- (Berlinerisch) : Ick liebe Dich
- Berner-Deutsch : Ig liebe di
- Bochumer : Ich lieb Dich!
- Franconian (Fra"nkisch): Du gfa"llsd mer fai
- (Franconia/Franken) : Bisd scho mai gouds freggerla (already in a
- relationship)
- : Mid dier ma"cherd ich a amol (sexually touched,
- ment as a compliment, not litterally)
- (the above 3 entries really mean "I like you",
- a Franke would never say "I love you")
- Friesian (Friesisch) : Ik hou fan dei (sp?)
- : Ik hald fan dei
- Hessian (Hessisch) : Isch habb disch libb
- Ostfriesisch : Ick heb di leev
- Saarla"ndisch : Isch hann disch lieb
- Saxon (Sa"chsisch) : Isch liebdsch
- Swabian (Schwa"bisch) : I mog di fei sauma"ssich (Literally "I like
- you like a pig.")
- : I mog di ganz arg (More formal, literally
- "I like you very much!")
- Swiss German : Ch'ha di ga"rn
- (Schweizerdeutsch)
- Vorarlberg dialect : I stand total uf di
- (Vorarlbergerisch)
- Gilbertese : Itangiriko (g is pronounced like "ng" in "singing")
- Greek : Se agapo (spoken "s'agapo", g is lower case gamma)
- : Eime eroteumenos mazi sou ("I'm in love with)
- : Eime eroteumenos me 'sena (you", male to female)
- : Eime eroteumeni mazi sou ("I'm in love with)
- : Eime eroteumeni me 'sena (you", female to male)
- : Se latrevo ("I adore you")
- : Se thelo ("I want you", denotes sexual desire)
- Greek (Arhea/Ancient) : Philo se
- Greenlandic : Asavakit
- Gronings : Ik hol van die
- Guarani' : Rohiyu (ro-hai'-hyu)
- Gujrati : Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon.
- : Hoon tuney chaoon chhoon ('n' is nasal, not
- pronounced)
-
- Hausa : Ina sonka (female to male)
- : Ina sonki (male to female)
- Hawaiian : Aloha wau ia 'oe
- : Aloha wau ia 'oe nui loa ("I love you very much")
- (The ' mark is the "glottal stop".)
- Hebrew : Anee ohev otakh (male to female)
- : Anee ohevet otkha (female to male)
- : Anee ohev otkha (male to male)
- : Anee ohevet otakh (female to female)
- ('kh' pronounced like
- Spanish 'j', Dutch 'g',
- or similiar to French 'r')
- Hindi : Mai tumase pyar karata hun (male to female)
- : Mai tumase pyar karati hun (female to male)
- : Mai tumse pyar karta hoon
- : Mai tumse peyar karta hnu
- : Mai tumse pyar karta hoo
- : Mai tujhe pyaar kartha hoo
- : Mae tumko peyar kia
- : Main tumse pyar karta hoon
- : Main tumse prem karta hoon
- : Main tuze pyar karta hoon ('n' is nasal, not
- pronounced)
- Hopi : Nu' umi unangwa'ta
- Hungarian : Szeretlek
- : Te'gedet szeretlek ("It's you I love and
- no one else")
- : Szeretlek te'ged ("It's you I love, you know,
- you", a reinforcement)
- (The above two entries are never heard in
- a normal context.)
-
- Ibaloi : Pip-piyan tana
- : Pipiyan ta han shili ("I like/love you
- very much")
- Ibo (Igbo) : A hurum gi nanya
- Icelandic : Eg elska thig (pronounced 'yeg l-ska thig')
- Ilocano : Ay ayating ka
- Indonesian : Saya cinta padamu ('Saya', commonly used)
- : Saya cinta kamu ( " )
- : Saya kasih saudari ( " )
- : Saja kasih saudari ( " )
- : Aku tjinta padamu ('Aku', not often used)
- : Aku cinta padamu ( " )
- : Aku cinta kamu ( " )
- Interglossa : Mi esthe philo tu
- Italian : Ti amo (relationship/lover/spouse)
- : Ti voglio bene (between friends)
- : Ti voglio (strong sexual meaning, "I want you",
- refering to other person's body)
- Irish : Taim i' ngra leat
- Irish/Gaelic : t'a gr'a agam dhuit
-
- Japanese : Kimi o aishiteiru (mostly male to female but
- can be used female to male)
- : Aishiteiru (both male and female use this)
- : Chuu shiteyo (literally "Please give me a kiss"
- mostly female to male)
- : Ora, omee no koto ga suki da (very informal,
- male to female)
- : Ore wa omae ga suki da (informal, male to
- female)
- : Sukiyo ("I like you.", informal,female to male)
- : Watashi wa anata ga suki desu
- (literally "I like YOU.", female to male)
- : Watashi wa anata o hontooni aishite imasu
- (formal meaning "I REALLY love you.",
- female to male)
- : A-i-shi-te ma-su(both male and female use this)
- : Watakushi-wa anata-o aishimasu
- (very formal meaning "I will love you.",
- future tense, female to male)
- : Suki desu (used at the first time, like for a
- start, when you are not yet real lovers,
- both male and female use this)
- Javanese : Kulo tresno
-
- Kankana : Laylaydek sik a
- Kannada : Naanu ninnanu preethisuthene
- : Naanu ninnanu mohisuthene
- Kapampangang : Kaluguran daka
- (or Pampangang)
- Kekchi : Nacatinra
- Kikongo : Mono ke zola nge (mono ke' zola nge')
- Kiswahili : Nakupenda
- : Nakupenda wewe
- : Nakupenda malaika ("I love you, (my) angel")
- Klingon : bangwI' SoH ("You are my beloved")
- : qamuSHa' ("I love you")
- : qamuSHa'qu' ("I love you very much")
- : qaparHa' ("I like you")
- : qaparHa'qu' ("I like you very much!")
- (words are often unnecessary as the thought is most
- often conveyed nonverbally with special growlings)
- Korean : (Dangsineul) Saranghae ("I love you")
- : (Dangsineul) Saranghaeyo (with a little respect)
- : (Dangsineul) Saranghamnida ( " )
- : Naneun dangsineul saranghamnida ( " )
- : Dangsineul saranghae
- : Dangsineul saranghaeyo ("I love you, dear")
- : Saranghae (between lovers, spouses.
- short and commonly used expression)
- : Naneun dangsineul joahamnida ("I like you")
- : Naneun dangsineul mucheok joahamnida
- ("I like you very much")
- : Naneun dangsineul mucheok saranghamnida
- ("I love you very much")
- : Naneun geu saram i joa ("I like him" or "I like her")
- : Nanun geu reul saranghamnida ("I love him" or
- "I love her")
- : G'daereul hjanghan naemaeum aljiyo? (with a little
- respect: "You know how much I love you")
- : Neo'l hjanghan naemaeum alji ?
- ("You know how much I love you")
- : Naneun neoreul saranghanda (This nuance is used
- generally after you get to know him/her enough)
- : Joahaeyo ("I like you")
- : Saranghaeyo (more formal)
- : Saranghamnida (more respectful)
- : Neoreul sarang hae (male to female in casual
- relationship)
- : Dangshini joayo ("I like you, in a romantic way")
-
- * '-haeyo', '-hamnida' makes the sentence more formal
- and with respect. Without '-haeyo', '-hamnida',
- the sentences go more casual way or between close
- relatives and lovers long-time.
- * Korean Vowel
- a: a as in ganz in German, in sayonara in Japanese
- ae: a as in air in English, ae in aehnlich,
- Universitaet in German
- eo: u as in sun, hunt, run in English (monothong
- not a diphthong, so do not say this 'ee-ow')
- eu: same sound as 'the undotted i' in Turkish (as
- kirimizi sharap 'red wine'), as the 'i' in
- Sichuan, Ribao, 4(si) in Mandarin Chinese.
- Similar with oo as in good, put, look in
- American English, u as in Fuji, sushi in
- Japanese, final used '-e' as in solmente, de
- nada, sorte in European Portuguese (monothong
- not a diphthong, so do not say this 'ee-ow').
- This vowel 'eu' sometimes turn into non-vocalic
- in casual speech languages. 'Geudae' (You, Sie,
- Usted,Vous) can be heard in your ear as [gdae].
- * Korean Consonant
- s: s as in sayonara in Japanese. s as in Hindi.
- Korean fricative consonant 's' sounds more soft
- than the English one. While English 's' makes
- more fricative violent air stream, Korean 's'
- sounds have less tension while its air stream.
-
- Kpele : I walikana
- Kurdish : Ez te hezdikhem
-
- L33t : 1 |0\/3 U
- Lao : Khoi hak jao
- : Khoi mak jao lai ("I like you very much")
- : Khoi hak jao lai ("I love you very much")
- : Khoi mak jao (This means "I prefer you",
- but is used for "I love you".)
- Latin : Te amo
- : Vos amo
- Latin (old) : (Ego) Amo te ('Ego', for emphasis)
- Latvian : Es tevi milu (pronounced 'es tevy meelu')
- ('i in 'milu' has a line over it,
- a 'long i')
- : Es milu tevi (less common)
- Lebanese : Bahibak
- Lingala : Nalingi yo
- Lisbon lingo : Gramo-te bue', chavalinha!
- Lithuanian : Tave myliu (Ta-ve mee-lyu)
- : Ash mir lutavah
- Lojban : Mi do prami
- Luo : Aheri
- Luxembourgish : Ech hun dech ga"r
-
- Maa : Ilolenge
- Macedonian : Te sakam (a little stronger than "I like you")
- : Te ljubam ("I really love you")
- : Jas te sakam ('j' sounds like 'y' in May)
- : Pozdrav ("Greetings")
- Madrid lingo : Me molas, Tronca!
- Maiese : Wa wa
- Malay/Indonesian : Saya cintakan kamu (grammatically correct)
- : Saya cinta akan kamu(expanded version of above)
- : Saya sayangkan kamu (grammatically correct)
- : Saya sayang akan kamu (expanded version)
- : Aku cinta pada mu (most direct translation)
- : Saya cintakan awak
- : Aku cinta pada kau
- : Saya cinta pada mu (best, most commonly used)
- : Saya sayangkan engkau ('engkau' often shortened
- to 'kau', 'engkau' is informal form and should
- only be used if you know the person _really_
- well)
- : Saya sayang pada mu
- : Aku sayangkan engkau
- : Aku menyintai mu
- : Aku menyayangi mu
- : Aku kasih pada mu
- : Aku jatuh cinta pada mu
- Malayalam : Ngan ninne snehikunnu
- : Njan ninne premikunnu (not used in real life,
- only said/sung in movies by hero to heroine)
- : Njan ninne mohikyunnu (I desire you, I lust you)
- Maltese : Jien inhobbok
- Marathi : Maze tuzya var prem aahe
- Marshallese : Yokwe yuk (sort of multi-purpose, like Aloha,
- literally "Love to you, my friend")
- Mikmaq : Kesalul
- Mohawk : Konoronhkwa
- Mokilese : Ngoah mweoku kaua
- Moroccan : Kanbhik (both mean the same, but spoken)
- : Kanhebek (in different cities)
- Morse Code : .. ._.. ___ ..._ . _.__ ___ .._
- : ___.. ___.. (Literally "88", a Morse Code
- shorthand meaning "Love, hugs & kisses to you.")
- : __... ...__ (Literally "73", a Morse Code
- shorthand for non romantic friends
- meaning "Best regards.")
-
- Nahuatl : Ni mitz tla-zo-tla (the 'a's are "schwa"s)
- Navaho : Ayor anosh'ni
- Ndebele : Niyakutanda
- Norwegian : Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal)
- : Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)
- Nyanja : Ninatemba
-
- Op : Op lopveop yopuop
- Oriya : Mun tumaku bhala pae ('n' is nasal and
- not pronounced)
- Osetian : Aez dae warzyn
-
- Pampangang : Kaluguran daka
- (or Kapampangang)
- Papiamento : Mi ta stima'bo
- Pig Latin : Ie ovele ouye
- Polish : Kocham cie
- : Kocham ciebie
- : Ja cie kocham (slang, not commonly used)
- Portuguese : Eu amo-te (pronounced "Eu amu'-tee")
- : Estou apaixonado por ti (male to female,
- "I'm in love with you", pronounced "Esto^
- hapa'isho^na'duu puur ti'")
- : Estou apaixonada por ti (female to male,
- "I'm in love with you", pronounced "Esto^
- hapa'isho^na'daa puur ti'")
- : Eu adoro-te ("I adore you.")
- : Tu e's o meu amor ("You are my love.")
- : Eu gosto de ti ("I like you.")
- : Quero-te ("I want you", understood as romantic
- feelings but may have sexual tones)
- : Eu desejo-te ("I desire you", may have sexual
- tones)
- : Eu preciso de ti ("I need you.")
- : Eu quero fazer amor contigo ("I want to make
- love with you.")
- Portuguese lingo : Gramo-te `a brava! ("I love you very much",
- literally "I love you wildly")
- Pulaar : Mbe de yid ma (mbe: d: yidh ma)
- (Pronounced as two words,
- "Mbe deyidma". 'b' and second
- 'd' have bars through the stems
- indicating affrication, the ':'
- indicate minute pauses)
- Punjabi : Main tainu pyar karna
- : Mai taunu pyar karda
- : Mein nu terey na^l piyaar ay (pronounced:
- "meinu therei naal piya'rei", th as in bath)
- ' = stressed syllable
- Pushto : Mung jane' (pronounced: "puxto: mu'ng jane'")
- : Pa ta mayan yem
-
- Quenya : Tye-mela'ne
- : Melinyet
-
- Raetoromanisch : Te amo
- Romanian : Te iubesc
- : Te ador (stronger)
- Rotuman : Gou 'oaf se 'a"e
- (The ' mark is the "glottal stop" as in Hawaiian.
- The G is actually the "ng" sound, as in "singing".)
- Russian : Ya vas lyublyu (old fashioned)
- : Ya tyebya lyublyu (best)
- : Ya lyublyu vas (old fashioned)
- : Ya lyublyu tyebya
-
- Saami : Mun ra'hkistan du
- Samoan : Ou te alofa outou
- : Ou te alofa ia te oe
- : Talo'fa ia te oe ("Hello, from me to you")
- Sanskrit : Tvayi snihyaami
- : Mama tvayi aasaktirasti (I have love/longing in you)
- Scot-Gaelic : Tha gradh agam ort
- Serbian (formal) : Ja vas volim (used in proper speech)
- : Volim vas (used in common speech)
- : Ljubim te (in todays useage, "I kiss you",
- 'lj' pronounced like 'll' in
- Spanish, one sound, 'ly'ish)
- Serbian (familiar) : Ja te volim (used in proper speech)
- : Volim te (used in common speech)
- Serbian (old) : Ljubim te (may still be found in poetry)
- Serbocroatian : Volim te
- : Ljubim te
- : Ja te volim ('j' sounds like 'y' in May)
- Sesotho(Southern Sotho) : Ke a mo rata
- Setswana : Dumela
- Shona : Ndinokuda
- Sindarin : Le melin (thee I love [like?])
- Sinhala : Mama oya'ta a'darei
- Sioux : Techihhila
- Slovak : Lubim ta (L pronounced similarly to 'll' in Spanish)
- : Mam ta rad (male to female)
- : Mam ta rada (female to male)
- : Milujem ta (all 't's spoken softly like 'ty')
- Slovene : Ljubim te
- Solresol : do-re mi-la-si do-mi
- Somali : Waan ku Jecelahay
- Spanish : Te amo
- : Te quiero
- : Te adoro ("I adore you")
- : Te deseo ("I desire you")
- : Me muero por ti ("You make me die")
- : Tengo ansia de ti ("I crave you")
- : Tengo ansias de ti ("I crave you")
- : Estoy ansioso de ti ("I crave you")
- : Te ansi'o ("I crave you" (only in poetry))
- Sranan Tongo : Mi lobi joe
- Srilankan : Mama oyata arderyi
- Swahili : Nakupenda
- : Naku penda (followed by the person's name)
- : Ninikupenda
- : Dholu'o
- Swedish : Jag a"lskar dig ('dig' pronounced like 'day')
- Syrian/Lebanese : Bhebbek (male to female)
- : Bhebbak (female to male)
-
- Tagalog : Mahal kita
- Tahitian : Ua here au ia oe
- : Ua here vau ia oe
- Taiwanese : Wa I Lee
- Tajik : Man turo dust medoram (literary language)
- : Man tuya nagz mebenam (northern dialect)
- : Bukhrmta-e (used as modern cool speak up)
- Tamil : Naan unnai kadalikiren
- : Nan unnai kathalikaren
- : Ni yaanai kaadli karen ("You love me")
- : N^an unnaki kathalikkinren ("I love you")
- : Nam vi'rmberem
- Telugu : Ninnu premistunnanu
- : Neenu ninnu pra'mistu'nnanu
- : Nenu ninnu premistunnanu
- Thai (formal) : Phom rak khun (male to female)
- : Phom ruk koon ( " )
- : Ch'an rak khun (female to male)
- : Chun ruk koon ( " )
- Thai : Khao raak thoe (affectionate, sweet, loving)
- Timerio : 1-80-17
- Tongan : 'Ofa 'atu (I love you)
- : 'Oku ou fie manako'i koe (I want to marry you)
- (The ' mark is the "glottal stop" as in Hawaiian.)
- Tugen : Achamin (pronounced "atshamean")
- Tunisian : Ha eh bak
- Turkish (formal) : Sizi seviyorum
- Turkish : Seni seviyorum
- : Seni begeniyorum ("I adore you")
- (g has a bar on it)
- : Senden ho$laniyorum (Sound of '$' is like 'sh'
- in English. Must be a point under 'S'.
- The 'i' must be without a point.)
- Twi : Me dowapaa
-
- Ukrainian : Ya tebe kokhayu
- : Ja tebe kokhaju (real true love)
- : Ja vas kokhaju
- : Ja pokokhav tebe
- : Ja pokokhav vas
- Urdu : Main tumse muhabbat karta hoon
- : Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai
- : Mujge tumae mahabbat hai
- : Kam prem kartahai
- : Muje se mu habbat hai
- : Mujhe tum se piyaar hai (pronounced:
- "mujhei' Oo'm se' piya'r ha'e")
- : Mujhe tum se muhabbat hai (pronounced:
- "mujhe'i Oo'm se' mohub:u'th ha'e", th as
- in bath)
- ' = stressed syllable, Oo' = o like in bold
-
- Vai : Na lia
- Vdrmldndska : Du dr gvrgo te mdg
- Vietnamese : Toi yeu em
- : Anh ye^u em (male to female, or older
- to younger, romantic)
- : Em ye^u anh (female to male, or younger
- to older, romantic)
- : Con thu+o+ng ba (kid to father)
- : Ba thu+o+ng con (father to kid)
- : Con thu+o+ng ma' (kid to mother)
- : Ma' thu+o+ng con (mother to kid)
- : Cha'u thu+o+ng o^ng (grandkid to grandpa)
- : O^ng thu+o+ng cha'u (grandpa to grandkid)
- : Ba` thu+o+ng cha'u (grandkid to grandma)
- : Cha'u thu+o+ng ba` (grandma to grandkid)
- : Anh thu+o+ng em (big brother to younger
- sister or brother)
- : Chi. thu+o+ng em (big sister to younger
- sister or brother)
- : Em thu+o+ng anh (younger sister/brother
- to big brother)
- : Em thu+o+ng chi. (younger sister/brother
- to big sister)
- Volapu"k : La"fob oli
- Vulcan : Wani ra yana ro aisha
-
- Walloon : Dji vos veu volti (lit. I like to see you)
- : Dji vos inme (lit. I love you)
- : Dji v'zinme
- Welsh : Rwy'n dy gari di (most commonly used)
- : Rwy'n dy garu di
- : 'Rwy'n dy garu di
- : Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi)
- : Yr wyf i yn eich caru chwi
- Wolof : Da ma la nope
- : Da ma la nop (da ma'lanop)
-
- Yiddish : Ikh hob dikh lib
- : Ich libe dich
- : Ich han dich lib
- : Kh'hob dikh lib
- : Kh'ob dikh holt
- : Ikh bin in dir farlibt
- Yoruba : Mo Feran e
- Yucatec Maya : 'in k'aatech (the love of lovers)
- : In yakumech
- : 'in yabitmech (the love of family, which
- lovers can also feel; it
- indicates more a desire to
- spoil and protect the other
- person)
-
- Zazi : Ezhele hezdege (sp?)
- Zulu : Mena tanda wena
- : Ngiyakuthanda!
- Zuni : Tom ho' ichema
-
-
- Explanation of Accents
- ----------------------
- a' -> 'a' with the acute accent (') over it, accent aigu
- (ASCII code 160)
- a" -> 'a' with two dots (Umlaut) (ASCII code 132)
- a^ -> elongated vowel (e.g. 2 a's)
- a~ -> 'a' with a tilde(~) over it
- e^ -> 'e' with a carot(^) over it
- e' -> 'e' with the acute accent (') over it (ASCII code 130)
- n~ -> 'n' with a tilde(~) over it
- o~ -> 'o' with a tilde(~) over it
-
-
- Explanation of Languages
- ------------------------
- Afrikaans -> spoken by people of Dutch heritage in South Africa
- Alentejano -> An accented form of Portuguese spoken in the Alentejo
- region of Portugal (the part of the country south of
- the river Tagus).
- Alsacien -> French/German dialect (live in France, but speak
- like Germans)
- Amharic -> Official language spoken in Ethiopia. Just one of
- over 80 languages spoken there.
- Apache -> North American Indian Nation rangeing from the plains
- states to the eastern Rocky Mountains and from the
- Canadian to Mexican borders
- Arabic -> language spoken in the Arab countries including
- but not limited to Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan,
- Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and
- the region of Palestine.
- Ashanti/Akan/Twi-> Ashanti is the most popular and predominate of
- many dialects spoken in Ghana. The Ghanan language
- is generally refered to as either Akan or Twi.
- Assamese -> language spoken in the state of Assam, India
- Bassa -> language spoken in Africa
- Batak -> language spoken in the northern Sumatra province of
- Indonesia
- Bavarian -> language spoken in the state of Bavaria, southern
- Germany (actually a German dialect)
- Bemba -> language spoken in Africa
- Bengali -> language spoken in the state of West Bengal, India,
- as well as almost all people of Bangladesh
- Betazed -> Spoken in Star Trek on planet Betazed
- Bicol -> dialect spoken in the Philippines
- Braille -> The alphabet represented by patterns of raised dots.
- It is 'read' by touch.
- Basque -> language spoken in the Basque region of Spain
- Breton -> a Celtic language (as Welsh, Irish Gaelic and Scottish
- Gaelic) spoken in Brittany, west of France, by about
- 250,000 people.
- Cajun -> French dialect spoken by people who migrated from
- Acadia, Canada, to the Louisiana, USA, area.
- Acadia is in an Atlantic province.
- Catalan -> language spoken in a region in the north-east of Spain
- named Catalonia. It is also spoken in the Balearic
- Islands, in Andorra and in some small villages of
- Sardinia and the south of France.
- Cebuano -> language spoken in Philippines near the town of Cebu
- Central Yup'ik -> language spoken by the indigenous Eskimo people of
- southwestern Alaska
- Cherokee -> North American Indian tribe
- Cheyenne -> North American Indian tribe, part of the Apache
- Nation
- Chichewa -> language spoken in Malawi, Central Africa
- Chickasaw -> North American Indian tribe (southeastern Oklahoma)
- Chinese
- Amoy -> language spoken on Taiwan, an island off Fukien
- Province in southeast China, and Singapore
- Cantonese -> language spoken in the region around Guangzhou
- including Hong Kong and also in Malaysia
- Mandarin/ -> The official language of China
- Putonghua litterally 'common language'
- also spoken by native Chinese in Singapore and
- Malaysia
- Wu -> language spoken in Jiangsu Province
- Common Eldarin -> the elven language where the languages Quenya and
- Sindarin came from
- Creol -> French dialect spoken by people from Haiti. It is
- basicly French with a little English and German.
- Dhivehi -> language spoken in the Maldives
- and in the Minicoy Island of India
- Dusun -> language spoken by the Dusun tribe, one of the largest
- in North Borneo
- Dutch -> language spoken in the Netherlands and the provinces
- of East- and West-Flanders, Antwerp, Limburg, and
- Flemmish-Brabant, Belgium
- Esperanto -> The International Language. An 'artificial' language.
- Farsi -> language spoken in Iran. Dialects of Farsi spoken in
- Pakistan and Afghanistan. Farsi is sometimes called
- Persian.
- Fijian -> spoken by native Fijian people in Fiji
- Franconian -> German dialect spoken by the citizens of Franken or
- Franconia which is part of Bavaria in the area
- around Nuremberg
- French -> language spoken in France, Canada, and the provinces
- of Luxembourg, Namur, Liege, Hainault, and Brabant-
- Walloon(Brabant of the Walloons), Belgium
- Friesian -> language spoken in northern Holland, northern
- Germany, and in some parts of Denmark
- (mainly west coast)
- Gaelic -> language spoken in Ireland
- Galician -> Galicians live in the four Spanish provinces located
- along the northwest coast of the Iberian Peninsula,
- but their language zone shades into neighboring areas
- of Spain and Portugal as well. The four provinces are
- A Corun~a, Lugo, Ourense, and Pontevedra.
- Georgian -> language spoken in Georgia
- Gilbertese -> properly Kiribati, spoken by the Micronesians of the
- Republic of Kiribati in the Pacific on the equator
- Gronings -> Dutch dialect
- Guarani' -> one of the two official languages in Paraguay
- Gujrati -> language spoken in the state of Gujrat, India, and
- Pakistan
- Hakka -> Chinese dialect from Manchuria
- Hausa -> language spoken in Nigeria
- Hebrew -> language spoken in Israel and by Jewish people
- Hindi -> language spoken in the northern states of India
- Hopi -> North American Indian tribe (southwest, Arizona)
- Ibaloi -> dialect spoken in the Philippines by the Igorot
- natives, specifically the Ibaloi's
- Ilocano -> dialect spoken in the Philippines
- Interglossa -> An 'artificial' language invented by Lancelot Hogben,
- circa 1940.
- Kankana -> dialect spoken in the Philippines by the Igorot
- natives, specifically the Kankana-ey's
- Kannada -> language spoken in the state of Karnataka,
- southern India
- Kapampangang -> Filipino dialect
- (or Pampangang)
- Kekchi -> language spoken by 380,000 Mayans in Guatemala,
- Belize, and El Salvador
- Kikongo -> language spoken in Zaire, Africa
- Klingon -> Spoken in Star Trek. Proper term for the language
- is "tlhIngan Hol". The Klingon homeworld is
- Qo'noS, in English it's Kronos.
- Kpele -> language spoken in Africa
- Lao -> language spoken in Laos and by the Laotian people
- living in northern Thailand
- Luo -> language spoken in Kenya
- Luxembourgish -> language spoken in Luxembourg and in the border areas
- in Belgium (Arlon), France (Thionville), and Germany.
- A mixture of French and German, with the emphasis on
- German.
- Maa -> language spoken in Africa
- Malayalam -> language spoken in the state of Kerala, India
- Maltese -> language spoken on Malta, a small independent island
- in the Mediterranean Sea south of Italy with around
- 400,000 inhabitants. Maltese is a mixture of Arabic
- and Italian mostly.
- Mandarin/ -> The official language of China
- Putunghua
- Marathi -> language spoken in the state of Maharastra, India
- (Bombay is the capital city)
- Marshallese -> language spoken on the Marshall Islands
- Mikmaq -> an Indigenous people of north-eastern North America
- Mohawk -> North American Indian tribe (New England, maybe one of
- the Seven Nations/Iriquois?)
- Mokilese -> language spoken on Mokil and Ponape (Pohnpei)
- Moroccan -> language spoken in Morocco, North Africa
- Morse Code -> A code using series of dots and dashes to represent
- letters, numbers, and other characters. Originally
- developed by Samuel Morse for use on the telegraph.
- Navaho -> North American Indian tribe (southwest)
- Ndebele -> language spoken in Zimbabwe
- Nyanja -> language spoken in Africa
- Oriya -> language spoken by people of Orissa, India
- Papiamento -> language spoken on the islands of Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire
- Portuguese -> The official and regular language spoken in Portugal,
- Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe,
- Cape Verde, Macau, Guinea-Bissau, Goa(India), and
- Galicia(Spain). Also spoken in but not the official
- language of East Timor, Damao(India), and Diu(India).
- It is the sixth most spoken language in the world.
- Pulaar -> dialect spoken in Senegal by the Fulani people
- Punjabi -> language spoken in the state of Punjab, northern India
- Quechua -> language spoken by Incan Indians (South America)
- Quenya -> Elvish language invented by J. R. R. Tolkien for his
- books. Notably, "The Lord of the Rings".
- Rotuman -> language of a Polynesian people originating from the island
- of Rotuma, politically a part of Fiji, but quite different
- Saami -> Language of an indigenous people living in the
- Northern Scandinavian region of Lapland. Formerly
- known as Laplanders or Lapps. They have several
- dialects, but this is the main one, Northern Saami.
- Their language is related to Finnish.
- Sesotho -> language spoken in South Africa
- (Southern Sotho)
- Setswana -> language spoken in Botswana and South Africa
- Shona -> language spoken in Zimbabwe
- Sindarin -> Elvish language invented by J. R. R. Tolkien for his
- books. Notably, "The Lord of the Rings".
- Sinhala -> Language of the non-Tamil (majority) people of
- Sri Lanka. Also spoken in Ceylon.
- Sioux -> North American Indian tribe (upper midwest)
- Solresol -> An artificial musical language composed of sequences
- of notes on the diatonic scale (do, re, mi,...) sung
- by name for comprehensibility to the tone deaf. The
- 7 notes could also be mapped into colors so that
- writing would be a series of colored squares.
- South Africa -> There are several official languages listed in the
- Constitution of South Africa. They are: Afrikaans,
- English, Ndebele(Sindebele, isiNdebele), saLeboa,
- Sesotho, Swazi(Siswathi, siSwati), Tsonga(Xitsonga),
- Setswana, Tshivenda, Venda(Tshivenda), Xhosa(isiXhosa),
- Zulu(isiZulu), Sepedi.
- Spanish -> Language spoken in Spain and Latin America(Mexico,
- Central and South America) except Brazil. It is the
- third most spoken language in the world.
- Sranan Tongo -> creole language spoken in Suriname
- Swabian -> One of the German dialects. The literal word 'love'
- (Schwa"bisch) does not exist in this language.
- Swahili -> language spoken by some indigenous tribes of East
- Africa
- Tagalog -> dialect spoken in the Philippines
- Tajik -> language spoken in Tajikistan and Afghanistan.
- It resembles Persian (Farsi).
- Tamil -> language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India,
- and in Sri Lanka(by a low percentage of the people),
- Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritus
- Telugu -> language spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India
- (eleventh most spoken language in the world)
- Tetum -> language spoken in East Timor
- Timerio -> An artificial language using only numbers. The idea
- was that each language has a different word for each
- concept, so if the concepts were numbered, automatic
- translation would be possible.
- Tugen -> language spoken predominantly or even only in Kenya.
- Tugen is a subordinated tribe of the Kalinjin tribe.
- Twi/Akan -> language spoken in Ghana. See also Ashanti.
- Urdu -> language spoken in Pakistan and India
- Vai -> language spoken in Africa
- Vdrmldndska -> language spoken in the Vdrmland(Vaermland), Sweden,
- region north of Lake Vdnern.The real Vdrmldndska
- language is spoken to the northwest of Lake Vdnern
- up to the border of Norway and in northern Vdrmland
- around the town of Torsby by about 270,000 people,
- 90,000 of which consider it to be their mother
- language. It is a mixture of Swedish and Norwegian
- with some borrowed words from the many Valloonian
- people who went there to work as engineers in the
- mining industry during the 17th century.
- Volapu"k -> An 'artificial' language invented by August Scheyler,
- circa 1880.
- Vulcan -> Spoken in Star Trek by Mr. Spock and others from
- the planet Vulcan
- Walloon -> literally Welsh(not English Welsh), a little used
- French dialect with certain German influences
- spoken in the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur,
- Liege, Hainault, and Brabant-Walloon(Brabant of
- the Walloons), Belgium
- Wolof -> dialect spoken in Senegal by the Wolof people
- Yoruba -> language spoken in West Africa, specifically in Nigeria
- and bordering countries
- Yucatec Maya -> language spoken by indigenous people of the Yucatan
- peninsula in Mexico
- Zazi -> Kurdic dialect
- Zuni -> North American Indian tribe
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- Subject: #G# ASCII graphics
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