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 Message 33 of 58
20 June 2010 at 5:23pm | IP Logged 
I have this vague memory of the Lithuanian being "Aš tave myliu". I had the opportunity to hang out with some Lithuanian girls when I was 16 and they taught me a handful of things in Lithuanian (as it's a heritage language for me), and I've always remembered that, though the spelling may be off.
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 Message 34 of 58
24 June 2010 at 7:36am | IP Logged 
Ukrainian - Я тебе кохаю
Belarusian - Я цябе кахаю

Edited by Maverick91 on 24 June 2010 at 7:43am

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 Message 36 of 58
17 July 2010 at 9:32pm | IP Logged 
Haha, I sadly must agree with pkany! 'I Love You' in Vietnamese depends on whether you
are a male or female.

Male to female: Anh yêu em!
Female to male: Em yêu anh!

Or in the old Chữ Nôm script:


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 Message 38 of 58
18 July 2010 at 6:59am | IP Logged 
Hindi:    मुझे तुमसे प्यार है। (Mujhey tumsey pyaar hai)
Bengali: আমি তোমকে ভলবাসি| (Aami tomaakey bhaalobaashi)
Gujarati: હું તને પ્રેમ કરું છું. (Hu tane prem karu chhu)
Marathi: माझं तुझ्यावर प्रेम आहे. (Maaza tujhyaavar prem aahe)
Sanskrit: त्वयि स्नेह्यामि। (Twayi snehyaami)
Kannada: ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಪ್ರೇಮಿಸ್ತೀನಿ. (Naanu ninnannu premisteeni)
Telugu:   నేను నిన్నను ప్రేమిస్తాను. (Nenu ninnannu premistanu)
Tamil:    நான் உன்னை காதலுக்கிறேன். (Naan unnai kaathalukkireyn)


Edited by horshod on 18 July 2010 at 7:00am

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 Message 39 of 58
18 July 2010 at 9:57am | IP Logged 
pkany wrote:

Wow, vietnamese added a heart to "need"! How sweet!


Hähä! Actually the first character was borrowed to mean 'older brother, older male, male lover' because this particular character is pronounced exactly the same in Vietnamese. 英 means 'brave' and is pronounced anh also. Therefore we borrowed it for its sound only. The second character is a semantic-phonetic (meaningful-sound) character. 要 is pronounced yêu or yếu in Vietnamese. The word 'to love' just happens to be yêu! However, we added a heart radical to differentiate it. Besides, what is love without a heart? 愛 is love, 爱 is a silly character I think. Finally, the last character is pronounced em and means 'younger sister, younger female, female lover'. 俺 was an old Chinese pronoun meaning 'I, me' and in Vietnamese is pronounced yêm. However, we borrowed it to mean 'younger brother, younger male' em which is a similar pronunciation. Therefore, to distinguish between a male and female, we created a new character with a female radical instead.
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