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Iwwersetzerin
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 Message 41 of 58
19 July 2010 at 10:18am | IP Logged 
Luxembourgish: ech hunn dech gär / ech si frou mat dir
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Qinshi
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 Message 42 of 58
19 July 2010 at 10:51am | IP Logged 
@Pkany, that looks very pretty but the thing is that the old Nôm script has never been standardised, and the creation of characters differs widely. Sometimes, the meaning element is on the left, on the right, on the top or at the bottom!!! In fact, the word lòng meaning 'heart, insides' is written like this: 弄 on top, 心 on the b ottom.



Edited by Qinshi on 19 July 2010 at 10:52am

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 Message 43 of 58
24 August 2010 at 9:48am | IP Logged 
SMS Spanish: TQM
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mick33
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 Message 44 of 58
24 August 2010 at 10:06am | IP Logged 
In Afrikaans you could say, "Ek het lief vir jou" or "Ek hou van jou". I think the first phrase is stronger.
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Ertan
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 Message 45 of 58
31 August 2010 at 8:56pm | IP Logged 
Seni seviyorum in Turkish.
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galindo
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 Message 46 of 58
02 September 2010 at 1:48am | IP Logged 
Like janalisa mentioned, the Japanese version is not usually what is written in the original post. It doesn't need to use the subject or object, so they can just use the verb. The clunkiest version is probably "Watashi wa anata wo aishiteimasu" (私はあなたを愛しています). It's reminiscent of how learners whose native language is English WAY overuse "I" and "you" when they first start speaking/writing. I guess it can be hard to get used to the fact that you don't always need to use those words in Japanese, when they are so important in English.

In romantic stories I usually see 好きだよ (sukidayo) and more rarely 愛してる(aishiteru). If "you" is mentioned, it's usually 君が好き (kimi ga suki). Occasionally both "I" and "you" do get used, like 僕が。。。君が好きだよ. I think people say "I love you" in fiction a lot more than they do in real life in Japan.
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Taalmeester
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 Message 47 of 58
25 September 2010 at 8:05pm | IP Logged 
mick33 wrote:
In Afrikaans you could say, "Ek het lief vir jou" or "Ek hou van jou". I think the first phrase is stronger.


Not exactly, 'Ek is lief vir jou'. Perhaps you were looking for 'Ek het jou lief', which is perfectly valid.:)

Also, 'Ek bemin jou.'

Edited by Taalmeester on 27 September 2010 at 2:54pm

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Mikry
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 Message 48 of 58
28 September 2010 at 5:01pm | IP Logged 
mick33 wrote:
In Afrikaans you could say, "Ek het lief vir jou" or "Ek hou van jou". I think the first phrase is stronger.


I think you're learning Afrikaans from some very archaic sources! :P
"Ek hou van jou" comes from the Dutch equivalent 'ik hou van jou', but doesn't have the same meaning at all. 'hou' has taken on the meaning of 'to like' in Afrikaans, as opposed to Dutch where it can mean 'to love'.

Thus if you say 'Ek hou van jou', it would mean 'I like you'. It sounds very 'off' to the native ear. :P


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