by Alix Williams
Scared to say those three little words - notoriously the three most difficult words in the English language? So why not try saying them in someone else's language?
Here, for the shy or tongue-tied, is how to say 'I love you ' in just a selection of languages from across the world...
Arabic, Ana Behibak (to a male); Ana Behibek (to a female)
Binary code, 01101001001000000110110001101111011101100110010100 100000011110010110111101110101
Braille, : :..:| ..:| |..-.. .::":.., :.:;
Chinese, Gwa ai li (Amoy) Ngo oi nei (Cantonese)
Danish, Jeg elsker dig
Dutch, Ik hou van je
Elvish, Amin mela lle
Esperanto, Mi amas vin
French, J'taime
Gaelic (Scottish), The gradh agam ort
Gaelic (Irish), t'a gr'a agam dhuit
German, Ich liebe dich
Greek, S'agapo
Hindi, Mai tumaha pyar karta hu
Italian, Ti amo
Japanese, Aishite imasu
Klingon, qamuSHa'
Latin, Te amo
Morse, ∙∙ / ∙-∙∙ - - - ∙∙∙- ∙ / -∙- - - - - ∙∙-
Polish, Kocham cie
Portuguese, Eu te amo
Russian, Ya lyublyu tebya
Spanish, Te amo
Txt SMS message, ILUVU
Welsh, 'Rwy'n dy garu di
Yiddish, Ikh hob dikh lib
So go on - take a deep breath and give it a go this Valentine's Day!
Sources
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/romance-faq/part3/section-1.html http://www.links2love.com/i_love_you_languages.htm Ltl bk of luv txt. Michael O'Mara Books Limited. Schott B. Schott's Original Miscellany. Bloomsbury Books, 2002.
About the Author
Alix Williams is a regular contributor to the holistic website aromatherapy-stress-relief.com a home based UK business providing hand made unique Aromatherapy Gift ideas with Essential Oils.
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