Okay, to continue the trend:  What is the prettiest word in a foreign
language that you have ever heard?  You don't even have to know the 
language or know what the word means.

28 responses total.

I think Spanish and Italian are the most beautiful languages.
Wouldn't you love to live in a place named Milano or Guadalajara?

I agree with danr.  It seems everything sounds more pleasant and upbeat
in Spanish.  Take the word cucaracha, (I've spelled this wrong), which is
Spanish for cockroach.  It sounds almost happy especially when sung.
As if you'd like having cucarachas in your house.  

I have always been fond of the German word "Schlagsahne", which means
"whipping cream".

I'm very fond of Hebrew; the sentence structure is very beautiful, more
so than the individual words.  Biblical Hebrew is incredibly poetic.

I like "merde"

Being the coffee lover that I am (see agora, item 89), I vote for
"capuccino."

 Nah, it sounds too much like "Al Pacino."

Um.... Ich liebe dich?   Je t'aime?   "Signorina" is pretty. 

The best German word is "Kissen."  It translates: pillows.

Ja, Ich weiss.

I resemble that remark.

<snicker>

My favorite phrase : Baruch HaShem HaMashiach. Note that ch is pronounced
as in german "Buch" , in fact, baruch rhymes with Buch.

(Blessed be the name of the Messiah - in Hebrew - for those who were wondering)

I love you:
German - Ich liebe dich
French - Je t'aime
Italian: Ti amo
Spanish: Te querro
Dutch: Ik hou van jou
Swedish: Elska dei

the Irish for worry is imni, pronounced "imri"  I love it the way it rolls.

Ukrainian:  Ya lublu tebe ("teh-bay")

Which very similar to the Russian: Ya Lyublyu tebye.
Re 16: Spanish: Te quiero.

(Hardly surprising that Russian and Ukrainian ae similar on that count.)

Dutch: pollepel = wooden spoon.
Dutch: rariteitenkabinet (a collection of strange things,
mostly a bit tacky or gruesome.

How about the French "papillon"? In Ukrainian, it is "metalika". These words
just roll off my tongue.

Albanian I love you is 'te dua' or 'te due' depending on dialect.  I once got
a postcard with I love you in all the languages of Yugoslavia - Ljubim te
(Slovene), Volim te (Serbo-Croatian), Te sakam (Macedonian), and I forget the
Turkish.  The Russian is, I think,  Ya tebya lyublyu.

I love you == "Njan ninne' sne'hikkunnu" (Malayalam)

How to say "I Love You" in Various Languages

English ..... I Love You
Spanish ..... Te Amo
French ...... Je T'aime
German ...... Ich Liebe Dich
Japanese .... Ai Shite Imasu
Italian ..... Ti Amo
Chinese ..... Wo Ai Ni
Swedish ..... Jag Alskar Dig
Eskimo ...... Nagligivaget
Greek ....... S'Agapo
Hawaiian .... Aloha Wau la Oe
Irish ....... Thaim In Grabh Leat
Hebrew ...... Ani Ohev Otakh
Russian ..... Ya Lyublyu Tyebya
Albanian .... Une Te Dua
Finnish ..... Mina Rakkastan Sinua
Turkish ..... Seni Seviyorum
Hungarian ... Se Ret Lay
Persian ..... Du Stet Daram
Maltese ..... Jien Inhobbok
Catalan ..... Testimo Molt
Filipino .... Mahal Kita

Redneck ..... Nice Tits

I think the Hungarian is spelled szeretle or something similar.  sz is
pronounced as s, s as sh.

Wake the dead!

resp:16 resp:25 etc.

Portuguese: Te amo.
Spanish: Te amo. / Te quiero.
Toki Pona: Mi olin e sina.

Most beautiful words: namorada (girlfriend), beleza (beauty) (both Portuguese)

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