Grex Language Conference

Item 24: Prettiest Word in a Foreign Language

Entered by griz on Sat Oct 5 02:04:33 1991:

14 new of 28 responses total.

#15 of 28 by srw on Mon Oct 31 14:38:01 1994:

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

#16 of 28 by rickverm on Mon Dec 5 16:01:39 1994:

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

#17 of 28 by kami on Mon Dec 5 19:13:32 1994:

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

#18 of 28 by brighn on Mon Dec 5 22:00:17 1994:

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

#19 of 28 by srw on Tue Dec 6 01:38:58 1994:

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

#20 of 28 by brighn on Tue Dec 6 03:48:46 1994:

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

#21 of 28 by rickverm on Fri Dec 9 07:30:10 1994:

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

#22 of 28 by elayne on Sun Feb 5 23:39:16 1995:

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

#23 of 28 by keesan on Mon Jan 12 18:54:39 1998:

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.

#24 of 28 by atticus on Thu Jan 22 12:02:52 1998:

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

#25 of 28 by albaugh on Mon Apr 5 14:00:05 1999:

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

#26 of 28 by keesan on Mon Apr 5 17:04:16 1999:

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

#27 of 28 by papa on Fri May 11 13:47:32 2018:

Wake the dead!

resp:16 resp:25 etc.

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

#28 of 28 by papa on Fri May 11 13:52:08 2018:

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

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