saying i love you...

three special words... “I Love You”... it is what we would always be hearing when we talk and express love... somebody out there may be waiting to hear these from us... and if we're sincere about it, we can't be reluctant... the big issue, of course, to some of us is WHEN to say it... but is there really a good timing... if you feel love towards anyone, romantic or not, there's got to be no standard or basis or qualified sign when to express it in three big words...

most people worry if the other person feels the same way... and are either hoping or fearing if the other person will say it back to them or not... let's not be this way... it sounds like a cliche but having to say 'i love you' from the heart means having to love without expecting... big deeds for any normal being... but may be... just may be... as soon as we stop expecting, the same affection and appreciation will be endowed to us...

where am i coming from anyway? well, aside from the fact that i really am 'in-love and loving' these days, this entry is also the result of a promise to my friends...

we were just kidding about it yesterday... but i indulged, i researched on how 'i love you' is said in different languages... s

so here it goes...

Afrikaans : Ek is lief vir jou / Ek het jou lief
Albanian : Te dua
Amharic : Afekrishalehou
Arabic : Ana Behibak (to a male) / Ana Behibek (to a female)
Basc : Nere Maitea
Bavarian : I mog di narrisch gern
Bengali : Ami tomAy bhAlobAshi
Berber : Lakh tirikh
Bicol : Namumutan ta ka
Bulgarian : Obicham te
Cambodian : kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah / Bon sro lanh oon
Cantonese : Ngo oi ney
Catalan : T'estim / T'estim molt (I love you a lot)
Chinese : Wo ie ni (Manderin, Cantonese)
Croatian : Volim te
Czech : miluji te
Danish : Jeg elsker dig
Dutch : Ik hou van jou
Estonian : Mina armastan sind
Esperanto : Mi amas vin
Persian : Tora dust midaram
Flemish : Ik zie oe geerne
Finnish : Mina" rakastan sinua
French : Je t'aime
Friesian : Ik bin fereale op dy
Gaelic : Ta gra agam ort
German : Ich liebe Dich
Greek : S' ayapo
Hausa : Ina sonki
Hebrew : aNEE oHEIVET oTKHA (female to male) / aNEE oHEIV otAKH (male to female)
Hindi: Mein Tumse Pyar Karta Hoon
Hokkien : Wa ai lu
Hopi : Nu' umi unangwa'ta
Hungarian : Szeretlek te'ged
Indonesian : Saya cinta padamu
Italian : Ti amo
Irish : taim i' ngra leat
Japanese : Kimi o ai shiteru
Kazakh : Men seny jaksy kuremyn
Kiswahili : Nakupenda
Korean : Tangsinul sarang ha yo
Kurdish : Ez te hezdikhem
Latin : Te amo / Vos amos
Lao : Khoi huk chau
Latvian : Es Tev milu
Lingala : Nalingi yo
Lithuanian: Ash miliu tave
Luo : Aheri
Madrid lingo : Me molas, tronca
Indonesian : Saya cintakan awak(awak=kamu=you)
Malay : Saya cintamu
Maltese: Inhobbok!
Mandarin : Wo ai ni
Mohawk : Konoronhkwa
Navajo : Ayor anosh'ni
Ndebele : Niyakutanda
Norwegian : Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal)
Pakistani : Muje se mu habbat hai
Persian : Tora dost daram
Pilipino : Mahal Kita / Iniibig Kita
Polish : Ja Cie Kocham or Kocham Cie (Pronounced Yacha kocham)
Portuguese : Eu te amo
Romanian : Te iu besc
Russian : Ya lyublyu tebya
Scot Gaelic : Tha gra\dh agam ort
Serbian : Volim te
Shona : Ndinokuda
Sioux : Techihhila
Slovak : lubim ta
Slovene : ljubim te
Spanish : Te amo
Swahili : Nakupenda
Swedish : Jag a"lskar dig
Taiwanese : Gwa ai lee
Tamil: Naan Unnai Kadhalikiren
Thai : Phom Rak Khun
Tunisian : Ha eh bak
Turkish : Seni seviyorum!
Urdu : Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai
Vietnamese : Anh ye^u em (man to woman) / Em ye^u anh (woman to man)
Vlaams : Ik hou van jou
Welsh : 'Rwy'n dy garu di.
Yiddish : Ikh hob dikh lib
Zazi : Ezhele hezdege (sp?)
Zuni : Tom ho' ichema

no matter what language it is said... it will always mean one and the same thing...