Re: Valentine's Day Translations

On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 21:02:35 -0500, Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> wrote:

>In honor of Valentine's Day, I thought I'd ask for a translation of "I
>love you".  Natlangs I know of (I received most of these in an e-mail,
>so if they're wrong, please inform me):
Here are a few of my languages:

Olaetyan: f`o tey'ae (accent marks written before the letter: e.g., `o =3D
"&ograve;", 'a =3D "&aacute;")

Zirinka: s^i:n`ar (not to be confused with S'i: N^ar, a Zireen name), or
more emphatically: s^i:n`ar^an

Cispa: kieta zaish

Nikta: t'a rak'sik' (apostrophes indicate that t' and k' are ejectives)

Zharranh: kirtarr zhy (sexual/romantic), nhyzvarr zhy (devotion), =
tsharrurr
zhy (affection) ("rt" is a voiceless retroflex stop, "nh" a palatal =
nasal,
"y" a vowel between [e] and [@])

Jarrda: te zira tos lon

And this next one isn't mine: this is how you would say "I love you" in
=46urbish, the Furby language. (If you don't know what a Furby is, check =
out
this web page: http://www.mimitchi.addr.com/html/furby.htm)

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