Re: Valentine's Day Translations

At 21:02 10/02/99 -0500, you 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):
>
>Spanish: Te Amo
        In Spanish, you would say rather: Te quiero.

>Latin: Te amo
        Is it not: Te amam, or am I inventing a new conjugation for Latin verbs?

>French: Je T'aime
        One of the most beautiful expression to say "I love you", don't you think
so? :)

>German: Ich Liebe Dich
>Japanese: Ai Shite Imasu
>Italian: Ti Amo
>Chinese: Wo Ai Ni
>Swedish: Jag Alskar Dig
>Inukitut: 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 (Should this be T'estimo molt?)
>
>Now for conlangs:
>Watya'i'sa: Upa'u'dh ta'laiwaun (apostrophes indicate acute marks)
>Note: This is used for mutual love.  It may also be Kaupa'qi'ndha'
>ta'lkwaz; this may be more appropriate for romantic love, as it implies
>little or no control by the feeler.
>
>Gramatical breakdowns:
>upa'u'dh ta'laiwaun
>upa'-u-    dh  ta'laiwa-un
>love-I.abs-hab you-     commitative
>Commitative is used to indicate a "state", and would probably be
>appropriate for familial love
>
>kaupa'qi'ndha' ta'lkwaz
>ka-     upa'-qin-         dha ta'lkwa-z
>Exp.Obj-love-you(sing)abs-hab I-      dative
>Experiencer-object construction is used to indicate that the experiencer
>has little or no control.  I'm not sure if the ka- prefix is used here.
>It would probably be seen as appropriate for romantic love, I'm not
>sure.  Actually, perhaps another way to indicate romantic love (or at
>least eros) might be:
>nli'qinki-ku gudi'a'qi'n, literally "I want to mate with you"
>
>And finally, another construction:
>laupa'qi'ndha'-ku
>la-       upa'-qin-         dha=ku
>Exp.subj.-love-you(sing)abs-hab=I.erg
>This wouldn't be used by a person.  It indicates complete control by the
>experiencer and is used in religious contexts for a divinity's love for
>mortals, for example.
>
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>
        In Reman, there is a verb emri: to love, but the expression T'emu is a
little bit too colloquial. To say "I love you" in a romantic way, you'd use
the expression:

Degu i` kor a ti: I give you my ("the") heart, or even more romantically:
Ufregu i` kor ad'i` purte dy ti: I offer my ("the") heart to your purity.

(a, e, i, o and u are pronounced as in Spanish, y is the French u and the
grave accent over the article i` is just an orthographic use).

        For "I love you" in Azak and Moten, just wait until tomorrow, I don't have
my notes and can't remember how to say such a damn thing in those conlangs! :)


                                                        Christophe Grandsire
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