Re: Trans: 'I love you'

Yoon Ha Lee sikayal:

> Hmm...it would be interesting to be emphatically loved...is this being
> loved in a forceful way, or the equivalent of delivering the phrase with
> a hug/kiss/whatever, or am I looking at this wrong?
Ha!  Yivríndil tops all for ways to emphasize loving:

Simple (M to F):
Al anayaa olé.

W/ Intensive verb prefix (I *really* love you):
Al voanayaa olé.

Emphasize object by putting it in the dative (I love *you*):
Al anayaa éosé.

Emphasize object w/ the emphatic pronoun (I love *only* you, you yourself):
Al anayaa olésé.

Emphasize subject w/ emphatic pronoun (*I myself* love you):
Aileva anayaa olé.

All of the above (I myself really love your yourself especially):
Aileva voanayaa oléosé

Plus all of the other permutations of those options, and other
derivational ways, like using a different word for 'love' to emphasize
various types or aspects of love.

So take your pick ;-).


Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu

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