Re: 115 different language to say i luv u....
| From: | Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, November 25, 2005, 19:24 |
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Quoting caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>:
> --- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Michael Adams <michael.adams@A...>
> wrote:
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> >115 different language to say i luv u....
>
> >22> Danish - Jeg Elsker Dig
> >42> Hindi - Hum Tumhe Pyar Karte hae
> >70> Norwegian - Jeg Elsker Deg
> >76> Polish - Kocham Ciebie
> >109> Hakka - Ngai oi Ngi (update by Kent)
> >110> Hokien - Wa ai Lu (update by Kent)
>
> Do these languages really capitalize every word in a sentence?
Danish, Norwegian, and Polish certainly don't. The rest are not natively written
in the Latin alphabet.
Meghean: Senhecar [Se'D~ekar] (and yes that's a voiced nasalized dental fric)
Tairezazh: Ta tshei shas* [ta tS)ei) Sas]
Kalini Sapak: Mu muzatu ta / Mu muzati ta (said by a man and woman respectively)
Larethian: Zorah za ['TQ4ax Ta]
* That's the straight forward translation; in practice, I suppose it will very
commonly have either the verb or the object fronted for emphasis - _Shas ta
tshei_ "I love *you*" or _Tshei ta shas_ "I *love* you".
Andreas