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There are perhaps five thousand languages spoken throughout the world. Some of them have never been written. About once every two weeks one of the becomes extinct when its last speakers die off. There is NO way that anybody could tell you how to say "love" in all the languages of the world. Harleigh Kyson Jr. |
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"love", noun, "a feeling of great fondness or enthusiasm for a person or thing" "Example: She has a great love of music; her love for her children" Arabic: ??? Chinese (Simplified): ?? Chinese (Traditional): ?? Czech: láska Danish: kærlighed Dutch: liefde Estonian: armastus Finnish: rakkaus French: amour German: die Liebe Greek: ????? Hungarian: szeretet Icelandic: ást Indonesian: sayang Italian: amore Japanese: ? Korean: ??, ?? Latvian: m?lest?ba Lithuanian: meil?, potraukis Norwegian: kjærlighet Polish: zami?owanie, mi?o?? Portuguese (Brazil): amor Portuguese (Portugal): amor Romanian: dragoste Russian: ?????? Slovak: láska Slovenian: ljubezen Spanish: amor Swedish: kärlek, förtjusning, passion Turkish: a?k, sevgi, sevda "To love" : Albanian: do (sq) Arabic: ??? (’a?abba) Armenian: ????? (sirel) Basque: maite izan, maitatu Bosnian: voljeti (bs) Catalan: estimar, voler Cebuano: higugma Chinese: Simplified Chinese: ? (ài), ?? (rè'ài), ?? (àihào), ?? (àidài) Traditional Chinese: ?, ??, ??, ?? Croatian: voljeti (hr) Crimean Tatar: süymek Czech: milovat (cs) Danish: elsker Dutch: houden van (nl), beminnen (nl), liefhebben (nl) Esperanto: ami (eo) Estonian: armastama (et) Filipino: umibig Finnish: rakastaa (fi) French: aimer (fr) Frisian: leaf hawwe, hâlde fan, beminne Old Frisian: minnia German: lieben (de) Greek: ??????????? (ipolíptome), ????????? (ipolo?ízo), ????? (a?apó) Hebrew: ????? (he) (le`ehóv) Hungarian: szeret (hu) Interlingua: amar Indonesian: cinta (id) Italian: amare (it) Japanese: ??? (????, koisuru), ??? (????, aisuru) Khmer: ??????? (sraluñ) Korean: ?? (sarang) ?? (aejeong) Latin: am?re / amo Latvian: m?l?t Lithuanian: myl?ti Marathi: ????? Marshallese: yokwe Novial: ama Old English: fr?o?an (ang) Persian: ???? ????? (doost dashtan), ???? ???? (asheq boodan), ??? ?????? (mehr varzidan) Polish: kocha? (pl) Portuguese: amar (pt) Quechua: waylluy Romani: kamel Romanian: iubi, (se) îndr?gosti, adora Romansch: avair gugent Russian: ?????? (ljubít’) Serbian: voleti (sr) Slovak: milova?, ?úbi? Slovene: ljubiti, imeti rad Spanish: amar (es), querer (es) Sumerian: ?? (KI.ÁG) Swahili: kupenda Swedish: älska (sv) Tamil: ????? (romantic love), ????? ???????? (common love) Thai: ??? (rak) Tupinambá: aûsub (s-) Turkish: sevmek (tr) Vietnamese: yêu (vi) Welsh: caru (cy) |
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