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Old 02-25-2008, 09:48 PM
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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.

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Old 02-25-2008, 10:16 PM
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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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