language lessons

on this day of love, i thought it would be fun to play a little game. i’ve listed numerous translations of “i love you” and put their origins in white text next to them. see if you can figure them out before highlighting them. (this is the type of thing single folk do on valentine’s day!)

nhebuk (arabic)
obicham te (bulgarian)
wo ie ni (chinese)
miluji te (czech)
jeg elsker dig (danish)
ik hou van jou (dutch)
mina armastan sind (estonian)
asheghetam (farsi)
mahal ka ta (filipino)
minä rakastan sinua (finnish)
je t'aime (french)
ta gra agam ort (gaelic)
ich liebe dich (german)
s' agapo (greek)
ani ohevet otcha (hebrew)
szeretlek (hungarian)
eg elska thig (icelandic)
saja kasih saudari (indonesian)
ti amo (italian)
kimi o ai shiteru (japanese)
qabang (klingon)
tangsinul sarang ha yo (korean)
nalingi yo (lingala)
jeg elsker deg (norwegian)
ja cie kocham (polish)
amo-te (portuguese)
ya vas liubliu (russian)
te amo (spanish)
naku penda (swahili)
jag älskar dig (swedish)
ch'an rak khun (thai)
ja vas kokhaju (ukranian)
em ye^u anh (vietnamese)
wani ra yana ro aisha (vulcan)
ya te volim (yugoslavian)