Frugal Fun
(featured column by various authors)
Say "I Love You" For Valentine's Day
by Jeffrey
Strain
With Valentine's Day just around the corner, it's time to start thinking about
the perfect gift for the one you love. Whether you are looking for something special on a tight budget or would simply like to add on something special to
another gift, there's no better way to express your love than by saying it in a variety of languages.
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Find a nice jar and cut different colored paper into heart-shaped pieces. Write "I Love You" in a different language on each heart and place it in the jar.
Continue doing this until the jar is full. Add a nice ribbon around the jar and you have a wonderful jar of "Love" to give.
If you want Valentine's Day to last longer, write each "I Love You" in a
different language on a colored, heart-shaped piece of paper. Then place each heart into a separate envelope. For the next two months, each day you can place
a new envelope somewhere where your partner will find it making your love - and Valentine's Day - last a couple of months rather that a single day.
If you are in a more playful mood, cut out the heart-shaped pieces of paper and write "I Love You" in a different language along with a hint where your partner
can find the next envelope. Have your partner do a scavenger hunt to find each envelope until they come to the final piece where "I Love You" is written in
English with whatever Valentine gift you have decided to give.
No matter how you ultimately decide to give the gift of "I Love You," it'll be a
gift long remembered and cherished by the person who receives it.
Different Ways To Say "I Love You"
1. a) Arabic -- Ana behibak (to male)
1. b) Arabic -- Ana behibek (to female)
2. Bavarian -- I mog di narrisch gern
3. Bengali -- Ami tomake bhalobashi
4. Brazilian (Portuguese) -- Eu te amo
5. Bulgarian -- Obicham te
6. Burmese -- Chit pa de
7. Cambodian -- Bon sro lanh oon
8. Chinese (Cantonese) -- Ngo oi ney
9. Chinese (Mandarin) -- Wo ie ni
10. Croatian -- Ljubim te
11. Czech -- Miluji te
12. Danish -- Jeg elsker dig
13. Dutch -- Ik hou van jou
14. Esperanto -- Mi amas vin
15. Estonian -- Mina armastan sind
16. Filipino -- Mahal ka ta
17. Finnish -- Mina rakastan sinua
18. Flemish -- Ik zie oe geerne
19. French -- Je t'aime
20. Gaelic -- Ta gra agam ort
21. German -- Ich liebe dich
22. Greek -- S' agapo
23. a) Hebrew -- Ani ohev otach (to female)
23. b) Hebrew -- Ani ohev otcha (to male)
24. Hindi -- Mai tumse pyar karta hoo
25. Hopi -- Nu' umi unangwa'ta
26. Hungarian -- Szeretlek
27. Icelandic -- Eg elska thig
28. Indonesian -- Saja kasih saudari
29. Irish -- Taim i' ngra leat
30. Italian -- Ti amo
31. Japanese -- Kimi o ai shiteru
32. Javanese -- Kulo tresno
33. Korean -- Tangsinul sarang ha yo
34. Lao -- Koi muk jao
35. Latin -- Te amo
36. Latvian -- Es milu tevi
37. Macedonian -- Sakam te
38. Malay -- Saya cintamu
39. Mohawk -- Konoronhkwa
40. Navaho -- Ayor anosh'ni
41. Norwegian -- Eg elskar deg
42. Persian -- Tora dost daram
43. Polish -- Kocham cie
44. Portuguese -- Amo-te
45. Romanian -- Te iu besc
46. Russian -- Ya vas liubliu
47. Serbian -- Lubim te
48. Shona -- Ndinokuda
49. Sioux -- Techihhila
50. Slovak -- Lubim ta
51. Spanish -- Te quiero
52. Swahili -- Naku penda
53. Swedish -- Jag a'lskar dig
54. Tagalog -- Mahal kita
55. Thai -- Ch'an rak khun
56. Tunisian -- Ha eh bak
57. Turkish -- Seni seviyo rum
58. Ukrainian -- Ja tebe kokhaju
59. Vietnamese -- Toi yeu em
60. Welsh -- 'Rwy'n dy garu di
61. Yiddish -- Ich libe dich
62. Yugoslavian -- Ya te volim
63. Zulu -- Ngiyakuthanda
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Copyright
© 2005 by Jeffrey Strain. All rights reserved.
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