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We’ve got this idea, and like most of my ideas, I’ll need the hive’s help to pull it off. Instead of having the traditional table numbers, we’d like to add a bit of romance to the theme. So this is what we’re thinking: Each table will be named after the word “love” in a foreign language.
Here’s the list we’ve got so far:
If you look at this list, you might see a problem. First, most of the traditional romance languages are very similar: “amore“, “amor“, “amour”. So that leaves us only one choice out of those. Secondly, how will guests realize that their table number really means “love” if they can’t pronounce it or decipher the language characters?
We could have the table numbers have an explanation on them, suggested by Documents and Designs Custom Stationery. Here’s an example of a few table numbers:
Champ’s idea is to change things around so that not every table necessarily has to mean “love”.
Are there any foreign languages that have simple words for “marriage”, “commitment”, “I love you”, or “adoration”? What do you think we should do?
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For Hungarian I would use Szeretlek which means “I love you”.
It’s pronounced Se-rat-leck. (well the a in “rat” isn’t a hard A… it’s hard to explain) (and yes, I realized that probably isn’t helpful!)
I know this is a long comment but here is a list of how you say “I Love You” in like a gazillion languages. Maybe one of them will help.
English: I love you
Afrikaans: Ek het jou lief
Albanian: Te dua
Arabic: Ana behibak (to male)
Arabic: Ana behibek (to female)
Armenian: Yes kez sirumen
Bambara: M’bi fe
Bangla: Aamee tuma ke bhalo aashi
Belarusian: Ya tabe kahayu
Bisaya: Nahigugma ako kanimo
Bulgarian: Obicham te
Cambodian: Soro lahn nhee ah
Cantonese Chinese: Ngo oiy ney a
Catalan: T’estimo
Cheyenne: Ne mohotatse
Chichewa: Ndimakukonda
Corsican: Ti tengu caru (to male)
Creol: Mi aime jou
Croatian: Volim te
Czech: Miluji te
Danish: Jeg Elsker Dig
Dutch: Ik hou van jou
Esperanto: Mi amas vin
Estonian: Ma armastan sind
Ethiopian: Afgreki’
Faroese: Eg elski teg
Farsi: Doset daram
Filipino: Mahal kita
Finnish: Mina rakastan sinua
French: Je t’aime, Je t’adore
Gaelic: Ta gra agam ort
Georgian: Mikvarhar
German: Ich liebe dich
Greek: S’agapo
Gujarati: Hoo thunay prem karoo choo
Hiligaynon: Palangga ko ikaw
Hawaiian: Aloha wau ia oi
Hebrew: Ani ohev otah (to female)
Hebrew: Ani ohev et otha (to male)
Hiligaynon: Guina higugma ko ikaw
Hindi: Hum Tumhe Pyar Karte hae
Hmong: Kuv hlub koj
Hopi: Nu’ umi unangwa’ta
Hungarian: Szeretlek
Icelandic: Eg elska tig
Ilonggo: Palangga ko ikaw
Indonesian: Saya cinta padamu
Inuit: Negligevapse
Irish: Taim i’ ngra leat
Italian: Ti amo
Japanese: Aishiteru
Kannada: Naanu ninna preetisuttene
Kapampangan: Kaluguran daka
Kiswahili: Nakupenda
Konkani: Tu magel moga cho
Korean: Sarang Heyo
Latin: Te amo
Latvian: Es tevi miilu
Lebanese: Bahibak
Lithuanian: Tave myliu
Malay: Saya cintakan mu / Aku cinta padamu
Malayalam: Njan Ninne Premikunnu
Mandarin Chinese: Wo ai ni
Marathi: Me tula prem karto
Mohawk: Kanbhik
Moroccan: Ana moajaba bik
Nahuatl: Ni mits neki
Navaho: Ayor anosh’ni
Norwegian: Jeg Elsker Deg
Pandacan: Syota na kita!!
Pangasinan: Inaru Taka
Papiamento: Mi ta stimabo
Persian: Doo-set daaram
Pig Latin: Iay ovlay ouyay
Polish: Kocham Ciebie
Portuguese: Eu te amo
Romanian: Te iubesc
Russian: Ya tebya liubliu
Scot Gaelic: Tha gra\dh agam ort
Serbian: Volim te
Setswana: Ke a go rata
Sign Language: ,\,,/ (position of fingers)
Sindhi: Maa tokhe pyar kendo ahyan
Sioux: Techihhila
Slovak: Lu`bim ta
Slovenian: Ljubim te
Spanish: Te quiero / Te amo
Swahili: Ninapenda wewe
Swedish: Jag alskar dig
Swiss-German: Ich lieb Di
Tagalog: Mahal kita
Taiwanese: Wa ga ei li
Tahitian: Ua Here Vau Ia Oe
Tamil: Nan unnai kathalikaraen
Telugu: Nenu ninnu premistunnanu
Thai: Chan rak khun (to male)
Thai: Phom rak khun (to female)
Turkish: Seni Seviyorum
Ukrainian: Ya tebe kahayu
Urdu: mai aap say pyaar karta hoo
Vietnamese: Anh ye^u em (to female)
Vietnamese: Em ye^u anh (to male)
Welsh: ‘Rwy’n dy garu
Yiddish: Ikh hob dikh
Yoruba: Mo ni fe
Is there a particular culture or cultures that you’d like to focus on? Maybe then all table could be the same language, just different words (happiness, married, union, etc).
But that might get to theme-y and people might wonder why, all of sudden, there are signs in gaelic.
Which means I’m no help either, oops
I knew that list would come in handy one day. I’ve had it for 8 years!
i would add a sign above the escort cards, saying something like “Love is the Universal Language” or something similar and then another sign with language name and word–an index.
@emagnus10: haha I love how you have pig latin in there 
I like JaymeLyn’s idea — put a sign on the escort table and then maybe on the back of the table sign you can put the explanation or the language it comes from.
I think if you put the country the language is from the fact that the romantic language all have similar words for love won’t make a difference. Besides I think emagnus just solved your prob.
The word for love (as in the concept, not the verb) in Hebrew is Ahava, and it looks like this: אהבה
I don’t recognize the characters you have for love in Chinese, but the character is the same in Japanese and Chinese.
Hi Miss Champagne, It’s a really cute idea. The list above eliminates the problems with characters but it isn’t totally accurate so I would double check on the ones you want to use. And, it may sound weird, but I could see it potentially offending some people — I’m first generation American and I can just hear what my parents’ generation would be saying if they had to sit at a table related to certain countries 
The Polish you have on your list isn’t right. I don’t actually know what it says, but it’s not how Mr. Avo says I love you to me. Breezy can clarify if I’m wrong, but I love you is Kochamcie, from what I understand.
But actually I understand nothing so I’m probably not helping.
I thought about doing something like this as well!
The chinese Love characters above, the second one is the simplified version of what is shown in the japanese love character area. In fact, the Korean Hanja (chinese characters) is the same as chinese and japanese for love.
If anyone does find an incorrect translation let me know the correct one so I can update my list to be correct. Thanks!!!
The Korean love should be 사랑
not 애정- it means tenderness, and affection,, which works too i guess
@Mrs. Avocado: Both are right - kocham cie is just shorter and less formal-ish, if that makes sense.
I think this is a really cute idea. Maybe you could put the phrase on one side and the meaning on the other? Turn it into a bit of a dinner game thing.
The Hindi one’s a bit off. Hindi: Main tumse pyar karti houn. The Gujarati one is correct.
Here’s another one for you. In Sinhalese (my FI’s native tongue), “Mama oyata adare”.
I *love* the idea.
The german in your list is the only one line where you added an article - on purpose? “Love” is just “Liebe” (with capitel L)
Feel free to ask me about any other word/phrase you might need.
ditto misspuptor =)
Stick with “love.” List both the word AND LANGUAGE on the escort cards and tables. That way, even if someone is perplexed by the symbols or pronunciation, they can look by language (which is much more familiar). Plus, everyone will want to know what language it is, anyway
Oh - and I would drop “die” from the German one, because you don’t use definite articles on any other of the languages (that I know). It’s correct, just not consistent.
I think this is a totally fun idea!!!
There is a t-shirt you can buy that says “RAWR means ‘I Love You’ in Dinosaur” or something like that which I think is adorable and say to family members and, of course, the boy.
your idea is super awesome!
if i was to use your idea i’d use variations of our own language of love, like ‘do the dishes!’ or ‘get me a beer!’, which all means iloveyou in our household.
@agrosses: ‘RAWR’ also means iloveyou in GTworld
It is also important to note that in some languages, love is two different words based on whether you are just using the word (more of a noun) or if it used as a verb, like “I love you”
For example, in romanian, while “dragoste” means love, “te iubesc” means I love you.
So if you aren’t careful, you may end up with a combination of both. Might not matter to most, but that would drive my perfectionist self crazy!
What a cute idea! I “love” it For the Asian characters, you can write it out phonetically. Was that suggested already? You should be able to find pronunciation guides somewhere online. I may be off base with this - I’m certainly not a languages expert!
the hindi is kind of off- ‘mai tumse pyaar karthi huun’
wedding/marriage in hindi is ’shaadi’
you are all SO wonderful!!! Thanks so much for your ideas and corrections- it’s so tough when you don’t speak the language and have to rely on online translations.
I think that idea is awesome! Why don’t you come up with foreign words that make up the foundation of marriage: loyalty, dedication, honesty, best friends, true love, soulmates, etc etc
and i love the Rawr is love in dinosaur!
Hey you! I love this idea. If I recall correctly, don’t you love French? And you’re practically fluent? I wonder if you could come up with words like “love” “marriage” “committment” “cherish” “honesty” “passion” “romance” “heart” etc etc- all in French? French is the most romantic language, after all.
If not though I do really like your original idea as well as Champ’s idea! If you want me to get some of those words for you in Greek I’d be happy to ask my mom
following up on monalisa’s comment, why not use the words with which one tries to define love: endearment, affection, devotion, assurance, dedication, esteem, relish, cherish, dote, tenderness, etc
The Irish isn’t quite right, either. Gra isn’t a word in Irish, but “grá” means love. Pronounced similar to “graw.”
I’m learning Irish from Rosetta Stone! I feel smart-ish.
Sweetheart in swedish is “Sötnos” (the ‘ö’ pronaunced in the same way ‘i’is in the word “Bird”, and there is no stress on the final ’s’.
Other than that, the swedish translations are a bit wrong, it seems the dubble-dotted a’s has become plain a’s, making it completely wrong. The word for love is ‘kärlek’ and the sentance “I love you” is ‘jag älskar dig’
Oh, forgot to say that I really like the idea. I agree with Mrs. Sea Breeze that you should consider putting just the word in the foreign language on one side, and the explanation and translation on the other.
In Polish:
Love = Milosc
Zmilowanie - is like a really old fashion way to say it, my guess is currently they only use this way of saying it in poems.
@monalisa670: wow you have a good memory! yep, french is my second language and I’ve thought about keeping that theme. Champ also loves his Italian heritage so maybe we’ll center something around that? This is one of those details I didn’t really think about early enough- it could have been researched and done by now if I remembered!!
Thank you sooo much everyone for your corrections- how embarrassed would I be if I had written them all wrong?!
This is a wonderful idea, I adore it! I think putting the explanation in English under the word itself is a good idea, but if you think people might still have trouble you can include the number as well.
Great idea and that I love you list is amazing! I’d focus on countries that you’ve traveled to or have special significance in your lives. Can’t wait to see what you decide.
I love the idea as well. To make it easier for the guests (so they don’t have to try to pronounce it) I’d include table numbers with the languages. Just a suggestion. Good luck!
Miss Champagne, what a cute idea! @emagnus10-what a great long list. The vietnamese should be ti’nh ye^u, which means love as a noun. What you have (anh ye^u em/em ye^u anh) means “I love you”.
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