Sunday, February 14, 2010

Love

How many ways can you say "I love you"? Here are some from around the world...

N ba='aba (!Xoo)
Muferare (Yoruba)
Ami mbuma fi (Swahili)
Ilolenge (Maasai)
Ina sanki (Hausa)
Ani ohev otakh (Hebrew)
Me shen miqvarkhar (Georgian)
Main tumsa pyar karta hun (Hindi)
Doostat daaram (Farsi)
Se agapo (Greek)
Je t'aime (French)
T'estimo (Catalan)
Te amo (Spanish/Portuguese)
Ta gra i mo croi agat (Irish Gaelic)
Jeg elsker dig (Danish)
Eg elska þig (Icelandic)
Ich liebe dich (German)
Tave mylitu (Lithuanian)
Ya lyublyu tebye (Russian)
Ja çie kocham (Polish)
Szretlek (Hungarian)
Mina rakastan sinua (Finnish)
Seni seviyorum (Turkish)
Bi chand hairtai (Khalka)
Nanun tangainngul salanghapnita (Korean)
Watashiwa anataga sukidesu (Japanese)
Asavakkit (Greenlandic)
Wo ai ni (Mandarin Chinese)
Ngoh oi lei (Cantonese)
Chit deh (Burmese)
Hlub koj (Hmong)
Anh yeu em (Vietnamese)
Pohm ruck kunh (Thai)
Mahal kita (Tagalog)
Aku cinda bada mu (Indonesian)
Yokwe yuk (Marshallese)
Au ia 'oe (Hawaiian)
Ga timerek gig (Taulil)
Ayo'o' ni'i'n'shni' (Navajo)
Nin sâgiiwe ki (Ojibwa)
Hnqheminchm (Coeur d'Alene)
Wasté cilake (Lakota)
Gvgeyu (Cherokee)
Ece noke cvke (Creek)
Nimitzlacʔtla (Nahuatl)
Agama tutana (Comanche)
Rohtyu (Guarani)
Marworno (Galibi)
Maite zaitut (Basque)
Mi laikim yu tumas (Tok Pisin)

All of these different words and sentences represents a different culture and a different way of expressing the emotion called love. Several cultures differentiate between the different types of love by using different words or phrasing; others, such as English, use one word to cover them all. But when it comes to the real, true meaning of love, no one else expressed it more willingly or more fully than Jesus. And He did it all without saying a word.

I Peter 5:8.
But God commendeth His love towards us in that
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Amazing Love!
How can it be
That thou, my God,
Shouldst die for me?

1 comment:

Kellie said...

Ahh.... I recognize those languages. :) Love this!