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Instead of loving...

Postby Fox Saint-Just » 2016-07-16, 15:02

A quote from Chabrol's film Merci pour le chocolat.

English: Instead of loving I say "I love you" and they believe me.

Novbasa (reformed): Mesto lyube me bola "Me lyube tu" i on iman me.
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Postby Aquila Ex Machina » 2016-12-18, 11:54

English: Instead of loving I say "I love you" and they believe me.
Novbasa (reformed): Mesto lyube me bola "Me lyube tu" i on iman me.
Deyryck: So lag sa bo tlagka' daj fèrfio
Lag ta lag é kén ta kén é i tay lag é

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Re: Instead of loving...

Postby Dormouse559 » 2018-01-25, 21:03

Silvish

A l'leûoui d'amæ, jou dî « jou t'amou » e on me crè.
[aˈlœː.wi dəˈmɛː ʑuˈdiː ʑuˈta.mu e.ɔ̃m.məˈkʁe]
at DEF=place-OBL of=love-INF 1SG.NOM say.1SG 1SG.NOM love-1SG and PRO 1SG.ACC believe.3SG

Instead of loving I say "I love you" and they believe me.
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Re: Instead of loving...

Postby AvisVolans » 2021-04-01, 7:20

English: Instead of loving I say "I love you" and they believe me.

Neomedic: Impry hemâja sejcvom "Hemâjam tê" ac crêtin mê.
/ˈɪmpɾə hɛːmaːja ːsɛɪkfɔm hɛːmaːjam teː ak ːkɾeːtɪn meː/
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Re: Instead of loving...

Postby Dormouse559 » 2021-04-04, 19:00

Ilóhra

Familial love:
Liha ouhukimnahèðum hèikaki lóluþa, "Ouhkimnallo," ša hihižakšiožèġgi.
[ˈliha ou̯hucimnaçɛðum ˈçɛi̯kaci ˈloluθa | oːu̯cimˈnallo | ʃa çiçiʒacˈʃi̯oʒɛɲɟi]
liha-∅-ə òuh-ura<k-im>=hèiþ-um hèik-aki ló~lóþa-ə | òuh-Ca<k-im>=l-l-òu | ša hi~hižakšio-žen=k-i
give-PFT-1S love-ACC<1S-GEN>=SBRD-GEN place-LOC HAB~say-1S | love-NOM<1S-GEN>=COP-2S-DAT | and HAB~believe-3P=1S-ACC

Instead of loving, I say, "I love you," and they believe me.

Romantic/sexual love:
Liha suġnokimnahèðum hèikaki lóluþa, "Suġnakimnallo," ša hihižakšiožèġgi.
[ˈliha suŋnocimnaçɛðum ˈçɛi̯kaci ˈloluθa | suŋnacimˈnallo | ʃa çiçiʒacˈʃi̯oʒɛɲɟi]
liha-∅-ə suġna-ura<k-im>=hèiþ-um hèik-aki ló~lóþa-ə | suġna-Ca<k-im>=l-l-òu | ša hi~hižakšio-žen=k-i
give-PFT-1S love-ACC<1S-GEN>=SBRD-GEN place-LOC HAB~say-1S | love-NOM<1S-GEN>=COP-2S-DAT | and HAB~believe-3P=1S-ACC

Instead of loving, I say, "I love you," and they believe me.


Expressions of love are usually formed with nouns rather than verbs in Ilóhra. Note how the phrases for "I love you", Ouhkimnallo and Suġnakimnallo, both literally translate as "My love is yours."
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