Umi Pink

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 something special to another gift, there's no better way to express your love than by saying it in a variety of languages.

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 dev

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 digv

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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