Wednesday, December 12, 2007

I LOVE YOU in 122 languages

Based on the theme of Love, this art work has ‘I LOVE YOU’ illustrated in 122 languages.

'The affection, admiration, abundance, compassion, composure, cheerfulness, contentment, courage, delight, excitement, fulfillment, gratefulness, harmony, interest, intimacy, integrity, modesty, relaxation and the togetherness of lovers standing under the bountifully elegant and outstandingly vivacious tree of goodness, richness and enchantment'.


(346 characters with space or 308 without space)
36 in x 48 in
(91 cm x 121cm)

Acrylic on canvas
 
  Price on request



The feeling of love

The delight and feeling of love is captured in a delicate mood in this painting. The gazes of the lovers are not into the eyes but all the way inside to their soul. The charming tree at the background is a symbolic representation of this lavishly graceful and refined emotion.

'I Love You' illustrated in 122 languages on the dress


(click on the image for a larger view)


Folds of woman’s dress is embellished with ‘I love you’ in 122 languages. The languages are written in alphabetic order starting from Afrikaans.
In several cases the language is not specified in the respective script. English script has been used, and the words are pronounced roughly as they are spelled.
The first fold from left contains languages starting with letters A, B and C. For all languages mentioned, please refer the details below.
1ST & 10TH FOLD
1. Afrikaans
— Ek is lief vir jou
2. Akan (Ghana)
— Me dor wo
3. Albanian
— Te dashuroj
4. Alentejano (Portugal)
— Gosto de ti, porra!
5. Arabic
— Ana behibak (female to male)
— Ana behibek (male to female)

6. Armenian
— Yes kez si'rumem
7. Assamese (India)
— Moi tomak bhal pau
8. Basque
— Nere maitea (means "my love")
— Maite zaitut (means "I love you")
9. Bavarian
— I mog di narrisch gern
10. Bemba
— Ndikufuna
11. Bengali (India)
— Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi
— Ami tomay bhalobashi
12. Berber
— Lakh tirikh
13. Bolivian Quechua
— Qanta munani
14. Brazilian / Portuguese
— Eu te amo (pronounced 'eiu chee amu')
15. Bulgarian
— Obicham te
16. Burmese
— Chit pa de
17. Canadian French
— Je t'adore ("I love you")
18. Chinese
— Ngo oi ney (Cantonese dialect)
— Wo ay ni (Mandarin dialect)
2nd Fold

19. Creol
— Mi aime jou
20. Croatian (familiar)
— Ja te volim (used in proper speech)
21. Czech
— Miluji te
22. Danish
— Jeg elsker dig
23. Dutch
— Ik hou van je
3RD FOLD
24. Esperanto
— Mi amas vin
25. Farsi
— Tora dost daram ("I love you")
26. Filipino
— Mahal ka ta
27. Finnish
— Rakastan sinua
28. French
— Je t'aime
29. German
— Ich liebe dich

30. Greek
— S'ayapo (spoken "s'agapo",
31. Greenlandic
— Asavakit
32. Gujurati (India and Pakistan)
— Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon.
— Hoon tuney chaoon chhoon ('n' is nasal,
33. Hausa (Nigeria)
— Ina sonki
34. Hawaiian
— Aloha wau ia 'oe
35. Hebrew
— Anee ohev otakh (male to female)
— Anee ohevet otkha (female to male)
36. Hindi (India)
Mai tumse pyar karta hoon (male to female)
Mai tumse pyar karti hoon (female to male)

4TH FOLD
37. Hungarian
— Szeretlek -use this one
38. Ibaloi (Phillipines)
— Pip-piyan taha
39. Icelandic
— Eg elska thig (pronounced 'yeg l-ska thig')
40. Indonesian

— Saya cinta kamu
41. Italian
— Ti amo (relationship/lover/spouse)
42. Irish
— Taim i' ngra leat
43. Japanese
— Kimi o ai shiteru
— Aishiteru
44. Javanese
— Kulo tresno
45. Kannada (India)
— Naanu Ninnanu Preethisuthene
46. Kikongo
— Mono ke zola nge (mono ke' zola nge')
47. Klingon
— qamuSHa ("I love you")

48. Korean
— Tangsinul sarang ha o

49. Kurdish
— Min te xushvet

50. Lao
— Khoi hak jao
51. Luo (Kenia)
— Aheri
52. Luxembourgish
— Ech hun dech gar
53. Latin
— Te amo
— Vos amo
54. Latvian
— Es tevi milu (pronounced 'es tevy meelu')
55. Lebanese
— Bahibak
56. Lingala
— Nalingi yo
57. Lithuanian
— As tave myliu
58. Luxembourgish
— Ech hun dech gar
59. Maa
— Ilolenge
60. Madrid lingo
— Me molas, tronca!
61. Maiese
— Wa wa
62. Malay
— Saya cintamu
63. English
— I love you
64. Spanish
— Te amo
65. Russian
— Ya tyebya lyublyu
66. Malayalam (India)
— Njyaan ninne premikyunnu
67. Malaysian
— Saya cintamu
68. Marshallese
— Yokwe Yuk
69. Mohawk
— Konoronhkwa
70. Mongolian
— Be Chamad Hairtai (very personal)
71. Moroccan
— Kanbhik
72. Norwegian
— Jeg elsker deg
73. Nyanja
— Ninatemba
5TH FOLD
74. Oriya (India)
— Moon Tumakoo Prema Kare
75. Marathi
— Mi tuzya var prem karato
76. Pakistani
— Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai
77. Punjabi (India)
— Mai taunu pyar Karda
78. Portuguese/Brazilian
— Eu te amo (pronounced 'eiu chee amu')
79. Polish
— Kocham cie
80. Osetian
— Aez dae warzyn
6TH FOLD
81. Quenya
— Tye-melane
82. Romanian
— Te ador
83. Sanskrit
— Anurag
84. Serbian
— Ja te volim
85. Singhalese (Sri Lanka)
— Mama oyata adarei
86. Spanish (Argentina)
— Te re-quiero
87. Swahili
— Nakupenda
88. Swedish
— Jag alskar dig
89. Syrian/Lebanese
— Bhebbek (male to female)
— Bhebbak (female to male)
90. Tahitian
— Ua Here Vau Ia Oe
91. Tamil (India)
— Naan unnai kaathalikiren
92. Telugu (India)
— Nenu ninnu premistunnanu
93. Thai
— Khao raak thoe
94. Tunisian
— Ha eh bak
95. Turkish
— Sizi seviyorum
7TH FOLD
96. Scot-Gaelic
— Tha gr`adh agam ort
97. Serbocroatian
— Volim te
98. Sesotho
— Kiyahurata
(pronounced Kee-ya--hoo-rata)
99. Shona
— Ndinokuda
100. Sioux
— Techihhila
101. Skopian
— Te ljubam
102. Slovak
— Lubim ta
103. Slovene
— Ljubim te
104. Somalian
— Waan ku jeclahay
105. Tswana
— Ke a go rata
106. Tshiluba
— Ndi mukusua
107. Tumbuka
— Nkhukutemwa
108. Twi (Ghana)
— Me dowapaa
109. Ukrainian
— Ja tebe kokhaju
110. Urdu (India and Pakistan)
— Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai
111. Vietnamese
— Anh yeu em (male to female)
— Em yeu anh (female to male)
112. Vai
— Na lia
113. Vulcan (Mr.Spock)
— Wani ra yana ro aisha
8TH FOLD & 9TH FOLD
114. Welsh
— Rwy'n dy garu di.
115. Yugoslavian
— Ja te volim
116. Varmlandska
— Du ar gorgo te mag
117. Venda — Ndi a ni funa
118. Yiddish
— Kh'hob dikh lib
119. Yucatec Maya
— 'in k'aatech
120. Zazi (Kurdish)
— Ezhele hezdege
121. Zulu
— Ngiyakuthanda (pronounced NGee-ya--koo--tanda)
122. Zuni
— Tom ho'ichema