geek_frappa Posted April 13, 2004 at 02:10 AM Report Posted April 13, 2004 at 02:10 AM 我愛你 .... boring. better ways? Quote
geek_frappa Posted April 13, 2004 at 04:45 AM Author Report Posted April 13, 2004 at 04:45 AM aiya, lei pokgai... Quote
eric Posted April 13, 2004 at 06:46 AM Report Posted April 13, 2004 at 06:46 AM no more boring than "I love you" in english I suppose Quote
skylee Posted April 13, 2004 at 07:00 AM Report Posted April 13, 2004 at 07:00 AM 喜歡你 (think Beyond's song) 為你鍾情, 傾我至誠, 請你珍藏這份情 (think Leslie Cheung's song) 我中意你 (Cantonese) Quote
ala Posted April 13, 2004 at 07:58 AM Report Posted April 13, 2004 at 07:58 AM Shanghainese: 我欢喜侬。 (ngu/wu hueshi non) = I like you (it's a little bit stronger than the Mandarin). 我吃死侬。 (ngu/wu chiesshi non) = More intensive. 我非常爱侬。(ngu/wu fizan ei non) = Most intensive (it sounds a lot better in Shanghainese than the Mandarin pronounciation of that, I promise. the "z" is an English z). We usually don't say 我爱侬 (ngu/wu ei non), when we do it's usually in Mandarin 我爱你 wo ai ni. The Shanghainese 我爱侬 sounds too fast, edgy, and suggests false intentions. It just sounds blatantly unconvincing (since the syllables slur to form: ue non 为侬 ). . Quote
confucius Posted April 13, 2004 at 10:20 AM Report Posted April 13, 2004 at 10:20 AM 我吃死侬! I eat you to death? Yep, that's pretty intense. Quote
geek_frappa Posted April 13, 2004 at 01:30 PM Author Report Posted April 13, 2004 at 01:30 PM no more boring than "I love you" in english I suppose i avoid say 'i love you' because talk is cheap... but when i do want to say it, i want find other ways... very nice replies. thank you (^_^) (_ _) (^_^) any more ideas? how about 'i love you' when you are in trouble? Quote
Quest Posted April 13, 2004 at 03:31 PM Report Posted April 13, 2004 at 03:31 PM 我吃死侬 ngo hek sei lei? should be 我锡死你? ngo sek sei lei (what's the correct word for 锡？) Quote
ala Posted April 13, 2004 at 07:06 PM Report Posted April 13, 2004 at 07:06 PM ngo hek sei lei? should be 我锡死你? ngo sek sei lei I've always thought it was 吃, or more accurately in the traditional character: 喫. In Shanghai, we use 喫/吃 for everything (to have a crush on, to eat, to drink, to smoke, to get beaten, to take a chess piece, to suck). 我喫侬 in Shanghainese means I have a crush on you or I want you. So 我喫死侬 implies eternity, it doesn't mean "eat you to death" at all (eat you to death in Shanghainese is 我吃杀忒侬). 欢喜 in Shanghainese is more solemn, while 喫 is definitely more flirtatious and sexual. 喫香烟 = smoke cig, 喫棋子 = to win a piece in chess, 喫茶 = drink tea, 喫生活 = to get beaten. 喫 = in ancient times had meanings as diverse as this also, it translates as "consume" or "take." Quote
bathrobe Posted April 17, 2004 at 03:28 AM Report Posted April 17, 2004 at 03:28 AM 'Eat you to death' reminds me of the story I heard about a Japanese translator who translated 'I love you' spoken by a heroine in an English novel as: 死んでもいいわ Shinde mo ii wa 'I'd be willing to die (for you)'. That was a long time ago -- possibly 19th century. Times have changed. Now the Japanese are used to saying 'I love you' and this brilliant translation just sounds quaint and dated. But I think it is rather good, nonetheless. Quote
Quest Posted April 18, 2004 at 02:13 AM Report Posted April 18, 2004 at 02:13 AM Well in Cantonese, "sek" means "to care for" or "to kiss" "sik" means "to eat" I believe "sek" is the same word as the shanghainess "chie" in the context of love and care. Maybe shanghainess merged the two sounds, or maybe cantonese variegated the original sound. Quote
confucius Posted April 18, 2004 at 07:53 AM Report Posted April 18, 2004 at 07:53 AM My girlfriend in Hong Kong gives me lots of tender loving seks, usually after we get sik at a romantic Indian restaurant. Quote
geek_frappa Posted April 18, 2004 at 01:34 PM Author Report Posted April 18, 2004 at 01:34 PM my girlfriend says i 'sek see' a lot... another ways to 'i love you, please don't leave me for leon lai i need you.'?? Quote
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