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Serene
Well, actually after I saw this quote “…For example love in english could mean something friendly, passionate, lustful, respectful, etc. But there are some languages that have a word for each of the meaning for love.” I felt thats right.

In your view, which language has a lot of words? Words which signify distinct meanings, words even for a smaller shades differences…

Personally I believed English is a language rich with words. Yes, but there must be richer languages. Put your views out. Let me collect your opinions and see.
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orphadeus
I don't speak many languages, un petit peu de Francaise, so I'm unable to answer your question. But I was just wondering whether you were in love. Going by your posts it appears you are in love.
oolongcha
I can't remember if it's Modern Greek or Ancient Greet that distinguishes between different types of love - one of those, anyway, if not perhaps both.

Languages are rich in different ways.

Mandarin Chinese is a language that isn't too bothered about some distinctions, say between dove and pigeon, parakeet and parrot, rat and mouse, goat and sheep. Yet in other areas, it does make distinctions. For example, there are three words for "can". In English we might say, "can I do x?", but Chinese will always distinguish between whether you're allowed to do something, whether you're physically able to do something, or whether you've an ability to do something, all of which are covered in English by a single word - "can".
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God bless English...
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