orphadeus
Oct 18 2008, 08:09 PM
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
Oct 19 2008, 02:42 PM
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".