The subtle art of tongues

Source: kidscientist.com

As the latest challenge posted to me applies to a special timeframe (Valentine’s Day) and given that I decided to accept it even if it therefore sets a time limit, I figured I should get started as soon as possible on getting these 14 translations.

Without further ado, here’s the list!

French: “Tu es belle”

Polish: “jesteś bardzo ładny”; phon.: “yestesh bardzo whad-na”

Mandarin: 您很漂亮 ;  pinyin: “nín hěn piào liang”

Japanese: “anata wa utsukushii desu”

Spanish: “Eres Hermosa”

Maori (New Zealand): “koe ātaahua”

Innu-aimun (Inuit): “minushkueu”

Russian: “Ты такая красивая”; phon.: “Ti krasIvaya”

Swedish: “Du är vacker”; phon.: “Dew air vuh-kerr”

Portuguese: “Você é linda.”

Swahili: “U ni mrembo”

Arabic: أنت جميلة   ; phon.: “anti jamila”

Italian: “Sei bellisima”

English: “You’re beautiful”

Note: There is no official country in Antarctica, and thus no official language. I’ve read about some old language called “bus”, but couldn’t find any reference to it whatsoever.

I will need to practice pronunciation, some of them being tricky.

This brings me to the topic I’d like to touch today: tongues!… err, languages, yes.