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Old 10th June 2001, 07:39
tish tish is offline
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I really need to know what this means...I think it is African or Swazhli (not sure of the spelling)..can anyone help...here it is......EK YO TE LIEF thank you for your help!!
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Old 10th June 2001, 11:20
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Ek = I
'Yo' must be jou = you
te lief = love

Make sense now?
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Old 10th June 2001, 16:55
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Ek = I
'Yo' must be jou = you
te lief = love

Make sense now?
Hi Allan thank you SO much for your response.....are you certain or is this a guess? I just don't want to have the wrong answer. As well can you tell me exactly which language it is? Thank you very much I appreciate it!
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Old 10th June 2001, 19:26
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100 % on the 'ek' and 'te lief' part. The 'yo' = 'jou' ='you' is an educated guess on my part. The language is Afrikaans and I don't know of any 'yo' except as in, "Yo, wazzup?"
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Old 10th June 2001, 20:02
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The correct Afrikaans would be

"EK HET JOU LIEF"

A weird way of saying "I love you," almost like saying "I have love for you" But hey, who said Afrikaans is not a weird lingo?
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Old 11th June 2001, 03:34
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Re: Certain
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Originally posted by Allan
100 % on the 'ek' and 'te lief' part. The 'yo' = 'jou' ='you' is an educated guess on my part. The language is Afrikaans and I don't know of any 'yo' except as in, "Yo, wazzup?"
Once again thanks for the help!!!
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Old 11th June 2001, 03:35
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The correct Afrikaans would be

"EK HET JOU LIEF"

A weird way of saying "I love you," almost like saying "I have love for you" But hey, who said Afrikaans is not a weird lingo?
Thank you so much for your interpretation because myself I didn't think by the person who said it that it would actually mean "I LOVE YOU"....thanks again.
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