Apr 12, 2002 04:35
22 yrs ago
Hebrew term

ani ohevette otah

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Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 I love her... BUT...

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Proposed translations

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I love her... BUT...

...If the writer meant "I love you", that would be: Ani ohevet otakh (= I love you, said by a woman to a woman)
(Because the "kh" sound doesn't exist in English, some people write it as "h". In Hebrew, changing the "kh" to "h" makes it a different word.)

Ani = I
ohevet = love (feminine, singular, present tense... so this is the form for "I", "you" or "she" loves)
ota = her

OR

otakh = you (feminine)
otkha = you (masculine)

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Note added at 2002-04-12 04:56:39 (GMT)
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Ani ohevet otakh = I love you (as said by a woman to a woman)
Ani ohevet otkha = I love you (as said by a woman to a man)
Peer comment(s):

agree Salit Levi
1 hr
Thanks
agree Sue Goldian
2 hrs
Thanks, Sue
agree John Kinory (X) : Excellent explanation
6 hrs
agree kbmsg : Great explanation!
9 hrs
agree liora (X) : The way it`s written, it is a woman telling a woman.
16 hrs
Thanks
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