مےٚ تہِ چھےٚ چٲنؠ مٲے
me ti che chain maay
The English phrase "i love you too" is translated into Kashmiri as مےٚ تہِ چھےٚ چٲنؠ مٲے (me ti che chain maay).
This phrase is used as a response to express that you reciprocate the love someone has expressed to you.
How do you pronounce it?
me ti che chain maay
Did you know?
- In many traditional Kashmiri households, expressing such direct affection is often done through subtle actions, such as offering a specific food, rather than saying the full phrase aloud.
- The grammatical structure of this phrase is so sensitive to social hierarchy that saying it to an elder requires a different set of honorific pronouns than saying it to a peer.
- The script used for this phrase, a modified Nasta'liq, contains unique diacritics specifically engineered to capture sounds that are entirely absent from Persian or Arabic.
Example conversation
A couple is saying goodbye before work.
- عدنان Adnanمےٚ چھےٚ چٲنؠ مٲے، عائشہme che chanyi mye, AishaI love you, Aisha.
- عائشہ Ayeshaمےٚ تہِ چھےٚ چٲنؠ مٲے، عدنانme tih che chanyi mye, AdnanI love you too, Adnan.
- عدنان Adnanپھر مےٚ چٲنؠ مٲےphir me chanyi myeSay you love me again.
- عائشہ Ayeshaمےٚ تہِ چھےٚ چٲنؠ مٲےme tih che chanyi myeI love you too.
