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By Jeffrey Strain

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, it's time to start thinking about the perfect gift for the one you love. Whether you are looking for something special on a tight budget or would simply like to add something special to another gift, there's no better way to express your love than by saying it in a variety of languages.

Find a nice jar and cut different colored paper into heart-shaped pieces. Write "I Love You" in a different language on each heart and place it in the jar. Continue doing this until the jar is full. Add a nice ribbon around the jar and you have a wonderful jar of "Love" to give.

If you want Valentine's Day to last longer, write each "I Love You" in a different language on a colored, heart-shaped piece of paper. Then place each heart into a separate envelope. For the next two months, each day you can place a new envelope somewhere where your partner will find it making your love - and Valentine's Day - last a couple of months rather that a single day.

If you are in a more playful mood, cut out the heart-shaped pieces of paper and write "I Love You" in a different language along with a hint where your partner can find the next envelope. Have your partner do a scavenger hunt to find each envelope until they come to the final piece where "I Love You" is written in English with whatever Valentine gift you have decided to give.

No matter how you ultimately decide to give the gift of "I Love You," it'll be a gift long remembered and cherished by the person who receives it.

***** Different Ways To Say "I Love You" *****

1. a) Arabic -- Ana behibak (to male) 1. b) Arabic -- Ana behibek (to female) 2. Bavarian -- I mog di narrisch gern 3. Bengali -- Ami tomake bhalobashi 4. Brazilian (Portuguese) -- Eu te amo 5. Bulgarian -- Obicham te 6. Burmese -- Chit pa de 7. Cambodian -- Bon sro lanh oon 8. Chinese (Cantonese) -- Ngo oi ney 9. Chinese (Mandarin) -- Wo ie ni 10. Croatian -- Ljubim te 11. Czech -- Miluji te 12. Danish -- Jeg elsker dig 13. Dutch -- Ik hou van jou 14. Esperanto -- Mi amas vin 15. Estonian -- Mina armastan sind 16. Filipino -- Mahal ka ta 17. Finnish -- Mina rakastan sinua 18. Flemish -- Ik zie oe geerne 19. French -- Je t'aime 20. Gaelic -- Ta gra agam ort 21. German -- Ich liebe dich 22. Greek -- S' agapo 23. a) Hebrew -- Ani ohev otach (to female) 23. b) Hebrew -- Ani ohev otcha (to male) 24. Hindi -- Mai tumse pyar karta hoo 25. Hopi -- Nu' umi unangwa'ta 26. Hungarian -- Szeretlek 27. Icelandic -- Eg elska thig 28. Indonesian -- Saja kasih saudari 29. Irish -- Taim i' ngra leat 30. Italian -- Ti amo 31. Japanese -- Kimi o ai shiteru 32. Javanese -- Kulo tresno 33. Korean -- Tangsinul sarang ha yo 34. Lao -- Koi muk jao 35. Latin -- Te amo 36. Latvian -- Es milu tevi 37. Macedonian -- Sakam te 38. Malay -- Saya cintamu 39. Mohawk -- Konoronhkwa 40. Navaho -- Ayor anosh'ni 41. Norwegian -- Eg elskar deg 42. Persian -- Tora dost daram 43. Polish -- Kocham cie 44. Portuguese -- Amo-te 45. Romanian -- Te iu besc 46. Russian -- Ya vas liubliu 47. Serbian -- Lubim te 48. Shona -- Ndinokuda 49. Sioux -- Techihhila 50. Slovak -- Lubim ta 51. Spanish -- Te quiero 52. Swahili -- Naku penda 53. Swedish -- Jag a'lskar dig 54. Tagalog -- Mahal kita 55. Thai -- Ch'an rak khun 56. Tunisian -- Ha eh bak 57. Turkish -- Seni seviyo rum 58. Ukrainian -- Ja tebe kokhaju 59. Vietnamese -- Toi yeu em 60. Welsh -- 'Rwy'n dy garu di 61. Yiddish -- Ich libe dich 62. Yugoslavian -- Ya te volim 63. Zulu -- Ngiyakuthanda