The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #27723   Message #348971
Posted By: Mrrzy
30-Nov-00 - 12:04 PM
Thread Name: Non-Music: Hello and Goodbye
Subject: RE: Non-Music: Hello and Goodbye
I forgot an interesting one: Hungarian also has a "loving" tense/mood, used only when speaking to adored ones. I don't know of any language that has that - an actual different set of conjugations for emotional closeness. Anyway, the loving goodbye, said to family members and close friends, is Csókollak, (starts off like chocolate) lit. "I kiss (lovingly)" - note the difference in form to the kiss of I kiss your hand, where it isn't done lovingly.