Wo Xiang Ni

Don't get me wrong, I am so thankful for email, but after months of writing Bob, I just felt disconnected this week. There are only so many ways to say "I miss you" without sounding whiny. So, I looked up how to say I miss you in a variety of different languages. Something about compiling the list and reading through it immediately made me feel better and feel closer to Bob and to all those people in the world who are also missing their loved ones for whatever reason. Here is the list, starting with the one I already knew:

Mandarin
Wo xiang ni

Arabic
Eshatetelak

Iraqi
Wahashtook

Russian
Ya po tebe skuchau

Afgani
Delam barat tang shode

Iranian
Delam baraat tange

Japanese
Anata ga i naku te sabishii desu

Korean
Dangsin-ibogo sipseubnida

Malay
Saya rindu awak

Nepali
Maile tmilai miss gareko chu

Filipino
Miss kita

Sinhalese
El lique o latope

Thai
Chan khidthung thex

Urdu
Aaapki kami mehsoos hoti hai

Hindi
Muje tumhari yaadh aa rahi hai

Tamil
Nee illaamal thavikkiren

Telugu
Nenu nee premaku duramouthunnanu

Kannada
Ninna nenapu kaadtaa ide

Malayalam
Ninne nyan miss cheiyunnu

Punjabi
Mennu yaadan teriyaan aaondiyaan ne

Bengali
Ami tomake onek miss kori

Marathi
Malaa tujhi faar aathvan yete

Gujarati
Mein tane miss karti che

Assamese
Apu'nak MIss Ko'risu

Vietnamese
Toi nho ban

Persian
Delam barat tang shode

Indonesian
Aku rindu kamu

Uzbek
Man seni sogindim

Samoa
Oute alofa ia te o'e

Cambodian
Oun nirk bong

Azeri
Senin ucun darixiram

Hebrew
Ani Mitga'ahge'ah/at Eleha/ Ela'ih

Kurdish
Birt akam

Turkish
seni ozledim

Laos
Koey keud haut jow

Khmer
Kor-yom neck oun

Mangolian
Roland gadeyne

Dhivehi
Varah handhaanve

Tagalog
Nangungulila ako sa iyo
Swahili
Ninakukosa

Somali
Waan ku tabayaa

Afrikaans
Ek verlang jou

Kabyle
Hemleghk

Kisii
Nindakobore

Oromo
Hedduudhuman si yaade

German
Ich vermisse dich

French
Tu me manques

Italian
Mi manchi

Spanish
Te echo de menos

Galician
Sinto saudades de ti

Portuguese
Sinto saudades de voce

Romanian
Mi-e dor de tine

Dutch
Ik mis je

Swedish
Jag saknar dig

Danish
Jeg savner dig

Norwegian
Jeg savner deg

Polish
Tesknie za toba

Finnish
Mina kaipaan sinua

Greek
Mou leipeis

Hungarian
Hianyzol

Croatian
Nedostajes mi

Czech
Chybis mi

Bulgarian
Lipsvash mi

Slovak
Chybas mi

Slovenian
Pogresam te

Maltese
Inhoss in-nuqqas tieghek

Ukrainian
Ya po tebe skuchayu

Welsh
Rwy'n gweld dy eisiau di

Estonian
Ma igatsen sind

Albanian
Me mungon

Armenian
Yes karotelem kez

Irish
Airim uaim thu

Turkish
Seni ozledim

Macedonian
Mi nedostigas

Lithuanian
Ilgiuosi taves

Latvian
Man tevis pietrukst

Serbian
Uzeleo sam te se

Belarusian
Ya pa tabye sumuyu

Catalan
Et trobo a faltar

Icelandic
Eg sakna pin