“He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not”
Acrylic on Canvas – April 2016

He loves me, He loves me not
I’ve been on this kick lately where I’m reminded of things that I did as a young girl. One of these playing the daisy game that I just learned originated in France (is at least as old as 1820) and has been played throughout the world.. or at least there were Wikipedia translations for many languages:
• Arabic: “يحبني…لا يحبني” Yuḥabbunī… lā yuḥabbunī (translates to “He loves me…he loves me not”) “تحبني…لا تحبني” Tuḥabbunī… lā tuḥabbunī (translates to “She loves me…she loves me not”)
• Bulgarian: “Обича ме… не ме обича” [Obicha me… ne me obicha] (translates to “loves me… doesn’t love me”)
• Catalan: “M’estima… no m’estima” (translates to “he/she loves me… doesn’t love me”)
• Chinese: “他/她爱(愛)我…他/她不爱(愛)我” (translates to “He/She loves me… He/She loves me not”)
• Czech: “Má mě rád(a)… nemá mě rád(a)” (translates to “He/She likes me… He/She likes me not”)
• Danish: “Han/hun elsker mig… han/hun elsker mig ikke” (translates to “he/she loves me… he/she doesn’t love me”)
• Dutch: “Hij/zij houdt van me, hij/zij houdt niet van me” (translates to “He/she loves me, he/she loves me not”)
• Esperanto: “Li/Ŝi amas min… Li/Ŝi ne amas min” (translates to “He/She loves me…He/she loves me not)
• Estonia: “Armastab… ei armasta” (translates to “loves… doesn’t love)
• Finnish: “Rakastaa…ei rakasta” (translates to “loves… doesn’t love”)
• French: “Il/Elle m’aime un peu, beaucoup, passionnément, à la folie, pas du tout” (translates to “He/She loves me a little, a lot, passionately, madly, not at all”). This makes the potential outcomes more numerous.
• Georgian: “ვუყვარვარ… არ ვუყვარვარ…” (translates to “he/she loves me… he/she loves me not”)
• German: “Er/sie liebt mich… Er/sie liebt mich nicht” (translates to “he/she loves me… he/she loves me not”)Greek: “Μ’ αγαπά… δε μ’ αγαπά” (translates to “he/she loves me… he/she loves me not”)
• Hebrew: “אוהב/ת…לא אוהב/ת” (translates to “Loves… doesn’t love”)
• Hungarian: “Szeret… nem szeret” (translates “to he/she loves me… doesn’t love me”)
• Italian: “M’ama… non m’ama” (translates “to he/she loves me… doesn’t love me”)
• Japanese: “好き。。。嫌い” (すき。。。 きらい) (Suki… kirai) (translates to “like… hate”)
• Kurdish: “Ew ji min hez dike… ew ji min hez nake” (translates to “He/She loves me… He/She loves me not”)
• Latvian: “Mīl… nemīl” (translates to “Loves… doesn’t love”)
• Lithuanian: “Myli… nemyli” (translates to “Loves… doesn’t love”)
• Mongolian: “Хайртай… Хайргүй” (translates to “Loves… doesn’t love”)
• Norwegian: “Elsker… elsker ikke” (translates to “Loves… doesn’t love”)
• Polish: “Kocha… nie kocha” (translates to “he/she loves me… he/she loves me not”).
• Portuguese: “Bem me quer… mal me quer” (translates to “he/she loves me… detests me”; “querer” means to want, but “querer bem” means to love)
• Romanian: “Mă iubeşte….nu mă iubeşte” (translates “to he/she loves me… he/she loves me not”)
• Russian: “Любит, не любит, плюнет, поцелует, к сердцу прижмет, к черту пошлет” (translates to “he/she loves me, loves me not, spits [at me], kisses [me], presses [me] to his/her heart, curses [me] (lit. “sends [me] to the devil”)”)
• Serbian: “Воли ме… не воли ме” (translates to “(he/she) loves me… loves me not”)
• Slovak: “Ľúbi ma….. neľúbi ma” (translates to “Loves me… loves me not”)
• Slovenian: “Ljubi me… Ne ljubi me” (translates to “Loves me… loves me not”)
• Spanish: “Me quiere… no me quiere”, “Me ama… no me ama” (both translate to he/she loves me… doesn’t love me)
• Spanish in Latin America”Me quiere mucho…poquito…nada (Loves me a lot…loves me a little…loves me not)
• Swedish: “Älskar… älskar inte” (translates to “Loves… doesn’t love”)
• Turkish: “Seviyor… Sevmiyor” (translates to “he/she loves me… doesn’t love me”)
• Vietnamese: “Yêu…, không yêu” (translates to “loves… doesn’t love”)

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