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

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