# "you have beautiful eyes" in different languages **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 8, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-beautiful-eyes-in-different-languages/343606 "2006-02-08T22:38:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-beautiful-eyes-in-different-languages/343606/1 "2006-02-08T22:38:08Z")
I am compiling a list of this line in different languages, which should be useful for meeting foreign girls. Maybe you ppl could add some. Here is what I have so far: (though the girls I learned it from might have been duping me 🙂 ) estonian: sul on ilusad silmad danish: du har smukke øjne Italian: hai gli occhi belli Polish: marrschwanum dupe german: du hast schöne augen Russian: u tebya krrasivie glaze ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-beautiful-eyes-in-different-languages/343606/2 "2006-02-08T22:41:48Z")
French: Vous avez de beaux yeux. (formal singular and plural) Tu as de beaux yeux. (informal, singular) ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-beautiful-eyes-in-different-languages/343606/3 "2006-02-08T22:57:39Z")
Latin: Oculos pulchros habes. (you singular). Oculos pulchros habetis. (you plural). ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-beautiful-eyes-in-different-languages/343606/4 "2006-02-08T23:02:18Z")
spanish tienes ojos lindos ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-beautiful-eyes-in-different-languages/343606/5 "2006-02-08T23:02:47Z")
Spanish: sus ojos son hermosos- Formal tus ojos son hermosos-Informal ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-beautiful-eyes-in-different-languages/343606/6 "2006-02-08T23:19:39Z")
Hindi: Tumhari aankein bohoth sundar hain ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-beautiful-eyes-in-different-languages/343606/7 "2006-02-08T23:25:31Z")
Tes yeux sont comme les tetes de poisson. Phonetic: “Tay zyeu sonh cum lay tet de pwason.” This actually means “Your eyes are like fish heads.” Doesn’t everything sound better in French? (thanks to Berkley Breathed) ---
**Author:** ![Trillionaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Trillionaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trillionaire)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-beautiful-eyes-in-different-languages/343606/8 "2006-02-08T23:41:01Z")
Dutch (I don’t speak it, but from memory): Je hebt mooie ogen ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-beautiful-eyes-in-different-languages/343606/9 "2006-02-08T23:47:17Z")
Loscadh is do madra ort ---
**Author:** ![Burnt\_Sugar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@Burnt\_Sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burnt_Sugar)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-beautiful-eyes-in-different-languages/343606/10 "2006-02-08T23:59:02Z")
Mandarin Nide yanjing hen mei jile. (Probably a bit wrong; feel free to correct.) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-beautiful-eyes-in-different-languages/343606/11 "2006-02-09T00:24:30Z")
> [@saoirse](#): > > Loscadh is do madra ort Shouldn’t it be “do mhadra” ? And btw, what the… ? Anyway. Welsh: Mae gen ti lygaid hyfryd. (My ghen tee lug-ide huv-rid) (I’m not a native speaker) ---
**Author:** ![CatsCradle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cab0a1/32.png) [@CatsCradle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatsCradle)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-beautiful-eyes-in-different-languages/343606/12 "2006-02-09T00:41:15Z")
Filipino: Ang ganda ng iyong mga mata (UH-ng guhn-DAH nuhng ee-YONG muh-NGA muh-TAH) Or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-beautiful-eyes-in-different-languages/343606/13 "2006-02-09T01:05:15Z")
> [@mr. jp](#): > > I am compiling a list of this line in different languages, which should be useful for meeting foreign girls. Maybe you ppl could add some. > > Russian: > u tebya krrasivie glaze U tebya krasivie glaza. Glaza with the accent on the final “a” or “ah” sound. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-beautiful-eyes-in-different-languages/343606/14 "2006-02-09T01:27:20Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > U tebya krasivie glaza. Glaza with the accent on the final “a” or “ah” sound. Yes. And just because it looks better with the Cyrillic: У тебя красивые глаза. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-beautiful-eyes-in-different-languages/343606/15 "2006-02-09T01:33:52Z")
> [@Dr. Drake](#): > > Yes. And just because it looks better with the Cyrillic: ? ??? ??? ???. Yeah, yeah. I can type in Cyrillic on my Mac, and it looks fine on my Mac, but I can’t get what I type to show up in web browsers, so it just comes out ??? ??? ??? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-beautiful-eyes-in-different-languages/343606/16 "2006-02-09T02:17:02Z")
English: I’m unoriginal. (FYI I’ve never met a woman who didn’t find this line tired, or, on occasion, a little creepy) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-beautiful-eyes-in-different-languages/343606/17 "2006-02-09T02:26:19Z")
Klingon: SoH ghaj ‘IH mInDu’ ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-beautiful-eyes-in-different-languages/343606/18 "2006-02-09T02:27:54Z")
Although I might be wrong on the grammar there, but the words are correct. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-beautiful-eyes-in-different-languages/343606/19 "2006-02-09T03:37:22Z")
Arabic: ‘indaki ‘uyun jamilah. (said to female) ‘indaka ‘uyun jamilah. (said to male) Malay: Saudari ada mata-mata cantik. (said to female) Saudara ada mata-mata cantik. (said to male) Persian: Chashm ha ye to ziba and. (familiar) Chashm ha ye shoma ziba and. (respectful) Swahili: Una macho mazuri. Tamil: Unakku alakana kankal irukkiratu. (familiar) Unkalukku alakana kankal irukkiratu. (respectful) Turkish: Sende güzel gözler var. (familiar) Sizde güzel gözler var. (respectful) Uyghur: Senda gözäl közlär bar. (familiar) Sizda gözäl közlär bar. (respectful) Uzbek: Senda go’zal ko’zlar bor. (familiar) Sizda go’zal ko’zlar bor. (respectful) ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-beautiful-eyes-in-different-languages/343606/20 "2006-02-09T03:46:07Z")
My hovercraft is full of eels! (hey, _someone_ had to say it…) 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-beautiful-eyes-in-different-languages/343606.md?page=2)