The Story of St. Valentine
The Roman Emperor Claudius II was fighting many wars. He wanted a
strong army, but many men did not want to be soldiers. Claudius
thought the men wanted to stay home to be with their wives and
children instead of leaving to fight wars.
Claudius thought of an awful solution to his problem. He decided
to cancel all marriages! No one in all of Rome could get married.
Claudius thought that if the men couldn’t get married, the men
would ignore the women and want to be soldiers.
Valentine, who was a priest, believed that people needed to get
married. He thought that if they were not married, they would
be tempted to sin by living together without being married.
So he secretly and illegally marriedcouples anyway! He performed
the weddings in secret places, so the Roman soldiers would not
find out.But they did find out. Valentine was arrested and brought
before the Emperor.
The Emperor thought Valentine was a well spoken and wise young
man, and encouraged him to stop being a Christian and become
a loyal Roman. Valentine would not deny his beliefs, and he
refused. He was sent to prison until he could be executed.
While he was in prison, he sent out letters to his friends and
asked to be prayed for by writing Remember your Valentine.
Valentine was killed on the 14th or the 24th of February in the
year 269 or 270. We celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 14th
in honor of St. Valentine.
Although it is not known whether this legend is factually true, it
is a good story anyway. It is nice to think of someone who believed
in marriage and was willing to risk death to do what he believed
was right.
Some expresions about St. Valentine´s day
(by busuu)
Valentine’s
Day is celebrated on the 14th of February.
El Día de San Valentín se celebra
el 14 de febrero.
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I love
receiving Valentine’s cards.
Me encanta recibir tarjetas del
Día de San Valentín.
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I am in love with him.
Estoy enamorada/o de él/ella.
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She is crazy about him!
¡Ella está locamente enamorada de él!
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I love the romance of
Valentine’s Day.
Me encanta el romanticismo del Día de San Valentín.
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Valentine’s
Day is the most romantic day of the year.
El Día de San Valentín es el más
romántico del año.
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My
Valentine´s card had a heart on it.
Mi tarjeta del Día de San
Valentín tenía un corazón.
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The rose
is the most romantic flower.
La rosa es la flor más romántica.
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I receive a bunch of flowers
every Valentine’s Day.
Recibo un ramo de flores cada Día de San Valentín.
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I send a box of chocolates
to my partner every Valentine’s Day.
Cada Día de San Valentín envío una caja de bombones
a mi pareja.
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I have
organised a romantic meal for two.
He organizado una cena romántica
para dos.
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I am writing a love poem for
you.
Estoy escribiendo un poema de amor para ti.
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They are such a romantic
couple!
¡Son una pareja muy romántica!
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She has a secret admirer.
Ella tiene un admirador secreto.
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It was a very romantic kiss.
Fue un beso muy romántico.
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I have butterflies in my
stomach when I think of her.
Me pongo nervioso cuando pienso en ella.
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Cupid is the god of love.
Cupido es el dios del amor.
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I have been hit by Cupid’s
arrow.
Me ha alcanzado la flecha del Cupido.
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Be my sweetheart.
Sé mi novio.
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Be my true love.
Sé mi amor verdadero.
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Be mine!
¡Sé mío!
Happy Valentine’s
¡Feliz Día de San Valentín!Day!
St. Valentine´s cards
These Heart in Hand Valentine cards are very easy to
make - even young children can make them (with a little help in cutting out the
paper).
Supplies needed:
- Pieces of construction paper or gift
wrap (at least 2 different colors)
- A pencil and a
marker
- Scissors
- Glue
- Optional: A printer (if you want to use
the heart templates)
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Trace your handprint on
construction paper.
Carefully
cut it out.
Cut out some red, pink or purple
hearts - they should be a little bigger than the lollipops you have. Using green
construction paper, cut out some leaves.
If
you'd like, use a heart template
page and print it out to help you draw hearts. Pick the
right size that fits inside your handprint.
Glue a heart onto your handprint
cutout.
Write a message to your Valentine.
If
you like, have the hand show the American Sign
Language sign for "I love you,"
which has the only the ring finger and the middle finger folded and glued down.
You
now have nice Valentine card for a friend.
American Sign Language
Burmese
Chit pa de
Cherokee
Gv ge yu hi
Chinese (Cantonese)
Moi oiy neya
Chinese (Mandarin)
Wo ai ni
Danish
Jeg elsker dig
Dutch
Ik hou van jou
Egyptian
Ana bahebek
Farsi
Tora dust midaram
French
Je t'aime or Je t'adore | Gaelic
Ta gra agam ort
German
Ich liebe Dich
Greek
S'agapo
Hawaiian
Aloha Wau Ia 'Oe
Hebrew
Ani ohev otach (male to female)
Ani ohevet otcha (female to male)
Hmong
Kuv hlub koj
Italian
Ti voglio bene
Japanese
Aishiteru
Lakota
Lela washtae che la ke
Norwegian
Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)
A
admirer
adoration
adore
affection
affectionate
amorous
angel
B
balloons
beau
beloved
be mine
betrothed
bouquet
bow and arrow
box of chocolates
boyfriend
C
candy
card
carnation
charmed
cherish
cherub
chocolate
courting
courtship
crazy
crush
Cupid |
D
darling
date
dear
decorate
desire
devotion
doves
E
embrace
enamored
endearment
envelope
Eros
F
fall in love
February
fiancée
flame
flirt
flowers
fondness
forget-me-nots
fourteenth
friend
friendship
G
gift
girlfriend
greeting
greeting card |
H
heart
heartthrob
holiday
honey
hug
I
infatuation
K
kiss
L
like
love
lovebirds
lovesick
M
moonstruck
P
party
passion
pink
poem
presents
R
red
romance
romantic
rose |
S
Saint Valentine
secret admirer
sentimental
smitten
St. Valentine
suitor
sweetheart
sweets
T
tenderness
tulips
true love
U
unrequited love
V
valentine
Valentine's Day
W
wild about
woo
wooer
Y
yearning |
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Gi zah gin
Pilipino (Tagalog)
Iniibig kita
Polish
Ja cie kocham
Portuguese (Brazilian)
Eu te amo
Portuguese
Amo-te
Romanian
Te iubesc
Russian
Ya vas liubliu
Spanish
Te amo
Swedish
Jag alskar dig
Turkish
Seni Seviyurum
Welsh
'Rwy'n dy garu di.
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