"I love you" in various languages
Language
Translation --------
----------- Afrikaans
Ek het jou liefe Afrikaans
Ek is lief vir jou Albanian
te dua Albanian
te dashuroj Alentejano(Portugal) Gosto De Ti, Porra! Alsacien
Ich hoan dich gear Amharic
Afekrishalehou Arabic
Ana Behibak (to a male) Arabic
Ana Behibek (to a female) Arabic
Ib'n hebbak. Arabic
Ana Ba-heb-bak Arabic
nhebuk Arabic
Ohiboke (male to female) Arabic
Ohiboka (female to male) Arabic
Ohibokoma (male or female to two males or two females) Arabic
Nohiboke (more than one male or female to female) Arabic
Nohiboka (male to male or female to male) Arabic
Nohibokoma (m. to m. or f. to two males or two females) Arabic
Nohibokom (m. to m. or f. to more than two males) Arabic
Nohibokon (m. to m. or f. to more than two females) Arabic (not standard) Bahibak (female to male)
Arabic (not standard) Bahibik (male to female) Arabic (not standard) Benhibak
(more than one male or female to male) Arabic (not standard) Benhibik (male to male or female to female)
Arabic (not standard) Benhibkom (m. to m. or female to more than one male) Assamese
Moi tomak bhal pau Basc
Nere Maitea Batak
Holong rohangku di ho Bavarian
I mog di narrisch gern Bengali
Ami tomAy bhAlobAshi Bengali
Ami tomake bhalobashi. Berber
Lakh tirikh Bicol
Namumutan ta ka Bolivian Quechua Qanta munani Bulgarian
Obicham te Burmese
Chit pa de Cambodian
Bon sro lanh oon Cambodian
Kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah Canadian French Sh'teme
(spoken, sounds like this) Cantonese
Moi oiy neya Cantonese
Ngo oi ney Catalan
T'estim (mallorcan) Catalan
T'estim molt (I love you a lot) Catalan
T'estime (valencian) Catalan
T'estimo (catalonian) Cebuano
Gihigugma ko ikaw Ceqli
Go pyar zi Chickasaw
Chiholloli (first "i" nasalized) Chinese
(see the entries for mandarin or cantonese!) Corsican
Ti tengu cara (to female) Corsican
Ti tengu caru (to male) Croatian
Ja volim tebe Czech
Miluji te Czech
MILUJU TE! (colloquial form) Danish
Jeg elsker dig Dutch
Ik hou van jou Dutch
Ik ben verliefd op je Ecuador Quechua Canda munani English
I love you English
I adore you Esperanto
Mi amas vin Estonian
Mina armastan sind Estonian
Ma armastan sind Farsi
Tora dust midaram Farsi
Asheghetam Farsi (Persian) Doostat dAram Filipino
Mahal ka ta Filipino
Iniibig Kita Finnish
Mina" rakastan sinua Flemish
Ik zie oe geerne French
Je t'aime French
Je t'adore Friesian
Ik hald fan dei Gaelic
Ta gra agam ort German
Ich liebe Dich Greek
S'ayapo (spoken s'agapo, 3rd letter is lower case
'gamma') Greek (old)
(Ego) philo su (ego is only needed for emphasis) Greenlandic
Asavakit Gujrati
Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon. Hausa
Ina sonki Hawaiian
Aloha I'a Au Oe Hebrew
Ani ohev otach (male to female) Hebrew
Ani ohev otcha (male to male) Hebrew
Ani ohevet otach (female to female) Hebrew
Ani ohevet otcha (female to male) Hindi
Mai tumase pyar karata hun (male to female) Hindi
Mai tumase pyar karati hun (female to male) Hindi
Main Tumse Prem Karta Hoon Hindi
Mai Tumhe Pyar Karta Hoon Hindi
Main Tumse Pyar Karta Hoon Hindi
Mai Tumse Peyar Karta Hnu Hindi
Mai tumse pyar karta hoo Hokkien
Wa ai lu Hopi
Nu' umi unangwa'ta Hungarian
Szeretlek Hungarian
Szeretlek te'ged Icelandic
Eg elska thig Indi
Mai Tujhe Pyaar Kartha Ho Indonesian
Saya cinta padamu (Saya, commonly used) Indonesian
Saya cinta kamu ( " ) Indonesian
Saya kasih saudari ( " ) Indonesian
Aku tjinta padamu (Aku, not often used) Indonesian
Aku cinta padamu ( " ) Indonesian
Aku cinta kamu ( " ) Iranian
Mahn doostaht doh-rahm Irish
Taim i' ngra leat Italian
Ti amo (if it's a relationship/lover/spouse) Italian
Ti voglio bene (if it's a friend, or relative) Japanese
Kimi o ai shiteru Japanese
Aishiteru Japanese
Chuu shiteyo Japanese
Ora omee no koto ga suki da Japanese
Ore wa omae ga suki da Japanese
Suitonnen Japanese
Sukiyanen Japanese
Sukiyo Japanese
Watashi Wa Anata Ga Suki Desu Japanese
Watashi Wa Anata Wo Aishithe Imasu Japanese
Watakushi-wa anata-wo ai shimasu Japanese
Suki desu (used at 1st time, like for a start,
when you are not yet real lovers) Javanese
Kulo tresno Kannada
Naanu Ninnanu Preethisuthene Kannada
Naanu Ninnanu Mohisuthene Kiswahili
Nakupenda Klingon
bangwI' SoH Klingon
qamuSHa' Klingon
qaparHa' Korean
No-rul sarang hae (man to woman in casual relation) Korean
Tangsinul sarang ha yo Korean
Tangshin-ul sarang hae-yo Korean
Tangsinul Sarang Ha Yo Korean
Tangshin-i cho-a-yo (i like you, in a romantic way) Korean
Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida Korean
Nanun Dangsineul Mucheog Joahapnida Korean
Nanun Dangsineul Saranghapnida Korean
Nanun Gdaega Joa Korean
Nanun Gdaereul Saranghapnida Korean
Nanun Neoreul Saranghanda Korean
Gdaereul Hjanghan Naemaeum Alji Korean
Joahaeyo Korean
Saranghae Korean
Saranghaeyo Korean
Saranghapanida Kurdish
Ez te hezdikhem (?) Lao
Koi muk jao Lao
Khoi huk chau Latin
Te amo Latin
Vos amo Latin (old)
(Ego) amo te (ego, for emphasis) Latvian
Es milu tevi (Pronounced "Ess tevy meeloo") Lebanese
Bahibak Lëtzebuergesch
Ech hunn dech gär Lingala
Nalingi yo Lisbon lingo
gramo-te bue', chavalinha Lithuanian
TAVE MYLIU (ta-ve mee-lyu) Lojban
mi do prami Luo
Aheri Macedonian
SAKAM TE! Madrid lingo
Me molas, tronca Malay
Saya cintakan mu Malay
Saya sayangkan mu Malay/Indonesian Saya sayangkan
engkau Malay/Indonesian Saya cintakan awak Malayalam
Njyaan Ninne' Preetikyunnu Malayalam
Njyaan Ninne' Mohikyunnu. Malayalam
Ngan Ninne Snaehikkunnu Malaysian
Saya Cintamu Malaysian
Saya Sayangmu Malaysian
Saya Cinta Kamu Mandarin
Wo ai ni (Wo3 ai4 ni3 in tonal notation) Marathi
me tujhashi prem karto (male to female) Marathi
me tujhashi prem karte (female to male) Marathi
Mi tuzya var prem karato Mohawk
Konoronhkwa Navaho
Ayor anosh'ni Ndebele
Niyakutanda Norwegian
Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk) Norwegian
Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal) (pronouncedyai elske dai) Op
Op Lopveop Yopuop Osetian
Aez dae warzyn Pakistani
Mujhe Tumse Muhabbat Hai Persian
Tora dost daram Pig Latin
Ie Ovele Ouye Polish
Kocham Cie Polish
Ja cie kocham Polish
Yacha kocham Polish
Kocham Ciebie Portuguese
Amo-te Portuguese (brazilian) Eu te amo Punjabi
Mai taunu pyar karda Punjabi
Main Tainu Pyar Karna Quenya
Tye-mela'ne Romanian
Te iu besc Romanian
Te Ador Russian
Ya vas liubliu Russian
Ya tebya liubliu Russian
Ya polubeel s'tebya Russian (malincaya) Ya Tibieh Lublue Sanskrit
tvayi snihyaami Scot Gaelic
Tha gra\dh agam ort Serbian
ljubim te (I kiss you/love you,
'lj' pronounced like 'll' in Spanish, one sound, 'ly'ish) Serbocroatian
Volim te Serbocroatian
Ljubim te Shona
Ndinokuda Sinhalese
Mama oyata adarei Sioux
Techihhila Slovak
lubim ta Slovene
ljubim te Spanish
Te quiero Spanish
Te amo Srilankan
Mama Oyata Arderyi Swahili
Naku penda (followed by the person's name) Swedish
Jag a"lskar dig Swiss-German
Ch'ha di ga"rn Syrian/Lebanese BHEBBEK (to
a female) Syrian/Lebanese BHEBBAK (to a
male) Tagalog
Mahal kita Tahitian
Ua Here Vau Ia Oe Tamil
Ni yaanai kaadli karen (You love me) Tamil
n^An unnaik kAthalikkinREn (I love you) Tamil
Naan Unnai Kadalikiren Tcheque
MILUJI TE^ Telugu
Neenu ninnu pra'mistu'nnanu Telugu/india
Nenu Ninnu Premistunnanu Thai
Phom Rak Khun (formal, male to female) Thai
Ch'an Rak Khun (formal, female to male) Thai
Khao Raak Thoe (affectionate, sweet, loving) Thai
Phom Rak Khun Tunisian
Ha eh bak
* Turkish
Seni seviyo*rum (o* means o) Turkish
Seni Seviyurum Turkish
Seni Seviyorum Ukrainian
ja tebe koKHAju (real true love) Ukrainian
ja vas koKHAju Ukrainian
ja pokoKHAv tebe Ukrainian
ja pokoKHAv vas Urdu
Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai Urdu
Main Tumse Muhabbat Karta Hoon Vietnamese
Em ye^u anh (woman to man) Vietnamese
Toi yeu em Vietnamese
Anh ye^u em (man to woman) Vlaams
Ik hue van ye Vulcan
Wani ra yana ro aisha Volapük
Löfob oli. Welsh
'Rwy'n dy garu di. Welsh
Yr wyf i yn dy garu di. Welsh
Yr wyf i yn eich caru chwi. Yiddish
Ich libe dich Yiddish
Ich han dich lib Yiddish
Ikh Hob Dikh Lib Yugoslavian
Ya te volim Zazi
Ezhele hezdege (sp?) Zulu
Mena Tanda Wena Zulu
Ngiyakuthanda! Zuni
Tom ho' ichema
Explanation of Languages ------------------------ Afrikaans People of Dutch
heritage in south Africa. Alsacien French/german dialect (live in france,but
speak like german) Assamese Language spoken in the state of Assam, India Batak
North Sumatra province of indonesia Bavarian Southern state of Germany
(actually a German dialect) Bengali Language spoken in the
state of West Bengal, India,
as well as almost all people of BANGLADESH Bicol
Philipin dialect Cebuano Language spoken in philipino near the town of Cebu
Chickasaw Native American spoken in southeastern Oklahoma. Friesian
They speak the language in Northern Holland
in Northern Germany and in some parts of Denmark
mainly west coast Gaelic Irish Gujrati
Language spoken in the state of Gujrat, India Hindi
Language spoken in the nothern states of India Hopi
North American Indian Tribe (Southwest maybe?) Kannada Language of Karnataka
a state in south India. Klingon Spoken in Star Trek Luo
Kenya Malayalam Language spoken in the state of Kerala, India Marathi
Language spoken in the state of Maharastra, India Mohawk North american
Indian tribe (New England, maybe one of
the Sven Nations/Iriquois) Navaho North american Indian tribe
(southwest) Ndebele Zimbabwe Punjabi
Northern India Quechua Quecha is a Mayan language Quenya
Elvish language invented by J. R. R. Tolkien for his
books, notably _The Lord of the Rings_ Shona
Zimbabwe Sinhalese Language of the non-Tamil (majority) people of
Sri Lanka Sioux North American Indian
tribe from the upper Midwest. Tagalog Filipino language
Tamil Language spoken in the
state of Tamil Nadu, India
and in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritus .... Telugu
Southeastern state of India.
(eleventh most spoken language in the world.) Urdu
The language spoken in pakistan Vlaams Belgian
Dutch Vulcan Spoken in Star Trek Zazi
Kurdic dialect
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a with umlaut e^
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a with the acute accent (') over it
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