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"I love you" in various languages

Language                Translation
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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
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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

a"                      a with umlaut
e^                     ^ above e
a'                      a with the acute accent (') over it

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