How to say "I love you"

(idea) by everyone Tue Apr 11 2000 at 17:51:03
The guide no traveler should be without, presented here in alphabetical order by language.

A

  • Afrikaans - Ek het jou lief
    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
  • Armenian - Yes kez sirum em
  • Assamese - Moi tomak bhal pau
B C
  • Cambodian - Bon sro lanh oon
    Cambodian - kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah
  • Cantonese - Moi oiy neya
    Cantonese - Ngo oi ney
  • Catalan - T'estim (mallorcan)
    Catalan - T'estim molt (literally, "I love you a lot")
    Catalan - T'estime (valencian)
    Catalan - T'estimo (catalonian)
  • Cebuano - Gihigugma ko ikaw.
  • Chickasaw - chiholloli (first "i" nasalized)
  • Corsican - Ti tengu cara (to female) Corsican - Ti tengu caru (to male)
  • Croatian - LJUBim te
  • Czech - miluji te
    Czech - miluju te! (colloquial form)
D
  • Danish - Jeg elsker dig
  • Dutch - Ik hou van jou
    Dutch - Ik ben verliefd op je
E
  • Ecuador Quechua - canda munani
  • English - I love you
    English - I adore you
  • Esperanto - Mi amas vin
  • Estonian - Mina armastan sind
    Estonian - Ma armastan sind
F
  • Farsi - Tora dust midaram
    Farsi - Asheghetam
    Farsi (Persian) - doostat dAram
  • Filipino - Mahal ka ta
    Filipino Iniibig Kita
  • Finnish - Minä rakastan sinua
  • Flemish - Ik zie oe geerne
  • French - Je t'aime
    French - Je t'adore
    French - Je vous aime
    French - Je vous adore
  • Friesian - Ik hald fan dei
G
  • Gaelic - Ta gra agam ort
  • German - Ich liebe Dich
  • Greek - s'ayapo (pronounced s'agapo)
    Greek (old) - (Ego) philo su (ego is implied, but may be used for emphasis)
  • Greenlandic - Asavakit
  • Gujrati - Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon.
H
  • 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 - Szeretlekv
    Hungarian - Szeretlek te'ged
I
  • Icelandic - Eg elska thig
  • Indi - Mai Tujhe Pyaar Kartha Ho
  • Indonesian - Saya cinta padamu
    Indonesian - Saya cinta kamu
    Indonesian - Saya kasih saudari
    Indonesian - Aku tjinta padamu (less common form)
    Indonesian - Aku cinta padamu (less common form)
    Indonesian - Aku cinta kamu (less common form)
  • 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)
J
  • 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 Aishite Imasu
    Japanese - Watakushi-wa anata-wo ai shimasu
    Japanese - Suki desu (used at 1st time, at the beginning of a relationship)
  • Javanese - Kulo tresno
K
  • Kannada - Naanu Ninnanu Preethisuthene
    Kannada - Naanu Ninnanu Mohisuthene
  • Kiswahili - Nakupenda
  • 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
L
  • Lao - Koi muk jao
    Lao - Khoi huk chau
  • Latin - Te amo
    Latin - Vos amo
    Latin (old) - (Ego) amo te (ego is implied, but may be used for emphasis)
  • Latvian - Es milu tevi (Pronounced "Ess tevy meeloo")
  • Lebanese - Bahibak
  • Lingala - Nalingi yo
  • Lithuanian - TAVE MYLIU (ta-ve mee-lyu)
  • Lojban - mi do prami
  • Luo - Aheri
M
  • 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
  • Maltese - Inhobbok
  • 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
N
  • Navaho - Ayor anosh'ni
  • Ndebele - Niyakutanda
  • Norwegian - Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)
    Norwegian - Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal) (pronouncedyai elske dai)
O
  • Op - Op Lopveop Yopuop
  • Osetian - Aez dae warzyn
P Q R
  • 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
S T
  • 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
  • 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 seviyorum
    Turkish - Seni Seviyurum
    Turkish - Seni Seviyorum
U
  • 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
V
  • 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
W
  • Welsh - 'Rwy'n dy garu di.
    Welsh - Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi)
Y
  • Yiddish - Ich libe dich
    Yiddish - Ich han dich lib
    Yiddish - Ikh Hob Dikh Lib
  • Yugoslavian - Ya te volim
Z
  • Zazi - Ezhele hezdege
  • Zulu - Mena Tanda Wena
    Zulu - Ngiyakuthanda!
  • Zuni - Tom ho' ichema
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