say I love you in various languages. The list has been put together by Richard "Dick" Kamenik (00180634@ysub.ysu.edu), additions by T.Ivarsson (TIvarsson@oocities.com). No guarantees for correctness. Results may vary. Afrikaans : Ek Is Lief Vir Jou : Ek Het Jou Liefe Albanian : te dua : te dashuroj Alentejano(Portugal) : Gosto de ti, porra! Alsacien : Ich hoan dich gear *) Amharic : Afekrishalehou Arabic (formal) : Ooheboki (male to female) : Ooheboka (female to male) : Ohiboke (male to female) : Ohiboki (male to female) Arabic : Ana Behibak (to a male) : Ana Behibek (to a female) : Ahebich (male to female) : Ahebik (female to male) : Ana ahebik : Ib'n hebbak : Ana ba-heb-bak : Nhebuk : Ohibokoma (male or female to two males or two females) : Nohiboke (more than one males or females to female) : Nohiboka (male to male or female to male) : Nohibokoma (male to male or female to two males or two females) : Nohibokom (male to male or female to more than two males) : Nohibokon (male to male or female to more than two females) Arabic (not standard) : Bahibak (female to male) : Bahibik (male to female) : Benhibak (more than one male or female to male) : Benhibik (male to male or female to female) : Benhibkom (male to male or female to more than one male) Armenian : Es kez siroum em : Es zes siroum em : Es siroum em kez : Es siroum em zes Assamese : Moi tomak bhal pau Basque : Nere maitea Batak : Holong rohangku di ho Bavarian : I mog di narrisch gern Bengali : Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi : Ami tomay bhalobashi : Ami tomake bahlobashi Berber : Lakh tirikh Bicol : Namumutan ta ka Bolivian Quechua : Qanta munani Brazilian/Portuguese : Eu te amo (pronounced 'eiu chee amu') : Amo te Bulgarian : Obicham te : As te obeicham : As te obicham Burmese : Chit pa de Cambodian : Kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah : Bon sro lanh oon Canadian French : Sh'teme (spoken, sounds like this) : Je t'aime ("I like you") : Je t'adore ("I love you") Catalan : T'estim (Mallorcan) : T'estime (Valencian) : T'estimo (Catalonian) : T'estim molt ("I love you a lot") Cebuano : Gihigugma ko ikaw Chamoru (or Chamorro) : Hu guaiya hao Chichewa : Ndimakukonda Chickasaw : Chiholloli (first 'i' nasalized) Chinese : Wo Ai Ni (Manderin) : Wuo Ai Nee ( " ) : Moi Oiy Neya (Cantonese) : Ngo Oi Lei ( " ) Croatian : ljubim te Czech : Miluji Te : MILUJU TE! (colloquial form) : Ja te taci miloju : Ja te miluju : Mam te rad : Mam te rada : Miliju : Nazdaz bobule : Miluji vas Danish : Jeg elsker dig Dutch : Ik Hou Van Jou Ecuador Quechua : canda munani English : I love you : I adore you Estonian : Mina Armastan Sind Esperanto : Mi amas vin Farsi : Tora Dust Midaram : Asheghetam Farsi (Persian) : Doostat Daram Filipino : Mahal Ka Ta : Iniibig Kita Finnish : Minä Rakastan Sinua Flemish : Ik Zie Oe Geerne French : Je T'aime Friesian : Ik Hou Fan Dei (sp?) 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, for emphasis) Greenlandic : Asavakit Gujrati : Hoon Tane Pyar Karoochhoon. Hausa : Ina Sonki Hawaiian : Aloha I'a Au Oe Hebrew : Anee Oheivet Otkha (female to male) : Anee Oheiv Otakh (male to female) : Ani Ohev Otakh (male to female) : Ani Ohevet Otkha (female to male) Hindi : Mai tumase pyar karata hun (male to female) : Mai tumase pyar karati hun (female to male) : Main Tumse Prem Karta Hoon : Mai Tumhe Pyar Karta Hoon : Main Tumse Pyar Karta Hoon. : Mai Tumse Peyar Karta Hnu. Hokkien : Wa Ai Lu Hopi : Nu' Umi Unangwa'ta Hungarian : Szeretlek Te'ged : Szeretlek Icelandic : Eg elska thig Indi : Mai Tujhe Pyaar Kartha Hoo Indonesian : Saya Cinta Padamu (Saya, commonly used) : Saya Cinta Kamu ( " ) : Saya Kasih Saudari ( " ) : Aku Tjinta Padamu (Aku, not often used) : Aku Cinta Padamu ( " ) : Aku Cinta Kamu ( " ) Italian : Ti Amo : Ti voglio Iranian : Mahn doostaht doh-rahm Irish : taim i' ngra leat Japanese : Kimi o ai shiteru : Aishiteru : Chuu shiteyo : Ora omee no koto ga suki da : Ore wa omae ga suki da : Suitonnen : Sukiyanen : Sukiyo : Watashi Wa Anata Ga Suki Desu : Watashi Wa Anata Wo Aishithe Imasu Javanese : Kulo tresno Kiswahili : Nakupenda Klingon : Qabang : QaparHa' (depends from where you are in the galaxy) Korean : Tangsinul Sarang Ha Yo : Nanun Dangsineul Mucheog Joahapnida : Nanun Dangsineul Saranghapnida : Nanun Gdaega Joa : Nanun Gdaereul Saranghapnida : Nanun Neoreul Saranghanda : Gdaereul Hjanghan Naemaeum Alji : Joahaeyo : Saranghae : Saranghaeyo : Saranghapanida Kurdish : Ez Te Hezdikhem Latin : Te Amo : Vos Amo Latin (old) : (Ego) Amo Te (ego, for emphasis) Lao : Khoi Huk Chau Latvian : Es milu tebi Lebanese : Bahibak Lingala : Nalingi Yo Lithuanian : TAVE MYLIU ( Ta-ve Mee-lyu ) Lojban : mi do prami Luo : Aheri Madrid Lingo : Me Molas, Tronca Maiese : Wa Wa Malay : Saya cintamu : Saya sayangmu : Sayah Chantikan Awah : Aku Sayang Enkow Malayalam : Ngan Ninne Snaehikkunnu Malaysian : Saya Cintamu : Saya Sayangmu : Saya Cinta Kamu Marathi : Mi tuzya var prem karato Mohawk : Konoronhkwa Navaho : Ayor Anosh'ni Ndebele : Niyakutanda Norwegian : Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal) : Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk) : Ek ann thér (Old Norse) : Ej elska dej (Sunnmørsk) : Æ ælskår dæ (Sørlandsk) : Æ ælske dæ (Trøndersk) : E' elska de' (Ålesundsk) Op : Op Lopveop Yopuop Osetian : Aez Dae Warzyn Pakistani : Mujhe Tumse Muhabbat Hai Persian : Tora Dost Daram Pig Latin : Ie Ovele Ouye Pilipino : Mahal Kita : Iniibig Kita Polish : Kocham Cie : Yacha kocham : Kocham Ciebie Portuguese : Eu Te Amo : Amo Te Proto Germanic : Eka thez ann Punjabi : Main Tainu Pyar Karna Romanian : Te Iu Besc : Te Iubesc : Te Ador Russian : Ya Vas Lyublyu : Y'a Liou-bliou Tibya : Ya Vac Loobyoo : Ya Tebya Loobyoo : Ya L'ubl'u T'ebya : Ju Ljublju Tebja! : LJUBLJU TEBJA! : Ya Lyublyu Tebya : Ya Polubeel S'tebya. : Ya Tebya Ljublju Russian (malincaya) : Ya Tibieh Lublue. Scot Gaelic : Tha Gradh Agam Ort Serbian : ljubim te (I kiss you/love you, 'lj' pronounced like 'll' in Spanish, one sound, 'ly'ish) Serbocroatian : Volim te : Ljubim te Shona : Ndinokuda Sign Language : __ (signed with right hand) : __ ( ) : ( ) |__| : |__| __ __ | | : | |( )( )|__| __ : |__||__||__|| | / ) : | (__)(__) | / / : | |/ / : | / / : \ / Sioux : Techihhila Sinhalese : Mama Oyaata Aadareyi Slovak : Lubim Ta Slovene : Ljubim Te Spanish : Te Amo : Te Quiero Srilankan : Mama Oyata Arderyi Swahili : Nakupenda Swedish : Jag Aelskar Dig Swiss-German : Ch'ha Di Gärn Syrian/Lebanese : BHEBBEK (to a female) : BHEBBAK (to a male) Tagalog : Mahal Kita Tahitian : Ua Here Vau Ia Oe Tamil : Naan Unnai Kadalikiren Tcheque : MILUJI TÊ Telugu : Ninnu Premistunnanu. Telugu/India : Nenu Ninnu Premistunnanu Thai : Phom Rak Khun (formal, male to female) : Ch'an Rak Khun (formal, female to male) : Khao Raak Thoe (affectionate, sweet, loving) Tunisian : Ha Eh Bak Turkish : Seni Seviyorum : Sana Asigim : Sana Tutuldum : Sana Abayi Yaktim : Sana Tapiyorum : Seni Deliler Gibi Seviyorum Ukrainian : Ya tebe kokhayu Urdu : Main Tumse Muhabbat Karta Hoon Vietnamese : Anh Yêu Em (male to female) : Em Yêu Anh (female to male) : Toi Yeu Em Vlaams : Ik zien oe gijre : Ik hue van ye Welsh : Rwy'n Dy Garu Di : Yr Wyf I Yn Dy Garu Di (chwi) Yiddish : Ikh Hob Dikh Lib : Ich Libe Dich : Ich Han Dich Lib Yugoslavian : Ya Te Volim Zazi : Ezhele Hezdege Zulu : Mena Tanda Wena Zuni : Tom Ho' Ichema ![]() |