How Do You Say, "I Love You?"

Africa

LANGUAGE

"I LOVE YOU"
Afrikaans Ek het jou lief
Afrikaans Ek is lief vir jou
Akan (Ghana) Me do wo
Amharic Ene ewedechalu (for ladies)

Ene ewedehalwe (for men)
Arabic Ana Ahebak (to a male)

Ana Ahebek (to a female)
Arabic(Formal) Ooheboki (to a female)

Oooheboka (to a male)
Bari ( A Sudanese Language) Nan nyanyar do
Berber Lakh tirikh
Creole Mon kontan ou
Ga misumo bo
Hausa Ina sonki
Kikuyu Nigwedete
Kisii Ninguanchete
Lingala Nalingi yo
Luganda nkwagala nyo
Luo Aheri
Malagasy (Madagascar) tiako ianao
Ndebele Ngiyakuthanda
Oshiwambo Ondi ku hole
Otjiherero Mbe ku suvera
Punu ni u rondi
Shona Ndinokuda
Sotho Kegorata
Setswana Ka gorata
Swahili Nakupenda
Thamazigh nekki hemlagh ( to a man)

nekki hemlaghkem (to a woman)
Tigrinia E fatuwaki
Tunisian Ha eh bak
Wolof Dama la nob, Dama nob danga, Nob naa la
Xhosa ndiyakuthanda
Yoruba Mo ni ife re
Zazi Ezhele hezdege
Zulu Mena Tanda Wena, Ngiyakuthanda!

Asia

Language "I Love You"
Assamese Moi tomak bhal pau
Azerbaijani Men seni sevirem
Batak Holong rohangku di ho
Bengali Ami tomay bhalobashi,

Ami tomake bhalobashi
Bicol Namumutan ta ka
Bisaya (Filipino dialect) Gihigugma ta ka
Burmese chit pa de
Cambodian Bong salang oun,

kh nhaum soro lahn nhee ah
Cantonese Ngo Oi Lei
Cebuano Gihigugma ko ikaw
Chinese wo aì ni
Farsi (Persian) Tora dust midaram,

Asheghet Hastam (romantic),

Dooset Daram (parent to child)
Filipino Mahal Kita, Iniibig Kita
Gujarati Hoon tane prem karun chuun
Hindi main tumse pyar karta hoon (guy)

main tumse pyar karti hoon (girl)
Hindi (Kannada) Naanu ninnannu premisuththene
Hmong Kuv Hlub Koj
Hokkien Wa ai lu
Illonggo(Filipino dialect) palangga ta ka
Ilocano (Filipino dialect) Ay aya tenka
Indonesian Saja kasih saudari, Saya Cinta Kamu,

Saya cinta padamu,Aku cinta padamu
Japanese Aishiteru
Japanese (Northeastern dialect) Ora omee no koto ga suki da
Japanese Ore wa omae ga suki da (to Female)

Sukiyo ( to Male)
Japanese (Western dialect) Suitonnen , Sukiyanen
Japanese (used before becoming lovers) Suki desu
Javanese (Indonesian dialect) aku tresno marang sliromu,

kulo tresno marang sampean,

Kulo tresno kaleH panjenengan.
Kachiy anw toke pyaar karati,

anw toke bowaj gurati
Kapampangan (Filipino dialect) kaluguran da ka
Korean (casual relation) Nooreul sarang hae
Korean Jeonun Dangshinul Sarang Hapnida

Jeonun Dangshinul Mucheok Joahapnida

Nanun Niga Joa, Nanun Neoreul Saranghe

Neoreul Hjanghan Naemaeum Alji

Nanun Neoreul Saranghanda
Lao Khoi huk chau
Luo Aheri
Maduranese (Indonesian dialect) sengko' tero ka be'na
Malay Saya Cinta Mu, Saya sayangkan mu
Malay/Indonesian Saya sayangkan engkau,

Saya cintakan awak
Malayalam Njyaan Ninne' Preetikyunnu

Njyaan Ninne' Mohikyunnu

Ngan Ninne Snaehikkunnu
Malaysian Saya Cintamu, Saya Sayangmu,

Saya Cinta Kamu, Aku Cinta Padamu
Mandarin Wo Ai Ni
Marathi me tujhashi prem karto (to female)

me tujhashi prem karte (to male)
Marathi Mi tuzya var prem karato
Mienh Yie hum may
Mongolian bi chamd hairtai
Nepali Ma timilai maya garchu,

Ma timilai man parauchu
Persian Tora dost daram, Ashegetam
Punjabi Mai taunu pyar karda

Main Tainu Pyar Karna
Sinhalese Mama oyata adarei
Sudanese (Indonesian dialect) Abdi bogoH ka anjeun
Tagalog (Filipino dialect) Mahal kita, Sinisinta kita
Tamil n'an unnaik kathalikkinren,

Naan unai kathaleakarenn
Taiwanese Wah ai ni
Telugu Neenu ninnu pra'mistu'nnanu
Telugu/India Nenu Ninnu Premistunnanu
Thai Ch'an Rak Khun, Phom Rak Khun
Urdu Mein tumhay pyar karti hun (to man)

Mein tumhay pyar karta hun (to woman)

mujhe aap se mohabbat hai
Uzbek Man seni sevaman
Vietnamese Em ye'u anh (woman to man)

Anh ye'u em (man to woman),

Toi yeu em

Oceania

Language

"I Love You"
Chamorru

(Guam & northern Mariana Islands)

Hu Guiya Hao
Gilbertese (The Republic of Kiribati) itangiriko
Maori (New Zealand) kia hoahai
Pidgin English mi laikim yu
Samoan Oute Alofa Ia Te Oe
Tahitian Ua Here Vau Ia Oe
Tongan Ofa atu

Greenland

Language

"I Love You"
Eskimo Nagligivaget
Greenlandic Asavakit
Icelandic ég elska þig
Icelandic Mér þykir vænt um þig

Caribbean

Language

"I Love You"
Cayman I love You, You conch me out!
Creole (Haiti) mwen renmem'w, mwen damou'w
Papiamento (Aruba) Mi Ta Stimabo
Papiamentu (Curacao) Mi Stima Bo
Patois (Jamaica) Mi luv yuh

Europe

Language

"I Love You"

Albanian Të Dua Shume
Alsacien Ich hoan dich gear
Armenian Yes Kezi Seeroom yem, kezi ge sirem,

kezi shad ge seerem anoushig
Basc (basque?) Nere Maitea
Bavarian I mog di narrisch gern
Bulgarian ahs te obicham
Catalan (mallorcan) T'estim
Catalan (valencian) T'estime
Catalan (catalonian) T'estimo
Circassian wise cas
Corsican Ti tengu cara (to female)

Ti tengu caru (to male)
Croatian Volim te
Czech Miluji te, Miluju Te
Danish Jeg elsker dig
Dutch Ik hou van jou
English I Love You
Estonian Mina armastan sind, Ma armastan sind
Finnish Minä rakastan sinua
Finnish (friendly) Minä pidän sinusta
Flemish Ik zie u graag, Ik aanbid u
French Je t'aime, Je t'adore
Friesian Ik hald fan dei
Gaelic Tha gradh agam ort
Georgian me shen mikhvarkhar
German Ich liebe Dich
German (Swiss) Ich liäbä Dich
German (friendly) Ich hab'dich lieb
German(teen slang) Ich bin in dich verknallt
Greek S' agapo
Hebrew Ani ohev otach (male to female)

Ani ohev otcha (male to male)

Ani ohevet otach (female to female)

Ani ohevet otcha (female to male)
Hebrew Hungarian Szeretlek
Hungarian Szeretlek te'ged
Icelandic ég elska þig
Irish taim i' ngra leat
Italian ti amo
Italian (friendly) ti voglio bene
Italian (Venetian Dialect) Te vogio bén
Latin Te amo, Vos amo, (Ego) amo te
Latvian Es tevi Milu
Lisbon lingo Gramo-te bue chavala (for girls)

lingo Gramo-te bue chavale (for boys)
Lithuanian As Tave Myliu
Luxembourgisch Ech hun dëch gäer
Osetian (Ego) amo te
Macedonian Te sakam
Madrid lingo gramo-te bue', chavalinha
Maltese Inhobbok
Norwegian Jeg elsker deg
Norwegian (to someone you are not married to) Jeg er glad i deg
Polish Kocham Cie, Ja cie kocham
Portuguese Eu amo-te
Romanian Te iu besc, Te Ador
Russian Ya vas lyublyu, Ya tyebya Lyublyu,

Ya polyubil tebia (male to female)
Scot Gaelic Tha gra'dh agam ort
Serbian Volim Te
Slovak L'ubim t'a, Milujem t'a
Slovene Ljubim te
Slovene Rada te imam (female to male, female to female)

Rad te imam (male to female, male to male)
Spanish Te amo, Te quiero
Swedish Jag älskar dig
Swiss-German ich liäbä dich, ich ha di gärn
Turkish Seni seviyorum
Tyrolean (Tyrol, Austria) I liab Di, I mog Di
Ukrainian (real true love) ja tebe kokhaju
Ukrainian ja vas kokhaju, ja pokokhav tebe,

ja pokokhav vas
Upper Austrian (German dialect - friendly) Hob di lieb
Upper Austrian (German dialect) I steh mas voi af di
Welsh Rwy'n dy garu di
Yiddish Ich libe dich, Ich han dich lib

Middle East

Language

"I Love You"

Arabic Ana Behibak (to a male)

Ana Behibek (to a female)
Arabic Ohiboke (male to female)

Ohiboka (female to male)
Arabic Ib'n hebbak, Ana Ba-heb-bak,

Nhebuk
Arabic Ohibokoma (m. or f. to two males or two f.s)

Nohiboke (more than one male or f. to f.)

Nohiboka (male to male or female to male)

Nohibokoma (m. to m. or f. to two m.s or two f.s)

Nohibokom (m. to m. or f. to more than two m.s)

Nohibokon (m. to m. or f. to more than two f.s)

Arabic (not standard)

Bahibak (female to male),

Bahibek (male to female)

Benhibak (more than one male or f. to m.)

Benhibek (male to male or female to female)

Benhibkom (m. to m. or f. to more than one m.)
Assyrian ana bayanookh (female to male)

ana bayinakh (male to female)

ana bayanakh (female to female)

ana byinookh (male to male)
Circassian wise cas
Farsi Dooset Daram
Hebrew Ani ohev otach (male to female)

Ani ohev otcha (male to male)

Ani ohevet otach (female to female)

Ani ohevet otcha (female to male)
Kurdish Ez te hezdikhem, Tom hojdeve
Persian Dooset Daram, Ashegetam
Sindhi Maa Tossa Pyaar Kando Aaya (m. to f.)

Maa Tossa Pyaar Kandee Aaya (f. to m.)
Syrian/Lebanese Bhebbek (to a female)

Bhebbek (to a male)
Turkish Seni seviyorum
Yiddish Ich libe dich, Ich han dich lib

North America

Language

"I Love You"

Canadian French Je t'aime
Cheyenne Néméhotâtse
English I love you
Hawaiian Aloha wau i'a oe
Hopi Nu' umi unangwa'ta
Mohawk Konoronhkwa
Ojibwe Niin Zaagii Giin
Portuguese Eu te amo
Sioux (Lakota) Techihhila
Spanish Te quiero, Te Amo
Yiddish Ich libe dich, Ich han dich lib
Zuni Tom ho' ichema

South America

Language

"I Love You"

Guarani rohayhu
Portuguese (Brasilian) Eu te amo
Portuguese (Brasilian) Eu amo você
Bolivian Quechua qanta munani
Ecuador Quechua canda munani
Spanish Te amo
Sranan Mi lobi joe

Other Translations

Language

"I Love You"

Akadian Iaka Lakaovakae Yakaou
Elven Amin sinta lle
Esperanto Mi amas vin
Gibberish idaguy lidaguv yidagoo
Goth Idugi Ludugove Udagu
Guir Kari Bari (guy to girl)

Krai-Brai (girl to guy)
Ishkibibble Ibi Libove Yibou
Klingon qud'end, qaparha'
Lancish I Lovole Youan
Lojban mi do prami
Naguan Mawaca bimcheepee
Op I Lopovope Yopou
Pig Latin Ie Ovele Ouye (I-ay Ovel-ay Ouy-ay)
Quenya Tye-melan'ne
Sliggish Iish loveish youish
Spencish I Lovany Yoof

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