"I LOVE YOU" in :
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 (female to male)
: Ana behibek (male to 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 male 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 (non 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)
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 : j't'aime (pronounced 'Sh'teme')
Catalan : T'estimo (Catalonian)
: T'estim (Mallorcan)
: T'estime (Valencian)
: T'estim molt ("I love you a lot")
Cebuano : Gihigugma ko ikaw
Chamoru (or Chamorro) : Hu guaiya hao
Chickasaw : Chiholloli (first 'i' nasalized)
Chinese : Moi oiy neya (Cantonese)
: Ngo oi ney ( " )
: Wa ai lu (Hokkien)
: Wo ai ni (Mandarin)
: Wo ie ni ( " )
: Wuo ai nee ( " )
: Wo ay ni ( " )
: Wo ai ni (Putunghua)
: Ngo ai nong (Wu)
Corsican : Ti tengu cara (male to female)
: Ti tengu caru (female to male)
Croatian (familiar) : Ja te volim (used in proper speech)
: Volim te (used in common speech)
Croatian (formal) : Ja vas volim (used in proper speech)
: Volim vas (used in common speech)
: Ljubim te (in todays useage, "I kiss you",
'lj' pronounced like 'll' in
Spanish, one sound, 'ly'ish)
Croatian (old) : Ljubim te (may still be found in poetry)
Czech : Miluji te
: Miluju te! (colloquial form)
Danish : Jeg elsker dig
Dutch : Ik hou van je
: Ik hou van jou
: Ik bemin je (old fashioned)
: Ik bemin jou ( " )
: Ik ben verliefd op je
: Ik ben verliefd op jou
: Ik zie je graag
Ecuador Quechua : Canda munani
English : I love you
: I adore you
Esperanto : Mi amas vin
Estonian : Mina armastan sind
: Ma armastan sind
Farsi : Tora dust midaram
: Asheghetam
Farsi (Persian) : Doostat daram
: Man ashe ghetam
Filipino : Mahal ka ta
: Iniibig kita
: Mahal kita
Finnish : Minä rakastan sinua
: Rakastan sinua
French : Je t'aime ("I love you")
: Je t'adore ("I adore you")
Friesian : Ik hou fan dei (sp?)
: 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', for emphasis)
Greenlandic : Asavakit
Gujrati : Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon.
: Hoon tuney chaoon chhoon ('n' is nasal, not
pronounced)
Hausa : Ina sonki
Hawaiian : Aloha i'a au oe
: Aloha wau ia '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)
: Ani ohev otach (male to female)
: Ani ohevet otcha (female to male)
: Ani ohev otcha (male to male)
: Ani ohevet otach (female to female)
Hindi : Mai tumase pyar karata hun (male to female)
: Mai tumase pyar karati hun (female to male)
: Mai tumse pyar karta hoon
: Mai tumse peyar karta hnu
: Mai tumse pyar karta hoo
: Mai tujhe pyaar kartha hoo
: Main tumse pyar karta hoon
: Main tumse prem karta hoon
: Main tuze pyar karta hoon ('n' is nasal, not
pronounced)
Hopi : Nu' umi unangwáta
Hungarian : Szeretlek te'ged
: Szeretlek
Icelandic : Eg elska thig
Ilocano : Ay ayating ka
Indonesian : Saya cinta padamu ('Saya', commonly used)
: Saya cinta kamu ( " )
: Saya kasih saudari ( " )
: Saja kasih saudari ( " )
: Aku tjinta padamu ('Aku', not often used)
: Aku cinta padamu ( " )
: Aku cinta kamu ( " )
Italian : Ti amo (relationship/lover/spouse)
: Ti voglio (friend/relative)
: Ti voglio bene
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
: Watashi wa anata o aishitemasu
: A-i-shi-te ma-su
: Watakushi-wa anata-wo ai shimasu
: Suki desu (used at the first time, like for a
start, when you are not yet real lovers)
Javanese : Kulo tresno
Kannada : Naanu ninnanu preethisuthene
: Naanu ninnanu mohisuthene
Kikongo : Mono ke zola nge (mono ke' zola nge')
Kiswahili : Nakupenda
Klingon : Qabang
: Qaparhá (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
: Zaran ha yo
: No-rul sarang hae (male to female in casual
relationship)
: Tangsinul sarang ha yo
: Tangshin-ul sarang hae-yo
: Tangshin-i cho-a-yo ("I like you, in a
romantic way")
: Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida
Kurdish : Ez te hezdikhem
Lao : Khoi huk chau
: Koi muk jao
Latin : Te amo
: Vos amo
Latin (old) : (Ego) Amo te ('Ego', for emphasis)
Latvian : Es milu tebi
: Es milu tevi (pronounced 'ess tevy meeloo')
Lebanese : Bahibak
Lingala : Nalingi yo
Lisbon lingo : Gramo-te bue', chavalinha!
Lithuanian : Tsve myliu (Ta-ve mee-lyu)
Lojban : Mi do prami
Luo : Aheri
Macedonian : Te sakam (a little stronger than "I like you")
: Te ljubam ("I really love you")
: Jas te sakam ('j' sounds like 'y' in May)
: Pozdrav ("Greetings")
Madrid lingo : Me molas, Tronca!
Maiese : Wa wa
Malay : Saya cintamu
: Saya sayangmu
: Saya cintakan mu
: Saya sayangkan mu
: Sayah chantikan awah
: Aku sayang enkow
Malay/Bahasa : Saya cinta mu
Malay/Indonesian : Aku sayang enkow
: Sayah chantikan awah
: Saya sayangkan engkau
: Saya cintakan awak
Malayalam : Ngan ninne snaehikkunnu
: Njyaan ninne' preetikyunnu
: Njyaan ninne' mohikyunnu
Malaysian : Saya cintamu
: Saya sayangmu
: Saya cinta Kamu
Marathi : Mi tuzya var prem karato
: Me tujhashi prem karto (male to female)
: Me tujhashi prem karte (female to male)
Mohawk : Konoronhkwa
Moroccan : Kanbhik (both mean the same, but spoken)
: Kanhebek (in different cities)
Navaho : Ayor anosh'ni
Ndebele : Niyakutanda
Norwegian : Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal)
: Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)
: Jeg elsker deg (Riksmaal)
: Jag elsker die
Op : Op lopveop yopuop
Osetian : Aez dae warzyn
Pakistani : Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai
Persian : Tora dost daram
Persian/Farsi : Man ashe ghetam
Pig Latin : Ie ovele ouye
Pilipino : Mahal kita
: Iniibig kita
Polish : Kocham cie
: Yacha kocham
: Kocham ciebie
: Ja cie kocham
Portuguese/Brazilian : Eu te amo (pronounced 'eiu chee amu')
: Amo te
Punjabi : Main tainu pyar karna
: Mai taunu pyar karda
Quenya : Tye-meláne
Romanian : Te iu besc
: Te iubesc
: Te ador
Russian : Ya vas lyublyu
: Ya vas liubliu
: Ya vas loobloo
: Ya tebya liubliu
: Ya tebya lyublyu
: Y'a liou-bliou tibya
: Ya vac loobyoo
: Ya tvi lyubliyoo
: Ya tebya loobyoo
: Ya tebia liubliu
: Ya liubliu tebia
: Ya l'ubl'u t'ebya
: Ju ljublju tebja!
: Ljublju tebja!
: Ya lyublyu tebya
: Ya polubeel s'tebya
: Ya tebya ljublju
: Yat vi lyubli yoo
Russian (Malincaya) : Ya tibieh lublue
Sakao : yön amnâs i
Scot Gaelic : Tha gradh agam ort
Serbian (familiar) : Ja te volim (used in proper speech)
: Volim te (used in common speech)
Serbian (formal) : Ja vas volim (used in proper speech)
: Volim vas (used in common speech)
: Ljubim te (in todays useage, "I kiss you",
'lj' pronounced like 'll' in
Spanish, one sound, 'ly'ish)
Serbian (old) : Ljubim te (may still be found in poetry)
Serbocroatian : Volim te
: Ljubim te
: Ja te volim ('j' sounds like 'y' in May)
Shona : Ndinokuda
Singhalese : Mama oyaata aadareyi
: Mama oyata adarei
Sioux : Techihhila
Slovak : Lubim ta
Slovene : Ljubim te
Spanish : Te amo
: Te quiero
Srilankan : Mama oyata arderyi
Swahili : Nakupenda
: Naku penda (followed by the person's name)
Swedish : Jag aelskar dig
: Jag älskar dig
: Jag :alskar dig
Swiss-German : Ch'ha di gärn
Syrian/Lebanese : Bhebbek (male to female)
: Bhebbak (female to male)
Tagalog : Mahal kita
Tahitian : Ua here au ia oe
: Ua here vau ia oe
Tamil : Naan unnai kadalikiren
: Ni yaanai kaadli karen ("You love me")
: N^an unnaki kathalikkinren ("I love you")
Telugu : Ninnu premistunnanu
: Neenu ninnu prámistu'nnanu
: Nenu ninnu premistunnanu
Thai (formal) : Phom rak khun (male to female)
: Ch'an rak khun (female to male)
Thai : Khao raak thoe (affectionate, sweet, loving)
Tolomako : i nau a netseigho
Tunisian : Ha eh bak
Turkish : Seni seviyurum
: Seni seviyorum
Ukrainian : Ya tebe kokhayu
: Ja tebe kokhaju (real true love)
: Ja vas kokhaju
: Ja pokokhav tebe
: Ja pokokhav vas
Urdu : Main tumse muhabbat karta hoon
: Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai
Vietnamese : Anh yêu em (male to female)
: Em yêu anh (female to male)
: Toi yeu em
Vulcan : Wani ra yana ro aisha
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
Zazi : Ezhele hezdege (sp?)
Zulu : Mena tanda wena
: 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 Germans)
Assamese -> language spoken in the state of Assam, India
Batak -> northern Sumatra province of Indonesia
Bavarian -> language spoken in the state of Bavaria, southern
Germany (actually a German dialect)
Bengali -> language spoken in the state of West Bengal, India,
as well as almost all people of Bangladesh
Bicol -> Philipino dialect
Cebuano -> language spoken in Philipines near the town of Cebu
Chickasaw -> North American Indian tribe (southeastern Oklahoma)
Dutch -> language spoken in the Netherlands and the provinces
of East- and West-Flanders, Belgium
Esperando -> The International Language
Friesian -> language spoken in northern Holland, 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 northern states of India
Hopi -> North American Indian tribe (southwest, Arizona)
Ilocano -> Filopino dialect
Kannada -> language spoken in the state of Karnataka,
southern India
Kikongo -> language spoken in Zaire, Africa
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
(Bombay is the capital city)
Mohawk -> North American Indian tribe (New England, maybe one of
the Seven Nations/Iriquois?)
Moroccan -> language spoken in Morocco, North Africa
Navaho -> North American Indian tribe (southwest)
Ndebele -> Zimbabwe
Punjabi -> language spoken in the state of Punjab, northern India
Quechua -> language spoken by Mayan Indians (South America)
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 (upper midwest)
Tagalog -> Philipino dialect
Tamil -> language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India,
and in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritus
Telugu -> language spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India
(eleventh most spoken language in the world)
Urdu -> language spoken in Pakistan
Vulcan -> Spoken in Star Trek
Zazi -> Kurdic dialect
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(no guarantee for correctness though....)