Afrikaans
— Ek is lief vir jou
— Ek het jou lief
Albanian
— Te dua
— Te dashuroj
— Ti je zemra ime
Alentejano (Portugal)
— Gosto de ti, porra!
Alsacien (Elsass)
— Ich hoan dich gear
Amharic (Aethiopian)
— Afekrishalehou
— Afekrischalehou
— Ewedishalehu (male/female to female)
— Ewedihalehu (male/female to male)
Apache
— Sheth she~n zho~n (nasalized vowels like French, ‘~n’ as in French ‘salon’)
Arabic (formal)
— Ohiboke (male to female)
— Ohiboki (male to female)
— 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 (proper)
— Ooheboki (male to female)
— Ooheboka (female to male)
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
— 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)
— Nhebuk (spoken to someone of importance)
Arabic (Umggs.)
— Ana hebbek
Armenian
— Yes kez si’rumem
— Yes kez gesirem (eastern Armenian dialect)
Assamese (Indian)
— Moi tomak bhal pau
Basque
— Nere maitea (means «my love»)
— Maite zaitut (means «I love you»)
Bassa
— Mengweswe
Batak (Nordsumatra)
— Holong rohangku di ho
Bavarian
— I mog di narrisch gern
— I mog di (right answer «i di a»)
Bemba
— Ndikufuna
Bengali
— Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi
— Ami tomay bhalobashi
— Ami tomake bahlobashi
— Ami tomake walobashi
— Ami tomake vhalobashi
Berber
— Lakh tirikh
Bicol (Philippines)
— Namumutan ta ka
Bolivian Quechua
— Qanta munani
Bosnian
— Volim te
Braille
— : : ..: | ..: | |..-.. .: : «: .., : .: ;
Brazilian / Portuguese
— Eu te amo (pronounced ‘eiu chee amu’)
— Amo-te
Bulgarian
— Obicham te
— As te obicham
— Obozhavam te («I love you very much»)
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’estimo (Catalonian)
— T’estim (Mallorcan)
— T’estime (Valencian)
— T’estim molt («I love you a lot»)
Cebuano (Philippines)
— Gihigugma ko ikaw.
Chamoru (or Chamorro)
— Hu guaiya hao
Cheyenne
— Nemehotatse
Chichewa
— Ndimakukonda
Chickasaw (USA)
— Chiholloli (first ‘i’ nasalized)
Chinese
— Goa ai li (Amoy dialect)
— Ngo oi ney (Cantonese dialect)
— Wo oi ni (Cantonese dialect)
— Ngai oi gnee (Hakka dialect)
— Ngai on ni (Hakka dialect)
— Wa ai lu (Hokkien dialect)
— Wo ai ni (Mandarin dialect)
— Wo ie ni (Mandarin dialect)
— Wuo ai nee (Mandarin dialect)
— Wo ay ni (Mandarin dialect)
— Wo ai ni (Putunghua dialect)
— Ngo ai nong (Wu dialect)
Comorien
— Ni sou hou vendza.
Corsican
— Ti tengu cara (male to female)
— Ti tengu caru (female to male)
Creol
— Mi aime jou
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 (a downwards pointing arrowhead on top of the ‘e’ in te, which is pronounced ‘ye’)
— Miluju te! (colloquial form)
— Mam te (velmi) rad (male speaker, «I like you (very much)», often used and prefered)
— Mam te (velmi) rada (female speaker)
Danish
— Jeg elsker dig (see also dialect Friesian)
Davvi Samegiella
— Mun rahkistin du.
Dusun
— Siuhang oku dia
Dutch
— Ik hou van je
— Ik hou van jou
— Ik bemin je (old fashioned)
— Ik bemin jou (old fashioned)
— Ik ben verliefd op je
— Ik ben verliefd op jou
— Ik zie je graag
— Ik hol van die (Gronings a Hollands dialect)
Ecuador Quechua
— Canda munani
English
— I love you
— I adore you
— I love thee (used only in Christian context)
Esperanto
— Mi amas vin
Estonian
— Mina armastan sind
— Ma armastan sind
Ethiopian
— Afgreki’ (one of the Ethipians dialects, there are over 80 – see also under «Amharic»)
Farsi (old)
— Tora dust mi daram
Farsi
— Tora dost daram («I love you»)
— Asheghetam
— Doostat daram («I’m in love with you»)
— Man asheghetam («I’m in love with you»)
Filipino
— Mahal ka ta
— Iniibig kita
Finnish (formal)
— Mina rakastan sinua
— Rakastan sinua
— Mina pidan sinusta («I like you»)
Finnish
— (Ma) rakastan sua
— (Ma) tykkaan susta («I like you»)
French (formal)
— Je vous aime
French
— Je t’aime («I love you»)
— Je t’adore («I love you», stronger meaning between lovers)
— J’ t’aime bien («I like you», meant for friends and family, not for lovers)
Friesian
— Ik hou fan dei
— Ik hald fan dei
Gaelic
— Ta gra agam ort
— Moo graugh hoo
Galician
— Querote
— Queroche
— Amote
Ghanaian (Akan, Twi)
— Me dor wo.
Georgien (Caucasus)
— Me shen mikvarkhar
German (formal)
— Ich liebe Sie (rarely used)
German
— Ich liebe dich
— Ich hab dich lieb (not so classic and conservative)
Greek
— S’ayapo (spoken «s’agapo», 3rd letter is lower case ‘gamma’)
— Eime eroteumenos mazi sou («I’m in love with you, male to female)
— Eime eroteumenos me ‘sena («I’m in love with you, male to female)
— Eime eroteumeni mazi sou («I’m in love with you» female to male)
— Eime eroteumeni me ‘sena («I’m in love with you» female to male)
— Se latrevo («I adore you»)
— Se thelo («I want you», denotes sexual desire)
Greek (old)
— (Ego) Philo su (‘ego’, for emphasis)
Greek (Ancient)
— Philo se
Greenlandic
— Asavakit
Guarani’
— Rohiyu (ro-hai’-hyu)
Gujurati (Pakistan)
— Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon.
— Hoon tuney chaoon chhoon (‘n’ is nasal, not pronounced)
Hausa (Nigeria)
— Ina sonki
Hawaiian
— Aloha wau ia ‘oe
— Aloha wau ia ‘oe nui loa («I love you very much»)
Hebrew
— Anee ohev otakh (male to female)
— Anee ohevet otkha (female to male)
— Anee ohev otkha (male to male)
— Anee ohevet otakh (female to female) (‘kh’ pronounced like Spanish ‘j’, Dutch ‘g’, or similiar to French ‘r’)
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
— Mae tumko peyar kia
— Main tumse pyar karta hoon
— Main tumse prem karta hoon
— Main tuze pyar karta hoon (‘n’ is nasal, not pronounced)
Hokkien
— Wa ai lu
Hopi
— Nu’umi unangwata
Hungarian
— Szeretlek
— Te’gedet szeretlek («It’s you I love and no one else»)
— Szeretlek te’ged («It’s you I love, you know, you», a reinforcement)
(The above two entries are never heard in a normal context.)
Ibaloi (Phillipines)
— Pip-piyan taha
— Pipiyan ta han shili (I like/love you very much)
Imazighan
— Hamlagh kem
Indi
— Mai Tujhe Pyaar Kartha Ho
Interglossa
— Mi esthe philo tu.
Icelandic
— Eg elska thig (pronounced ‘yeg l-ska thig’)
Ilocano
— Ay-ayaten ka
Indonesian
— Saya cinta padamu (‘Saya’, commonly used)
— Saya cinta kamu (‘Saya’, commonly used)
— Saya kasih saudari (‘Saya’, commonly used)
— Saja kasih saudari (‘Saya’, commonly used)
— Aku tjinta padamu (‘Aku’, not often used)
(tjinta is the old written version influenced by Netherlands)
— Aku cinta padamu (‘Aku’, not often used)
— Aku cinta kamu (‘Aku’, not often used)
(cinta is the modern written version since 1972; same for saya and saja)
Italian
— Ti amo (relationship/lover/spouse)
— Ti voglio bene (between friends)
— Ti voglio (strong sexual meaning, «I want you» referred to the other person’s body)
Irish
— Taim i’ ngra leat
Irish-Gaelic
— t’a gr’a agam dhuit
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
Kankana-ey (Phillipines)
— Laylaydek sik-a
Kannada (Indian)
— Naanu Ninnanu Preethisuthene
— Naanu Ninnanu Mohisuthene
Kikongo
— Mono ke zola nge (mono ke’ zola nge’)
Kiswahili
— Nakupenda
— Nakupenda wewe
— Nakupenda malaika («I love you, (my) angel»)
Klingon
— bangwI’ SoH («You are my beloved»)
— qamuSHa («I love you»)
— qamuSHaqu’ («I love you very much»)
— qaparHa («I like you»)
— qaparHaqu’ («I like you very much!») (words are often unnecessary as the thought is most often conveyed nonverbally with special growlings)
Korean
— Dangsinul saranghee yo («I love you, dear»)
— Saranghee
— Nanun dangsineul joahapnida («I like you»)
— Nanun dangsineul mucheog joahapnida («I like you very much»)
— Nanun dangsineul saranghapnida
— Nanun dangsineul mucheog saranghapnida («I love you very much»)
— Nanun gdaega joa («I like him» or «I like her»)
— Nanun gdaereul saranghapnida («I love him» or «I love her»)
— Nanun neoreul saranghanda
— Gdaereul hjanghan naemaeum alji (You know how much I love him/her.)
— Joahaeyo («I like you»)
— Saranghaeyo (more formal)
— Saranghapanida (more respectful)
— Norul sarang hae (male to female in casual relationship)
— Tangsinul sarang ha o
— Tangshin-ul sarang hae-yo
— Tangshin-i cho-a-yo («I like you, in a romantic way»)
— Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida
Kpele
— I walikana
Kurdish
— Ez te hezdikhem
— Min te xushvet
— Min te xoshwet (Southern dialect)
Lao
— Khoi hak jao
— Khoi hak chao
— Khoi mak jao lai («I like you very much»)
— Khoi hak jao lai («I love you very much»)
— Khoi mak jao (This means «I prefer you»,
but is used for «I love you».)
Lappish
— Mun rahkistin du. (Davvi Samegiella)
Latin
— Te amo
— Vos amo
Latin (old)
— (Ego) Amo te (‘Ego’, for emphasis)
Latvian
— Es tevi milu (pronounced ‘es tevy meelu’)
(‘i in ‘milu’ has a line over it, a ‘long i’)
— Es milu tevi (less common)
Lebanese
— Bahibak
Lingala
— Nalingi yo
Lisbon lingo
— Gramo-te bue’, chavalinha!
Lithuanian
— As tave myliu (Ush ta-ve mee-lyu) (over the ‘s’ of ‘As’ has to be a ‘v’)
Lojban
— Mi do prami
Luo (Kenia)
— Aheri
Luxembourgish
— Ech hun dech gar
Maa
— Ilolenge
Madrid lingo
— Me molas, tronca!
Maiese
— Wa wa
Malay
— Saya cintamu
— Saya sayangmu
— Saya sayang anda
— Saya cintakan mu (grammatically correct)
— Saya sayangkan mu ( » )
— Saya chantikan awak
— Aku sayang kau
Malay/Bahasa
— Saya cinta mu
Malay/Indonesian
— Aku sayang kau
— Saya cantikan awak
— Saya sayangkan engkau
— Saya cintakan awak
— Aku cinta pada kau
— Aku cinta pada mu
— Saya cinta pada mu
— Saya sayangkan engkau (‘engkau’ often shortened to ‘kau’, ‘engkau’ is informal form and should only be used if you know the person _really_well)
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)
Marshallese
— Yokwe Yuk
Mohawk
— Konoronhkwa
Mokilese
— Ngoah mweoku kaua
Mongolian
— Be Chamad Hairtai (very personal)
Moroccan
— Kanbhik (both mean the same, but spoken)
— Kanhebek (in different cities)
Navajo
— Ayor anosh’ni
Ndebele (Zimbabwe)
— Niyakutanda
Nepali
— Ma timi sita prem garchhu (romantic)
— Ma timilai maya garchhu (less emphatic, can be used in a non romantic conext, too)
Norwegian
— Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal)
— Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)
— Jeg elsker deg (Riksmaal outdated, formerly used by upper-class and
conservative people)
Nyanja
— Ninatemba
Op
— Op lopveop yopuop
Oriya
— Moon Tumakoo Bhala Paye
— Moon Tumakoo Prema Kare
Oromoo
— Sinjaladha
— Sinjaldha
Osetian
— Aez dae warzyn
Pakistani
— Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai
— Muje se mu habbat hai
Papiamento
— Mi ta stimabo
Pedi (related to Tswana)
— Kiyahurata. (pronounced as Kee-ya–hoo-rata)
Pig Latin
— Ie ovele ouye (pronounced as I-ay ov-lay u-yay.)
Pilipino
— Mahal kita
— Iniibig kita
Polish
— Kocham cie («cie» is slangy polish and not commonly used)
— Kocham ciebie
— Ja cie kocham
Portuguese/Brazilian
— Eu te amo (pronounced ‘eiu chee amu’)
— Eu amo-te
— Amo-te
Punjabi (Indian)
— Main tainu pyar karna
— Mai taunu pyar Karda
Quenya (J.R. Tolkien)
— Tye-melane
Raetoromanisch
— te amo
Romanian
— Te iubesc
— Te ador (stronger)
Russian
— Ya vas lyublyu (old fashioned)
— Ya tyebya lyublyu (best)
— Ya lyublyu vas (old fashioned)
— Ya lyublyu tyebya
Samoan
— Ou te alofa outou.
— Ou te alofa ia te oe.
— Talo’fa ia te oe. («Hello, from me to you»)
— Fia moi? («Would you like to go to bed with me tonight?»)
Sanskrit
— Anurag (a higher love, like the love of music or art)
Scot-Gaelic
— Tha gr`adh agam ort
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 (familiar)
— Ja te volim (used in proper speech)
— Volim te (used in common speech)
Serbian (old)
— Ljubim te (may still be found in poetry)
Serbocroatian
— Volim te
— Ljubim te
— Ja te volim (‘j’ sounds like ‘y’ in May)
Sesotho
— Kiyahurata. (pronounced as Kee-ya–hoo-rata)
Shona
— Ndinokuda
Singhalese (Ceylon)
— Mama oyata adarei
— Mama oyaata aadareyi
Sioux
— Techihhila
Slovak
— Lubim ta
Slovene
— Ljubim te
Somalian
— Waan ku jeclahay
Spanish
— Te amo
— Te quiero
— Te re-quiero (Argentine way to say I love you very much)
— Te adoro (I adore you)
— Te deseo (I desire you)
— Me antojes (I crave you)
Srilankan
— Mama oyata arderyi
Suaheli (Ostafrika)
— Ninikupenda
Swahili
— Nakupenda
— Naku penda (followed by the person’s name)
— Ninikupenda
— Dholu’o
Swedish
— Jag alskar dig. (pronounced «Yag alskar day»)
Syrian/Lebanese
— Bhebbek (male to female)
— Bhebbak (female to male)
Tagalog
— Mahal kita
Tahitian
— Ua Here Vau Ia Oe
— Ua here vau ia oe
Tamil
— Naan unnai kadalikiren
— Nan unnai kathalikaren
— Ni yaanai kaadli karen («You love me»)
— N^an unnaki kathalikkinren («I love you»)
— Nam vi’rmberem
Telugu (Indian)
— Neenu ninnu pramistu’nnanu
— Nenu ninnu premistunnanu
— Ninnu premistunnanu
Thai (formal)
— Phom rak khun (male to female)
— Ch’an rak khun (female to male)
— Phom-ruk-koon (male to female)
— Chun-ruk-koon (female to male)
— Phom lak kun (male to female)
Thai
— Khao raak thoe (affectionate, sweet, loving)
Tswana
— Ke a go rata
Tshiluba
— Ndi mukusua (I love you)
— Ndi musua wewe (I want you)
— Ndi ne ditalala bua wewe (I have love for you)
Tunisian
— Ha eh bak
Tumbuka
— Nkhukutemwa
Turkish (formal)
— Sizi seviyorum
Turkish
— Seni seviyorum
— Seni begeniyorum («I adore you») (g has a bar on it)
Twi (Ghana)
— Me dowapaa
— Me dor wo
Ukrainian
— Ya tebe kokhayu
— Ja tebe kokhaju (real true love)
— Ja vas kokhaju
— Ja pokokhav tebe
— Ja pokokhav vas
Urdu (Indien)
— Main tumse muhabbat karta hoon
— Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai
— Mujge tumae mahabbat hai
— Kam prem kartahai
Vai
— Na lia
Varmlandska
— Du ar gorgo te mag
Venda
— Ndi a ni funa
Vietnamese
— Anh yeu em (male to female)
— Em yeu anh (female to male)
— Toi yeu em
Volapuk
— Lofob oli.
Votic
— Mia suvatan sinua.
Vulcan (Mr.Spock)
— Wani ra yana ro aisha
Walloon
— Dji vos veu volti (lit. I like to see you)
— Dji vos inme (lit. I love you)
— Dji v’zinme
Welsh
— Rwy’n dy garu di.
— Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi)
Wolof
— Da ma la nope
— Da ma la nop (da malanop)
Yiddish
— Kh’hob dikh lib
— Kh’ob dikh holt
— Ikh bin in dir farlibt
Yucatec Maya
— ‘in k’aatech (the love of lovers)
— ‘in yabitmech (the love of family, which lovers can also feel; it
indicates more a desire to spoil and protect the other person)
Yugoslavian
— Ja te volim
Zazi (kurdish)
— Ezhele hezdege
Zulu
— Mina Ngithanda Wena (rarely used; means «Me, I love you.»)
— Ngiyakuthanda (pronounced as NGee-ya–koo–tanda)
Zuni
— Tom ho’ichema
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