English

Expression

I love you

Translations

• Afrikaans:

  Ek het jou lief

  Ek is lief vir jou

• Albanian:

  të dua

  të dashuroj

• Amharic:

  (Afekrishalehou)

• Arabic:

  (Ana Behibak) (to a male)

  (Ana Behibek) (to a female)

  (Ib'n hebbak)

  (Ana Ba-heb-bak)

  (nhebuk)

  (Ohiboke) (male to female)

  (Ohiboka) (female to male)

  (Ohibokoma) (male or female to two males or two females)

  (Nohiboke) (more than one male or female to female)

  (Nohiboka) (male to male or female to male)

  (Nohibokoma) (m. to m. or f. to two males or two females)

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

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

  (Bahibak) (female to male)

  (not standard) Bahibik (male to female)

  (not standard) Benhibak (more than one male or female to male)

  (not standard) Benhibik (male to male or female to female)

  (not standard) Benhibkom (m. to m. or female to more than one male)

• Arabic (Lebanon):

  (Bahibak)

• Arabic (Syria/Lebanon):

  (BHEBBEK) (to a female)

  (BHEBBAK) (to a male)

• Arabic (Tunisia):

  (Ha eh bak)

• Armenian:

  yes kez sirumem

• Aragonese:

  Te quiero

• Assamese:

  (Moi tomak bhal pau)

• Basque:

  (formal) Maite zaitut (to a lover or spouse)

  Maite zaituztet (to more than one lover or spouse or friend)

  Maite haut (to a lover or friend)

• Batak:

  Holong do rohangku tu ho

• Bengali:

  (Ami tomAy bhAlobAshi )

  (Ami tomake bhalobashi)

• Berber :

  Lakh tirikh

• Bhoojpuri:

  hamke tohse lagav hogailbaa

• Bicol:

  Namumutan ta ka

• Bitruscan:

  Niamati

• Breton:

  Me da gar

  Me 'gar ac'hanout

• Bulgarian:

  Обичам те (pronounced "Obicham te")

• Burmese:

  (chit pa de)

• Cambodian:

  (Bon sro lanh oon)

  (kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah)

• Catalan:

  T'estim (majorca & Sardinia)

  T'estime (Valencia)

  T'estimo (Catalonia, Aragon, Andorra & France)

• Cebuano:

  Gihigugma ko ikaw

• Chickasaw

  chiholloli (first "i" nasalized)

• Chinese:

  我爱你 (simplified Chinese)

  我愛你 (traditional Chinese)

  Both pronounced as "wǒ ài nǐ (Wo3 ai4 ni3)" in Mandarin

  and "Ngo oi ney (ngo5 oi3 nei5)" in Cantonese, literally means "I love you".

  我鍾意你(traditional Chinese, only in Cantonese)(ngo5 zung1 yi3 nei5), literally means I like you.

• Corsican:

  Ti tengu cara (to female)

  Ti tengu caru (to male)

• Croatian:

  volim te

• Czech:

  miluji tě

  miluju tě! (colloquial form)

• Danish:

  Jeg elsker dig

• Dutch:

  Ik hou van jou

  Ik ben verliefd op je (=I am in love with you)

• Esperanto:

  Mi amas vin

• Estonian:

  Ma armastan sind

• Ewondo:

  Ma ding wa

• Fante

  mo dow

• Fasala :

  In amun erotu (sensual love)

  In amun amu (mother to child)

• Farsi:

  (Tora dust midaram)

  (Asheghetam)

  (Doostat dAram)

• Filipino:

  Mahal kita

  Iniibig Kita

• Finnish:

  (Minä) rakastan sinua

• Flemish:

  Ik zie u graag

• French:

  Je t'aime fr

  Je t'adore

  Je vous aime (to more than one person, or formally to one person)

• Frisian:

  Ik hald fan dei

• Galician:

  Quérote (more common)

  ámote (more formal)

• German:

  Ich habe dich gern

  Ich habe euch gern (to more than one person)

  Ich liebe dich (very strong meaning when used by adults)

  Ich liebe euch (to more than one person)

• German (Alsace):

  Ich hoan dich gear

• German (Bavaria):

  I mog di narrisch gern

• German (Cologne)

  Isch han dich leev

  Isch han dich jään

• German (High Saxonian )

  Isch hab dsch gerne

• German (Swabian )

  I mog di

  I han di oifach gern

• Greek (Ancient):

  (Ἐγὼ) σὲ φιλῶ ((Egō) se philō)

  (Ἐγὼ) σὲ ἀγαπῶ ((Egō) se agapō)

  σ' ἀγαπῶ (s' agapō)

  Ἐγώ (egō) ("I" is not necessary except for emphasis)

• Greek (Modern):

  Σ'αγαπώ (S'agapo)

• Greenlandic:

  (Asavakit)

• Guarani:

  Rohayhu

• Gujarati:

  (Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon)

• Hausa:

  Ina sonki

• Hawaiian:

  Aloha I'a Au Oe

• 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)

• Hindi

  मै तुमसे प्यार करता हुं.(Mai tumase pyar karata hun) (male to female)

  मै तुमसे प्यार करती हुं.(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)

  (Mai tumse pyar karta hoo)

• Hopi:

  Nu' umi unangwa'ta

• Hungarian:

  Szeretlek

  Szeretlek téged

• Icelandic:

  Ég elska þig

• Ido:

  Me amoras vu

• Indonesian:

  Saya cinta kamu (Saya (polite and formal) = aku, both can be substitued with spearker`s name (more polite))

  Aku cinta (ke)padamu (padamu or kepadamu ussually is not used verbally, but in writting such as poetry or sometimes songs)

  Aku cinta kamu (most commonly used)

  Aku suka kamu (litterary means i like you)

  Aku suka sama kamu

  Aku sayang kamu (most commonly used)

  Gua suka sama lu (very informal, in Jakarta)

• Interlingua:

  Io te ama

• international:

  <3

• Irish:

  Tá grá agam ort.

• Italian:

  Ti amo (to a lover or spouse)

  Ti voglio bene (to a friend or relative)

  Vi voglio bene (to more than one friend or relative)

• Japanese: (You don't have to use words.)

  好きです (Suki desu) (used at 1st time, like for a start, when you are not yet real lovers)

  大好き (Daisuki)

  君を愛している (Kimi o ai shiteiru)

  愛している (Aishiteiru)

  俺はおまえのことが好きだ (Ore wa omae no koto ga suki da) (man to his wife)

  俺はおまえが好きだ (Ore wa omae ga suki da) (man to his wife)

  好いとんねん (Suitonnen) ("-nen" is Kansai dialect)

  好きやねん (Sukiyanen)

  好きよ (Sukiyo)(girlish)

  私はあなたが好きだ/です (Watashi wa anata ga suki da/desu)

  私はあなたを愛しています (Watashi wa anata o aishite imasu)

  私はあなたを愛します (Watakushi wa anata o ai shimasu)

• Javanese:

  Kula tresna sampeyan (pronounced: kulo tresno sampeyan)

  Aku tresna sampeyan

• Kannada:

  ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ(Naanu Ninnanu Preethisuthene)

  ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಇಷ್ಟಪಟ್ಟಿರುವೆ(Naanu Ninnanu Ishtapattiruve)

• KiSwahili:

  Nakupenda

• Klingon:

  qabang

  qaparHa' (depends where in the galaxy you are)

• Korean :

  너를 사랑해(No-rul sarang hae) (man to woman in casual relation)

  당신을 사랑해요 (Tangshin-ul sarang hae-yo)

  (Tangsinul Sarang Ha Yo)

  당신이 좋아요(Tangshin-i cho-a-yo) (i like you, in a romantic way)

  나는 당신을 사랑합니다(Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida)

  (Nanun Dangsineul Mucheog Joahapnida)

  (Nanun Gdaega Joa)

  (Nanun Gdaereul Saranghapnida)

  나는 너를 사랑합니다(Nanun Neoreul Saranghanda)

  (Gdaereul Hjanghan Naemaeum Alji)

  좋아해요 (Joahaeyo)

  사랑해(Saranghae)

  사랑해요(Saranghaeyo)

  사랑합니다(Saranghapanida)

• Kurdish:

  Ez te hezdikhem (?)

• Lao:

  (Koi muk jao)

  (Khoi huk chau)

• Latin:

  Te amo

  Vos amo

  (old): (Ego) amo te. (ego, for emphasis)

• Latino sine Flexione:

  Me ama te

• Latvian:

  Es mīlu tevi (pronounced "Es meeloo tevy")

• Lingala :

  Nalingi yo

• Lithuanian:

  TAVE MYLIU (ta-ve mee-lyu)

• Lojban:

  mi do prami

• Luo:

  Aheri

• Macedonian:

  SAKAM TE!

• Malay:

  Saya cintakan mu

  Saya sayangkan mu

  Saya sayangkan engkau

  Saya cintakan awak

• Malayalam:

  (Njyaan Ninné Preetikyunnu)

  (Njyaan Ninne' Mohikyunnu)

  (Ngan Ninne Snaehikkunnu)

  (Saya Cintamu)

  (Saya Sayangmu)

  (Saya Cinta Kamu)

• Marathi:

  (majhe tuzhyaa var prem aahe)

  (me tujhashi prem karto) (male to female)

  (me tujhashi prem karte) (female to male)

  (Mi tuzya var prem karato)

• Mohawk:

  Konoronhkwa

• Mongolian:

  Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)

• Navaho:

  Ayor anosh'ni

• Ndebele:

  Niyakutanda

• Norwegian:

  Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)

  Jeg elsker deg (Bokmål) (pronounced yai elske dai) (! Implies romantic feelings, not just friendship !)

• Op:

  Op Lopveop Yopuop

• Osetian :

  Aez dae warzyn

• Pakistani:

  Mujhe Tumse Muhabbat Hai

• Pashto:

  (Za tasara mena kawaoma)

  (Za tasra mena kawoma)

• Patois:

  Love ya mon!

• Persian:

  (Tora dost daram)

• Pig Latin:

  Ie Ovele Ouye

• Polish:

  Kocham cię (or, especially in letters: Kocham Cię)

  Ja cię kocham

• Portuguese:

  Amo-te

  Eu te amo

• Portuguese (Lisbon lingo):

  gramo-te bué, chavalinha

• Punjabi:

  (Mai taunu pyar karda)

  (Main Tainu Pyar Karna)

• Quechua (Bolivia):

  Qanta munani

• Quechua (Ecuador):

  canda munani

• Quenya:

  Tye-meláne

• Romanian:

  Te iubesc

  Te ador

• Russian:

  Я вaс люблю (Ya vas lyublyu)

  Я тeбя люблю (Ya tebya lyublyu)

  (Ya polubeel s'tebya)

  (malincaya): (Ya Tibieh Lublue)

• Scottish Gaelic:

  Tha gràdh agam ort

• Serbian:

  Volim te (love you)

  Ljubim te (kiss you)

• Serbocroatian :

  Volim te (love you)

  Ljubim te (kiss you)

• Shona:

  Ndinokuda

• Sinhalese:

  (Mama oyata adarei)

  (Mama Oyata Arderyi)

• Sundanese :

  Abdi bogoh ka anjeun

• Sioux:

  Techihhila

• Slovak:

  Mám ťa rád

  Ľúbim ťa

  Milujem ťa

• Slovenian:

  Ljubim te (although "Všeč si mi" is usually used meaning "I like you")

• Spanish:

  Te quiero

  Te amo

  (Caló): Te camelo

• Spanish (Andalusia):

  Te quiero, te amo

• Spanish (Madrid lingo):

  me molas, tronca (to female)

  me molas, tronco (to male)

• Swahili:

  Naku penda (followed by the person's name)

• Swedish:

  Jag älskar dig

• Swiss-German :

  Ch'ha di gärn

• Tagalog:

  mahal kita, Iniibig kita

• Tahitian:

  Ua Here Vau Ia Oe

• Tamil:

  நான் உன்னைக் காதலிக்கிறேன் (n^An unnaik kAthalikkiREn)

  நான் உன்னைக் காதலிக்கின்றேன் (n^An unnaik kAthalikkinREn)

• Telugu:

  (Neenu ninnu pra'mistu'nnanu)

  (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)

  (Phom Rak Khun)

• Toki Pona:

  mi olin e sina

• Tok Pisin:

  mi lavim yu

• Tupinambá:

  Oroaûsub

• Turkish:

  Seni seviyorum.

• Ukrainian:

  (ja tebe koKHAju) (real true love)

  (ja vas koKHAju)

  (ja pokoKHAv tebe)

  (ja pokoKHAv vas)

• Urdu

  مجھے تمسو محبت ہے(Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai)

  میں تمسے محبت کرتا ہوں(Main Tumse Muhabbat Karta Hoon)

• Vietnamese:

  Em yêu anh (woman to man)

  Tôi yêu em

  Anh yêu em (man to woman)

• Volapük:

  löfob oli

• Vulcan:

  Wani ra yana ro aisha

• Welsh:

  'Rwy'n dy garu di

  Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi)

• Yiddish:

  (Ich libe dich)

  (Ich han dich lib)

  (Ikh Hob Dikh Lib)

• Zazi:

  Ezhele hezdege (sp?)

• Zulu

  Mena Tanda Wena

  Ngiyakuthanda!

  Tom hó ichema

Kazakh "Men seni zhaksi koremin" (cyrillic alphabet)