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I love you in many languages

How to express your love and affection in many different languages.

Language I love you

Afrikaans Ek het jou lief / Ek's lief vir jou
Albanian të dua
Aleut Txin Yaktakuq
Alsatian Ich hàb dich gär / Ich hàb lieb fir dich
(ɨwəddɨʃalləhu - to a man)
Amharic
(ɨwəddɨhalləhu - to a woman)
Arabic to a man - (ana uħibbuk) ‫ۿﻧَﺎ ﭐﺣِﺒﱡﻚ‬
(Egyptian) to a woman - (ana baħibbik) ‫ۿﻧَﺎ ﺑَﺤﱢَﻚ‬
Arabic
(>f uḥibbik / >m uħibbak) ‫ﺃﺣﺒﻚ‬
(Modern Standard)
Armenian (Eastern) Սիրում եմ քեզ: (Sirum em kez)
Aromanian ti voi
Asturian quiérote

Avallaen
(vüväloiek dü quuo)
Azerbaijani Mən səni sevirəm
Basque maite zaitut
Belarusian Я цябе кахаю (Ja ciabe kakhaju)
৺৺৺ ৺৺৺৺৺৺ ৺৺৺৺৺৺৺৺ (ami apnake
bhalobashi) - frm
Bengali ৺৺৺ ৺৺৺৺৺৺ ৺৺৺৺৺৺৺ (ami tomake
bhalobashi) - inf
৺৺৺ ৺৺৺৺ ৺৺৺৺৺৺৺ (ami toke bhalobashi) - vinf
Bhojpuri हम तो% &यार करीला (ham tose pyār karila)
Breton karout a ran ac'hanout, da garout a ran, me az kar
informal
Обичам те (Običam te)
Аз обичам те(б) (Az običam teb(e))
Аз те(б)(е) обичам (Az te(b)(e) običam)
Теб(е) обичам (Teb(e) običam)
Теб(е) аз обичам (Teb(e) az običam)
Обичам теб(е) (Običam teb(e))
Bulgarian Теб(е) любя (Teb(e) ljubja)
Любя те (Ljubja te)

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formal
Вас обичам (Vas običam)
Обичам Ви (običam vi)
Аз Ви обичам (Az vi običam)
Аз Вас обичам (Az vas običam)
Любя Ви (Ljubja vi)
Catalan T'estimo
Cebuano gihigugma ko ikaw
Chamorro Hu guiaya hao
Cherokee ᎬᎨᏳᎯ (gvgeyuhi)
Chinese 我愛你 [我爱你]
ngóh oi néih (Cantonese)
ngai 2 oi 5 ngi 2 (Hakka)
wǒ ài nǐ (Mandarin)
nguh eh non (Shanghainese)
gua2 ai3 li2 (Taiwanese)
Cimbrian Ich liibe-dich
Cornish My a'th kar
Corsican amu tè / ti tengu caru
Croatian volim te
Miluji tě - between partners
Czech
Mám tě rád (jako kamaráda) - between friends
Danish Jeg elsker dig
Dutch Ik hou van je (inf) Ik hou van jou / Ik hou van u (frm)
Efik Mmema fi
Esperanto Mi amas vin
Estonian Ma armastan sind
Faroese Eg elski teg
Fijian Au domoni iko
Finnish Rakastan sinua
Frisian Ick heb di leev
Frisian (Saterfrisian) Iek hääb die ljoo
Frisian (West) Ik hâld fan dy
Finnish Minä rakastan sinua
French Je t'aime, Je t'adore
Friulian Ti vuei ben
Galician Ámote / Quérote

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Georgian მიყვარხარ (me shen miqvarkhar)

German (Standard) Ich liebe Dich
German (Bayerisch) I lieb di
German (Bernisch) Ig liebe di
German (Hessisch) Isch habb disch libb
German (Kölsch) Isch han dich leev
German (Pfäzisch) Isch liewe disch
German
Ich liäbä Dich
(Schwyzerdütsch)
German
I liab di!
(Vorarlbergerisch)
Greek Σ΄αγαπώ (S’agapó) - inf / Σας αγαπώ (Sas aghapó) - frm
Greenlandic Asavakkit
Guaraní rojhayhû
Gujarati હ"# ત% &'મ કર" છ"# (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Hawaiian Aloha Au Ia ‘Oe, Aloha No Au Ia ‘Oe
(Ani Ohev Otach - to woman) ‫אני אוהב אותך‬
Hebrew
(Ani Ohevet Otcha - to man) ‫אני אוהבת אותך‬
- त./0 ब2त चाहता 24 (Maiṅ tumhaiṅ bahut cāhatā hūṅ) m
- त.म% &यार करता 24 (Maiṅ tumse pyār kartā hūṅ) m
Hindi
- त./0 ब2त चाहता चाहती 24 (Maiṅ tumhaiṅ bahut cāhatī hūṅ) f
- त.म% &यार करती 24 (Maiṅ tumse pyār kartī hūṅ) f
Hungarian Szeretlek
Icelandic Ég elska þig
Ilocano Ay-ayatenka, Ipatpategka
Indonesian Cinta kamu / Saya mencintaimu
Inuktitut ᓇᒡᓕᒋᕙᒋᑦ Nagligivagit/Nalligivagit
Iñupiaq Nakuagigikpin / Nakuagikpakpin / Piqpavagin
Gráím thú (I love you)
Tugaim cion duit (I give you affection)
Tá cion agam ort (I have affection for you)
Tá mé ceanúil ort (I have affection for you)
Irish (Gaelic)
Tá grá agam duit (I have love for you)
Táim i ngrá leat (I'm in love with you)
Tá mo chroí istigh ionat (My heart is within you)
Ádhraím thú (I adore you)
Italian Ti amo
好きです (suki desu) 好きだ (suki da)
好きだよ (suki dayo) 好きよ (suki yo)
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好きだよ (suki dayo) 好きよ (suki yo)

Japanese 大好きです (daisuki desu)
愛してるよ (aishiteru yo)
愛してるわ (aishiteru wa) - only said by women
Javanese aku tresnasliramu
Jèrriais J't'aime / J't'adouthe
Мен сені сүйемін (Men seni süyemin)
Kazakh
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin) - inf
Kirundi/Kinyarwanda Ndagukunda
Klamath moo ?ams ni stinta
Klallam nəsƛ̕éʔ cxʷ
Korean 사랑해 (sarang hae)
Kurdish Ji te hez dikîm
Ladino (Te amo) ‫טי אמו‬
Latin Te amo
Latvian Es tevi mīlu
Lithuanian Aš myliu tave
Lojban mi do prami
Low Saxon ik hou van di
Luo aheri
Luxembourgish Ech hunn dech gär / Ech si frou mat dir

Те сакам (Te sakam), Те љубам (Te lyubam) - inf

Macedonian
Ве сакам (Ve sakam), Ве љубам (Ve lyubam) - frm
Malay Saya sayang kamu / Aku cintakan kau
൯൯൯൯‍ ൯൯൯൯൯൯ ൯൯൯൯൯൯൯൯൯൯൯൯൯൯
Malayalam
(njan ninne premikkunnu)
Maltese Inħobbok / Inħobbok hafna / Jien inħobbek
Manchu Bi shimbe hairambi
Manx Ta graih aym ort
Māori Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Marathi माझ त.इयावर 89म आ; (Mājha tuiyāvar prem āhe)
Mi'kmaq kesalul
Mongolian Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Tshemenuadeden (I love you) / Tsheshuenemeden (I love you
Montagnais
a lot)

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Ndebele Ngiyakuthanda
Nepali म तपाइलाइ माया गछ.?। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Northern Sotho ke a go rata
Norwegian Jeg elsker deg (Bokmål) Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)
Occitan T'aimi. T'estimi
Old English ic lufie þe (West Saxon) ic lufie þec (Northumbrian)
Papimentu Mi ta stima bo
‫ﻮﻡ‬0 ‫ﺯﻩ ﺳﺘﺎ ﺳﺮﻩ ﻣﻴﻨﻪ‬
Pashto
(za la ta sara meena kawom)
(asheghetam) ‫ﻋﺎﺷﻘﺘﻢ‬
Persian
used in poetry and songs - (dūset dāram) ‫ﺩﻭﺳﺖ ﺩﺍﺭﻡ‬
Polish kocham cię
amo-te, eu te amo, eu gosto de você, eu amo você
Portuguese eu adoro você (I adore you)
eu tenho carinho por você (I have affection for you)
Romanian te iubesc
Russian я тебя люблю (ja teb'a l'ubl'u)
Samoan Oute alofa ia te 'oe
Scots Ah loove ye
Scottish Gaelic tha gaol agam ort
Serbian Волим те (Volim te)
Sesotho Ke a o rata
Shona Ndinokuda!
Sinhala ෴෴ ෴෴෴෴ ෴෴෴෴෴෴ (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Slovak Ľúbim Ťa
Slovenian Ljubim te (m/f), Rad te imam (m) Rada te imam (f)
Somali wān ku jecelahay
Setswana ke a go rata
Shona ndinokuda
Sioux techihhila
SiSwati ngiyakutsandza
Spanish Te amo / Te quiero
Swahili ninakupenda
Swedish Jag älskar dig
Iniibig kita / Mahal Kita / Minamahal Kita
Tagalog
Iniirog kita (old fashioned)

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நா# உ#ைன காத)*+ேற#

Tamil
(nān unnai kādhalikkiren)
౯౯౯౯ ౯౯౯౯౯౯ ౯౯౯౯౯౯౯౯౯౯౯౯౯౯౯౯ !
Telugu
(naenu ninnu praemisthunnānu!)
Tetum Hau hadomi O
ผมรักคุณ (phom rak khun) - m
Thai
ฉันรักคุณ (chan rak khun) - f

Tibetan ང་#ེད་རང་ལ་དགའ་པ+་ཡ-ད་
(nga kayrâng-la gawpo yö)
Tok Pisin Mi lavim yu
Tongan 'Oku ou 'ofa 'ia koe
Даьр ми йетих (Där mi yetix) >f
Tsez
Даьр ми этих (Där mi etix) >m
Tshivenḓa ngiyakutsandza
Turkish Seni seviyorum
Я тебе кохаю (Ja tebe kochaju)
Ukrainian
Я тебе люблю (Ja tebe liubliu)
‫َﺮﺗﺎ ﮦﻭﮞ‬0 ‫ﻣﯿﮟ ﺁﭖ ﺳﮯ ﻣﺤﺒﺖ‬
m (mein ap say muhabat karta hoon)
Urdu
‫ﺮﺗﯽ ﮦﻭﮞ‬0 ‫ﻣﯿﮟ ﺁﭖ ﺳﮯ ﻣﺤﺒﺖ‬
f (mein ap say muhabat karti hoon)
Uzbek Men seni sevaman
Vietnamese Em yêu anh (>m) Anh yêu em (>f)
Volapük Läfob oli
Walloon dji t'veû vol'tî
Welsh dw i'n dy garu di rwy'n dy garu di
Xhosa Ndiya kuthanda
Xitsonga ndza ku rhandza
(Ikh hob dikh lieb) ‫איך האָב דיך ליב‬
Yiddish
(Ikh libe dikh) ‫איך ליבע דיך‬
Yorùbá Mo nifẹẹ rẹ
Zulu Ngiyakuthanda

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