"I LOVE YOU" in: Afrikaans Albanian

Ek is lief vir jou Te dua Te dashuroj Ti je zemra ime

American Indian

(North American Native) Sheth she~n zho~n (nazalized vowel sounds) Ne mohotatse Chiholloli (first 'i' nasalized) Nu' umi unangw'ta Konoronhkwa Ayor anosh'ni Techihhila Tom ho' ichema Ana behibak (female to male) Ana Behibek (male to female) Ana ahebik Ib'n hebbak Ana ba-heb-bak Nhebuk (spoken to someone important)

Apache Cheyenne Chickasaw Hopi Mohawk Navajo Sioux Zuni

Arabic

Armenian Bangladeschi Basque Bengali Bolivian Quechua Bosnian Brazilian (Portuguese)

Yes kez guh seerem (Western dialect) Yes kez si'rumem (Eastern dialect) Ami tomake valobashi Nere maitea Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi Qanta munani Volim te Eu te amo (pronounced "eiu chee amu")

Bulgarian

Obicham te As te obeicham As te obicham

Burmese Cambodian Canadian (French)

Chit pa te Kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah Sh'teme (spoken) Je t'aime (I like you) Je t'adore (I love you)

Chinese

Ngo oi ney (Cantonese) Wo oi ney (Cantonese) Wo ai ni (Mandarin) Wo ie ni (Mandarin) Wuo ai nee (Mandarin) Wo ay ni (Mandarin)

Creol Croation (familiar) Czech Danish Dutch Equador Quechua English

Mi aime jou Volim te (used in common speech) Miluji te Jeg elsker dig Ik hou van je Ik hou van jou Canda munani I love you I adore you I love thee (poetic)

Estonian

Mina armastan sind Ma armastan sind ewedishalew (Male to Female) ewedihalew (Female to Male) Tora dost daram Mahal ka ta

Ethiopian Farsi (Iran-dialects in Afghanistan/Pakistan) Filipino (Phillipino)

Iniibig kita Mahal kita

Mina rakastan sinua Finnish Rakaastan sinua ("Ma") tykka"a"n susta (I like you) Je t'aime (I love you) Je t'adore (I love you - stronger between lovers) J' t'aime bien (I like you - meant for friends, family members - not for lovers)

French

Gaelic (Language of Ireland)

Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic): T m i ngr leat (literally: Am I in love with-you / meaning: I'm in love with you) Pronounced: taa may ee ngraw lat T gr agam ort (literally: Is love atme on-you / meaning: I love you) Pronounced: taa graw aggam orret Is gr liom th (literally: Is love withme you

meaning: You are love in me) Pronounced: es graw lom who

(The Irish language is generally a very idiomatic and metaphorical one.)

Gidhlig (Scots Gaelic): Tha gaol agam ort (literally: Is love at-me on-you / meaning: I love you) Pronounced: ha gewl aggam orsht Ich liebe dich (classic & conservative) Ich hab dich lieb

German

Swiss (German) Greek Greenlandic Hawaiian

Ch'ha di ga"rn S'ayapo (spoken s'agapo) Asavakit Aloha wau ia oi Aloha wau ia oi nui loa (I love you very much) Ani ohevet otcha (female to male) Ani ohev otach (male to female) Mai tumase pyar karata hun (male to female) Mai tumase pyar karati hun (female to male) Szeretlek Eg elska thig (pronounce "yeg l-ska thig") Saya cinta padamu

Hebrew Hindi (language of northern states of India) Hungarian Icelandic Indonesia

Saya cinta kamu Saya kasih saudari Ti amo (relationship - lover or spouse) Italian Ti voglio bene (between friends) Ti voglio (strong sexual meaning of desire) Irish (see also Gaelic) Japanese Taim i' ngra leat Kimi o ai shiteru Aishiteru Chuu shiteyo Ore wa omae ga suki da Watashi wa anata ga suki desu Suki desu (used at the beginning of a relationship - no intimacy yet) Korean Dangsinul saranghee yo Saranghee Joahaeyo Norul sarang hae Kurdish Lao Latin Latvian Lebanese Ez te hezdikhem Khoi hak jao Te amo Es tevi milu (pronounced "es tevy meelu") Bahibak

Lithuanian Tave myliu (pronounced "ta-ve meeLuganda (language of Uganda) lyu")

Nkwagala Nyo Luo (language of Kenya) Luxembourgish Macedonian Aheri Ech hun dech ga"r Te sakam (a bit stronger than "I like you") Te ljubam (I really love you) Malay (Indonesian) Saya cintakan kamu Saya cinta pada mu (best and most commonly used) Moroccan Norwegian Pakistani Polish Kanbhik Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal) Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk) Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai Muje se mu habbat hai Kocham cie Kocham ciebie Ja cie kocham Portuguese Eu amo te (pronounced "eiu amu chee")

Punjabi (language of N. Punjab, Main tainu pyar karna India) Nai taunu pyar karda Romanian Russian Samoan Serbian (familiar) Slovene Slovak Somali Spanish Te iubesc Te ador Ya tyebya lyublyu Ou te alofa outou Volim te Ljubim te Lubim ta Waan ku gealahay Te amo Te quiero

Te adoro (I adore you) Te deseo (I desire you) Me antojis (I crave you) Srilankan Swahili Mama oyata arderyi Nakupenda Naku penda (followed by the person's name) Swedish Syrian/Lebanese Tagalog (a dialect of the Philippines) Tahitian Thai (language of Thailand) Tunisian Turkish Ukranian Urdu (spoken in Pakistan and India) Jag a"lskar dig Bhebbek (male to female) Bhebbak (female to male) Mahal kita Ua here au ia oe Ua here vau ia oe Chan raak ther Ha eh bak Seni seviyorum Ya tebe kokhayu Ja pokokhav tebe Main tumse muhabbat karta hoon Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai Kam prem kartahai Vietnamese Welsh (language spoken in Wales, UK) Yiddish Anh ye^u em (male to female) Em ye^u anh (female to male) Rwy'n dy garu di Ikh hob dikh lib Ich libe dich Ich han dich lib Yugoslavian Zulu Ja te volim Mena tanda wena Ngiyakuthanda