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The following is a list of how to say "I Love You" in hundreds of different languages. Rather long! But could be useful. I used the list, got a white night-shirt and a craft-pen, and made my SO a "love shirt" with these translations all over it as an anniversary gift. This article is a compilation of all the translations of "I LOVE YOU" I could find. The goal of this list was first a personal goal, but I realized that it was significant to a lot more hitchhikers. If there is more than one version of a sentence, just choose the one that suits you best. The order was just a consequence of Latin alphabetic translation. And last, I don't understand even a single word of most of these languages, so please do not mess around with me.
| LANGUAGE | TRANSLATION OR HOW TO SAY IT |
| Afrikaans | Ek het jou liefe |
| Afrikaans | Ek is ief vir jou |
| Alsacien | Ich hoan dich gear |
| 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 (m.t.o.m. or f. to male) NOHIBOKOMA (m.t.o.m. or f. to two males or two females) NOHIBOKOM (m.t.o.m. or f. to more than two males) NOHIBOKON (m.t.o.m. or f. to more than two females)(not standard) BAHIBAK (female to male) BAHIBIK (male to female) BENHIBAK (more than one male or female to male) BENHIBIK (m.t.o.m. or f. to female) BENHIBKOM (m.t.o.m. or f. to more than one male) |
| Assamese | Moi tomak bhal pau |
| Austrian | I hob di gern, oide - spoken to
a woman I hob di gern, oida - spoken to a man |
| Azerbaijani | Men seni sevirem |
| Basc | Nere Maitea |
| Batak | Holong rohangku di ho |
| Bavarian | I mog di narrisch gern |
| Bengali | Ami toomay
bhalobashi Ami tomake bhalobashi |
| Berber | Lakh tirikh |
| Bicol | Namumutan ta ka |
| Bolivian Quechua | Qanta munani |
| Bulgarian | Obicham te |
| Burmese | Chit pa de |
| Cambodian | Bon sro lanh oon |
| Canadian French | Sh'teme (spoken, sounds like this) |
| Cantonese | Ngo oi ney |
| Catalan | T'estim
(mallorcan) T'estim molt (I love you a lot) T'estime (Valencian) T'estimo (catalonian) |
| Cebuano | Gihigugma ko ikaw |
| Chickasaw | Chiholloli (first "i" nasalized) |
| Chinese | Wo ie ni |
| Corsican | Ti tengu cara (to
female) Ti tengu caru (to male) |
| Croatioan | LJUBim te |
| Czech | Miluji te Miluju te! (colloquial form) |
| Danish | Jeg elsker dig |
| Dutch | Ik hou van jou Ikben verliefd op je |
| Ecuador Quechua | Canda munani |
| English | I love you |
| Esperanto | Mi amas vin |
| Estonian | Mina armastan
sind Ma armastan sind |
| Farsi (Persian) | Tora dust
midaram Asheghetam Doostat daram |
| Filipino | Mahal ka
ta Iniibig Kita |
| Finnish | Mina" rakastan sinua |
| Flemish | Ik zie oe geerne |
| French | Je t'aime |
| Friesian | Ik hald fan dei |
| Gaelic | Ta gra agam ort |
| German | Ich liebe dich |
| Greek | S'agapo |
| Greek (old) | (Ego) hilo su (ego is only needed for emphasis) |
| Gujrati | Hoontane pyar karoochhoon |
| Hausa | Ina sonki |
| 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 | Mai tumse pyar karta
hoon (male to female) Mai tumse pyar karti hoon (female to male) |
| Hokkien | Wa ai lu |
| Hopi | Nu' umi unangwa'ta |
| Hungarian | Szereklek Szeretlek te'ged |
| Icelandic | Eg elska thig |
| Indonesian | Eg elska
thig Saja kasih saudari Saya Cinta Kamu Saya cinta padamu Aku cinta padamu |
| Irish | Taim i' ngra leat |
| Italian | Ti amo (if it's
relationship/lover/spouse Ti voglio bene (if it's a friend, or a relative) |
| Japanese | Kimi o ai
shiteru Watakushi-wa anata-wo ai shimasu |
| Javanese | kulo tresno |
| Kannada | Naanu Ninnanu
Preethisuthene Naanu ninnanu mohisuthene |
| Kiswahili | Nakupenda |
| Klingon | Qabang Qaparha' (depends wherein teh galaxy you are) |
| Korean | Tangsinul sarang ha
yo Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida No-rul sarang hae (male to female in a casual relationship) Tangshin-ul sarang hae-yo Tangshin-i cho-a-yo (I like you, in a romantic way) |
| Kurdish | Ez te hezdikhem (?) |
| Lao | Koi muk jao |
| Latin | Te amo Vos amo |
| Latin (old) | (Ego) te amo (ego, for emphasis) |
| Latvian | Es milu tevi (Pronounced "Ess tevy meeloo") |
| Lingala | Nalingi yo |
| Lisbon Lingo | Gramo-te bue', chavalinha |
| Lithuanian | Tave Myliu (ta-ve mee-lyu |
| Lojban | Mi do prami |
| Luo | Aheri |
| Macedonian | Sakam te! |
| Madrid Lingo | Me molas, tronca |
| Malay | Saya
cintamu Saya sayangmu |
| Malay/Indonesian | Aku sayang
enkow Sayah Chantikan awah |
| Malayalam | Njyaan ninne'
preetikyunnu Njyaan Ninne' Mohikyunnu |
| Mandarin | Wo ei ni |
| Marathi | Me tujhashi prem karto
(male to female) Me tujhashi premkarte (female to male) |
| Mowawk | Konoronhkwa |
| Norwegian | Eg elskar deg
(Nynorsk) Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal) (Pronouncdeyai elske dai) |
| Osetian | Aez dae warzyn |
| Persian | Tora dost daram |
| Polish | Kocham cie
Jacie kocham |
| Portuguese | Amo- te |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | Eu te amo |
| Punjabi | Mai taunu piyar karna
(male to female) Mai taunu piyar kardi (female to male) |
| Romanian | Te iu besc |
| Russian | Ya vas liubliu Ya liubliu tebia Ya tebia liubliu Ya polubeel tebya |
| Scot Gaelic | tha gra/dh agam ort |
| Serbian | Lubime te |
| Serbocroatian | Volim te |
| Shona | Ndinokuda |
| Sinhalese | Mama Oyata adavei |
| Mama oyata adarei | |
| Sioux | Techihhila |
| Slovak | Lubim ta |
| Slovene | Ljubim te |
| Spanish | Te quiero Teamo |
| Sri Lankan | Mama Oyata Arderyi |
| Swahili | Naku penda (follwoed by person's name) |
| Swedish | Jag a"lskar dig |
| Swiss German | Ch'ha di ga"rn |
| Syrian/Lebanes | Bhebbek (to
a female) Bhebbak (to male) |
| Tagalog | Mahal kita |
| Tamil | Nee ennay kadhalikriya
(Do you love me?) Naan unnay kadhalikkiren(i love you) Naan unnai virumpuren (I love you, very much) |
| Tcheque | Miluji te^ |
| Telugu/India | Nenu Ninnu premistunnanu |
| Thai | Ch'an rak
khun Phom rak khun |
| Tunisian | Ha eh bak |
| Turkish | Seni seviyorum |
| Ukrainian | Ja tebe kokhaju (real
true love) Ja vaskhkhaju Ja pokokhav tebe Ja pokokhav vas |
| Urdu | Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai |
| Vietnamese | Em ye^u anh
(female to male) Anh ye^n em (male to female) Toi yeu em |
| Vlaams | Ik kue van ye |
| Vulcan | Wani ra yana ro aisha |
| Welsh | 'Rwy'n dy garu
di Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi) |
| Yiddish | Ich libe dich
Ichhan dich lib |
| Yoguslavian | Ya te volim |
| Zazi | Exhele hezdege (sp?) |
| Zuni | Tom ho' ichema |
| Zulu | Ngiyakuthanda! |
| Afrikaans | People of Dutch heritage in South Africa |
| Alsacien | French/German dialect (live in France, but speak like German) |
| Assamese | Language spoken in the state of Asam, India |
| Batak | North Sumatra province of Indonesia |
| Bavarian | Southern state of Germany (actually a German dialect) |
| Bengali | Language spoken in the stateof West Bengal, India and Bangladesh |
| Bicol | Philipin dialect |
| Cebuano | Language spoken in Philipino near the town of Cebu |
| Friesian | Spoken in Northern Holland, Northern Germany & West coast of Denmark |
| Gaelic | Irish |
| Gujrati | Language spoken in the state of Gujrat, India |
| Hindi | Language spoken in the Norther states of India |
| Hopi | North American Indian Tribe (Southwest may be?) |
| Kannada | Language of Karnataka state, India |
| Klingon | Spoken in Star Trek |
| Luo | Kenya |
| Malayalam | Language of Kerala state, India |
| Marathi | Language of Maharashtra state, India |
| Mohawk | North American Indian tribe (New England, may be one of the Seven Nations/Iriquois) |
| Navaho | North American Indian tribe (southwest) |
| Ndebele | Zimbabwe |
| Punjabi | Northern India |
| Quechua | Quecha is a Mayan language |
| Shona | Zimbabwe |
| Sinhalese | Language of the non- Tamil (majority) people of Sri Lanka |
| Sioux | North American Indian tribe from teh upper midwest |
| Tagalog | Filipino language |
| Tamil | Language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India and in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, mauritius |
| Telugu | Southeastern state of Inida (11th most spoken language in the world) |
| Urdu | Language spoken in Pakistan |
| Vlaams | Belgian Dutch |
| Vulcan | Language spoken in Star Trek |
| Zazi | Kurdic dialect |
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