"I love you" in...

Afrikaans : Ek is lief vir jou

: Ek het jou liefe

Albanian : Te dua

: Te dashuroj

Alentejano (Portugal) : Gosto de ti, porra!

Alsacien : Ich hoan dich gear

Amharic : Afekrishalehou

Arabic (formal) : Ooheboki (male to female)

: Ooheboka (female to male)

: Ohiboke (male to female)

: Ohiboki (male to female)

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

: Nhebuk

: 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 (non standard) : 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)

Assamese : Moi tomak bhal pau

Basque : Nere maitea

Batak : Holong rohangku di ho

Bavarian : I mog di narrisch gern

Bengali : Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi

: Ami tomay bhalobashi

: Ami tomake bahlobashi

Berber : Lakh tirikh

Bicol : Namumutan ta ka

Bolivian Quechua : Qanta munani

Brazilian/Portuguese : Eu te amo (pronounced 'eiu chee amu')

: Amo te

Bulgarian : Obicham te

: As te obeicham

: As te obicham

Burmese : Chit pa de

Cambodian : Kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah

: Bon sro lanh oon

Canadian French : Sh'teme (spoken, sounds like this)

Catalan : T'estimo (Catalonian)

: T'estim (Mallorcan)

: T'estime (Valencian)

: T'estim molt ("I love you a lot")

Cebuano : Gihigugma ko ikaw

Chamoru (or Chamorro) : Hu guaiya hao

Chickasaw : Chiholloli (first 'i' nasalized)

Chinese : Moi oiy neya (Cantonese)

: Ngo oi ney ( " )

: Wa ai lu (Hokkien)

: Wo ai ni (Mandarin)

: Wo ie ni ( " )

: Wuo ai nee ( " )

: Wo ay ni ( " )

: Wo ai ni (Putunghua)

: Ngo ai nong (Wu)

Corsican : Ti tengu cara (male to female)

: Ti tengu caru (female to male)

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

: Miluju te! (colloquial form)

Danish : Jeg elsker dig

Dutch : Ik hou van je

: Ik hou van jou

: Ik bemin je (old fashioned)

: Ik bemin jou ( " )

: Ik ben verliefd op je

: Ik ben verliefd op jou

: Ik zie je graag

Ecuador Quechua : Canda munani

English : I love you

: I adore you

Esperanto : Mi amas vin

Estonian : Mina armastan sind

: Ma armastan sind

Farsi : Tora dust midaram

: Asheghetam

Farsi (Persian) : Doostat daram

: Man ashe ghetam

Filipino : Mahal ka ta

: Iniibig kita

: Mahal kita

Finnish : Mina" rakastan sinua

: Rakastan sinua

French : Je t'aime

Friesian : Ik hou fan dei (sp?)

: Ik hald fan dei

Gaelic : Ta gra agam ort

German : Ich liebe dich

Greek : S'ayapo (spoken "s'agapo", 3rd letter is lower

case 'gamma')

Greek (old) : (Ego) Philo su ('ego', for emphasis)

Greenlandic : Asavakit

Gujrati : Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon.

: Hoon tuney chaoon chhoon ('n' is nasal, not

pronounced)

Hausa : Ina sonki

Hawaiian : Aloha i'a au oe

: Aloha wau ia 'oe

Hebrew : Anee oheivet otkha (female to male)

: Anee oheiv otakh (male to female)

: Ani ohev otakh (male to female)

: Ani ohevet otkha (female to male)

: Ani ohev otach (male to female)

: Ani ohevet otcha (female to male)

: Ani ohev otcha (male to male)

: Ani ohevet otach (female to female)

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

: Main tumse pyar karta hoon

: Main tumse prem karta hoon

: Main tuze pyar karta hoon ('n' is nasal, not

pronounced)

Hopi : Nu' umi unangwa'ta

Hungarian : Szeretlek te'ged

: Szeretlek

Icelandic : Eg elska thig

Ilocano : Ay ayating ka

Indonesian : Saya cinta padamu ('Saya', commonly used)

: Saya cinta kamu ( " )

: Saya kasih saudari ( " )

: Saja kasih saudari ( " )

: Aku tjinta padamu ('Aku', not often used)

: Aku cinta padamu ( " )

: Aku cinta kamu ( " )

Italian : Ti amo (relationship/lover/spouse)

: Ti voglio (friend/relative)

: Ti voglio bene

Iranian : Mahn doostaht doh-rahm

Irish : Taim i' ngra leat

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

Kannada : Naanu ninnanu preethisuthene

: Naanu ninnanu mohisuthene

Kikongo : Mono ke zola nge (mono ke' zola nge')

Kiswahili : Nakupenda

Klingon : Qabang

: Qaparha' (depends from where you are

in the galaxy)

Korean : Tangsinul sarang ha yo

: Nanun dangsineul mucheog joahapnida

: Nanun dangsineul saranghapnida

: Nanun gdaega joa

: Nanun gdaereul saranghapnida

: Nanun neoreul saranghanda

: Gdaereul hjanghan naemaeum alji

: Joahaeyo

: Saranghae

: Saranghaeyo

: Saranghapanida

: Zaran ha yo

: No-rul sarang hae (male to female in casual

relationship)

: Tangsinul sarang ha yo

: Tangshin-ul sarang hae-yo

: Tangshin-i cho-a-yo ("I like you, in a

romantic way")

: Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida

Kurdish : Ez te hezdikhem

Lao : Khoi huk chau

: Koi muk jao

Latin : Te amo

: Vos amo

Latin (old) : (Ego) Amo te ('Ego', for emphasis)

Latvian : Es milu tebi

: Es milu tevi (pronounced 'ess tevy meeloo')

Lebanese : Bahibak

Lingala : Nalingi yo

Lisbon lingo : Gramo-te bue', chavalinha!

Lithuanian : Tsve myliu (Ta-ve mee-lyu)

Lojban : Mi do prami

Luo : Aheri

Macedonian : Te sakam (a little stronger than "I like you")

: Te ljubam ("I really love you")

: Jas te sakam ('j' sounds like 'y' in May)

: Pozdrav ("Greetings")

Madrid lingo : Me molas, Tronca!

Maiese : Wa wa

Malay : Saya cintamu

: Saya sayangmu

: Saya cintakan mu

: Saya sayangkan mu

: Sayah chantikan awah

: Aku sayang enkow

Malay/Bahasa : Saya cinta mu

Malay/Indonesian : Aku sayang enkow

: Sayah chantikan awah

: Saya sayangkan engkau

: Saya cintakan awak

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)

Mohawk : Konoronhkwa

Moroccan : Kanbhik (both mean the same, but spoken)

: Kanhebek (in different cities)

Navaho : Ayor anosh'ni

Ndebele : Niyakutanda

Norwegian : Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal)

: Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)

: Jeg elsker deg (Riksmaal)

: Jag elsker die

Op : Op lopveop yopuop

Osetian : Aez dae warzyn

Pakistani : Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai

Persian : Tora dost daram

Persian/Farsi : Man ashe ghetam

Pig Latin : Ie ovele ouye

Pilipino : Mahal kita

: Iniibig kita

Polish : Kocham cie

: Yacha kocham

: Kocham ciebie

: Ja cie kocham

Portuguese/Brazilian : Eu te amo (pronounced 'eiu chee amu')

: Amo te

Punjabi : Main tainu pyar karna

: Mai taunu pyar karda

Quenya : Tye-mela'ne

Romanian : Te iu besc

: Te iubesc

: Te ador

Russian : Ya vas lyublyu

: Ya vas liubliu

: Ya vas loobloo

: Ya tebya liubliu

: Ya tebya lyublyu

: Y'a liou-bliou tibya

: Ya vac loobyoo

: Ya tvi lyubliyoo

: Ya tebya loobyoo

: Ya tebia liubliu

: Ya liubliu tebia

: Ya l'ubl'u t'ebya

: Ju ljublju tebja!

: Ljublju tebja!

: Ya lyublyu tebya

: Ya polubeel s'tebya

: Ya tebya ljublju

: Yat vi lyubli yoo

Russian (Malincaya) : Ya tibieh lublue

Scot Gaelic : Tha gradh agam ort

Serbian (familiar) : Ja te volim (used in proper speech)

: Volim te (used in common speech)

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 (old) : Ljubim te (may still be found in poetry)

Serbocroatian : Volim te

: Ljubim te

: Ja te volim ('j' sounds like 'y' in May)

Shona : Ndinokuda

Singhalese : Mama oyaata aadareyi

: Mama oyata adarei

Sioux : Techihhila

Slovak : Lubim ta

Slovene : Ljubim te

Spanish : Te amo

: Te quiero

Srilankan : Mama oyata arderyi

Swahili : Nakupenda

: Naku penda (followed by the person's name)

Swedish : Jag aelskar dig

: Jag a"lskar dig

: Jag :alskar dig

Swiss-German : Ch'ha di ga"rn

Syrian/Lebanese : Bhebbek (male to female)

: Bhebbak (female to male)

Tagalog : Mahal kita

Tahitian : Ua here au ia oe

: Ua here vau ia oe

Tamil : Naan unnai kadalikiren

: Ni yaanai kaadli karen ("You love me")

: N^an unnaki kathalikkinren ("I love you")

Telugu : Ninnu premistunnanu

: Neenu ninnu pra'mistu'nnanu

: Nenu ninnu premistunnanu

Thai (formal) : Phom rak khun (male to female)

: Ch'an rak khun (female to male)

Thai : Khao raak thoe (affectionate, sweet, loving)

Tunisian : Ha eh bak

Turkish : Seni seviyurum

: Seni seviyorum

Ukrainian : Ya tebe kokhayu

: Ja tebe kokhaju (real true love)

: Ja vas kokhaju

: Ja pokokhav tebe

: Ja pokokhav vas

Urdu : Main tumse muhabbat karta hoon

: Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai

Vietnamese : Anh ye^u em (male to female)

: Em ye^u anh (female to male)

: Toi yeu em

Vulcan : Wani ra yana ro aisha

Welsh : Rwy'n dy garu di

: Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi)

Yiddish : Ikh hob dikh lib

: Ich libe dich

: Ich han dich lib

Zazi : Ezhele hezdege (sp?)

Zulu : Mena tanda wena

: Ngiyakuthanda!

Zuni : Tom ho' ichema

Explanation of Languages

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Afrikaans -> People of Dutch heritage in South Africa

Alsacien -> French/German dialect (live in France, but speak

like Germans)

Assamese -> language spoken in the state of Assam, India

Batak -> northern Sumatra province of Indonesia

Bavarian -> language spoken in the state of Bavaria, southern

Germany (actually a German dialect)

Bengali -> language spoken in the state of West Bengal, India,

as well as almost all people of Bangladesh

Bicol -> Philipino dialect

Cebuano -> language spoken in Philipines near the town of Cebu

Chickasaw -> North American Indian tribe (southeastern Oklahoma)

Dutch -> language spoken in the Netherlands and the provinces

of East- and West-Flanders, Belgium

Esperando -> The International Language

Friesian -> language spoken in northern Holland, northern

Germany, and in some parts of Denmark

(mainly west coast)

Gaelic -> Irish

Gujrati -> language spoken in the state of Gujrat, India

Hindi -> language spoken in the northern states of India

Hopi -> North American Indian tribe (southwest, Arizona)

Ilocano -> Filopino dialect

Kannada -> language spoken in the state of Karnataka,

southern India

Kikongo -> language spoken in Zaire, Africa

Klingon -> Spoken in Star Trek

Luo -> Kenya

Malayalam -> language spoken in the state of Kerala, India

Marathi -> language spoken in the state of Maharastra, India

(Bombay is the capital city)

Mohawk -> North American Indian tribe (New England, maybe one of

the Seven Nations/Iriquois?)

Moroccan -> language spoken in Morocco, North Africa

Navaho -> North American Indian tribe (southwest)

Ndebele -> Zimbabwe

Punjabi -> language spoken in the state of Punjab, northern India

Quechua -> language spoken by Mayan Indians (South America)

Quenya -> Elvish language invented by J. R. R. Tolkien for his

books. Notably, "The Lord of the Rings"

Shona -> Zimbabwe

Sinhalese -> Language of the non-Tamil (majority) people of

Sri Lanka

Sioux -> North American Indian tribe (upper midwest)

Tagalog -> Philipino dialect

Tamil -> language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India,

and in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritus

Telugu -> language spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India

(eleventh most spoken language in the world)

Urdu -> language spoken in Pakistan

Vulcan -> Spoken in Star Trek

Zazi -> Kurdic dialect

a' -> a with the acute accent (') over it

a" -> " above a (umlaut)

e^ -> ^ above e

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(no guarantee for correctness though....)