How to Say I Love You in Different Languages

Love is the one emotion that can connect people all over the world. You don’t always need elaborate expression through love letters or expensive gifts to convey your emotions and affection for someone. A simple "I love you" can do the trick. And you can always impress your lover if you learn to say "I love you" in different languages. One thing is for sure, irrespective of which language you use to say these special words it can only serve in bringing people closer to each other.

A

Afrikaans: ek het jou lief / ek is lief vir jou
Albanian: të dua
Alsatian: ich hab die lieb
Dialectal Arabic (North African): n’bghick
Dialectal Arabic (Eastern): bahebbak (to a man) / bahebbik (to a woman)
Literary Arabic: ouhibbouka (to a man) / ouhibbouki (to a woman)
Armenian: yes kez siroumem
Asturian: quiérote
Attie: min bou la yé
Azeri: men seni sevirem
Alentejano(Portugal): Gosto De Ti, Porra!
Amharic: Afekrishalehou
Assamese: Moi tomak bhal pau

B

Bambara: né bi fè
Basque: maite zaitut
Baoule: mi klôa
Bengali: aami tomakey bhalo basi
Berber: righ kem
Bobo: ma kia bé nà
Bosnian: volim te
Breton: karout a ran ac’hanout / da garout a ran / me az kar
Burmese: nga nin ko chit te/ chit pa te
Belarusian: Ya tabe kahayu
Bisaya: Nahigugma ako kanimo
Bulgarian: Obicham te
Basc: Nere Maitea
Batak: Holong rohangku di ho
Bavarian: I mog di narrisch gern
Bicol: Namumutan ta ka
Bolivian: Quechua qanta munani

C

Catalan: t’estimo
Cheyenne: ne’mehotatse
Chinese: wo ai ni
Corsican: amu tè / ti tengu caru (to male)
Corsican: Ti tengu cara (to female)
Croatian: volim te
Czech: miluji tě
Cambodian: Soro lahn nhee ah
Cantonese Chinese: Ngo oiy ney a
Cherokee: Tsi ge yu i
Chichewa: Ndimakukonda
Creol: Mi aime jou
Canadian: French Sh'teme (spoken, sounds like this)
Cebuano: Gihigugma ko ikaw.
Chickasaw: chiholloli (first "i" nasalized)

D

Danish: Jeg elsker dig
Dutch: Ik hou van jou
Dioula: mi fê

E

Esperanto: mi amas vin
Estonian: ma armastan sind
Elvish: Amin mela lle (from The Lord of The Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien)
English: I love you
Ethiopian: Afgreki'
Ecuador: Quechua canda munani

F

French: Je t'aime, Je t'adore
Farsi: Doset daram
Filipino: Mahal kita
Finnish: Mina rakastan sinua
Fatoese: eg elski teg
Flemish (WESTERN): ‘k zien je geeren
Frisian: ik hâld fan dy
Friulan: o ti vuei ben
Farsi: Tora dust midaram

G

Georgian: me shen mikvarkhar
German: ich liebe Dich
Greek: s’agapo
Guarani: rojhayhû
Gujarati: hun tane prem karun chhun
Gaelic: Ta gra agam ort
Greenlandic: Asavakit

H

Haitian Creole: mwen renmen’w / mouin rinmin’w
Hawaian: aloha wau iā ‘oe
Hebrew: ani ohev otakh (man to a woman)/ ani ohevet otkha (woman to man)
Hmong: kuv hlub koj
Hungarian: szeretlek
Hausa: Ina sonki
Hindi: Mai tumase pyar karata hun (male to female)
Hindi: Mai tumase pyar karati hun (female to male)
Hokkien: Wa ai lu
Hopi: Nu' umi unangwa'ta
Hiligaynon: Palangga ko ikaw
Hmong: Kuv hlub koj

I

Indonesian: saya cinta padamu / saya cinta kamu
Irish Gaelic: tá grá agam duit
Icelandic: Eg elska tig
Ilonggo: Palangga ko ikaw
Inuit: Negligevapse
Indi: Mai Tujhe Pyaar Kartha Ho
Iranian: Mahn doostaht doh-rahm
Irish: taim i' ngra leat
Italian: ti amo (if it's a relationship/lover/spouse)
Italian: ti voglio bene (if it's a friend, or relative)

J

Japanese: aishitemasu / aishiteru (barely used) / anata ga daisuki desu
Javanese: Kulo tresno

K

Kabylian: hamlagh-kem (man to woman) / hamlaghk (woman to man)
Kannada: naanu ninnanna pritisutteney
Khmer: bang srolaïgn ôn (man to woman) / ôn srolaïgn bang (woman to man)
Kinyarwande: ndagukunda
Korean: saranghe
Kurdish: ez te hez dikim
Kapampangan: Kaluguran daka
Kiswahili: Nakupenda
Konkani: Tu magel moga cho
Klingon: qabang

L

Lao: khoi hak tchao lai
Latin: te amo
Latvian: es tevi mīlu
Lebanese: b’hibik (man to woman) / b’hibak (woman to man)
Ligurian: mi te amu
Lingala: na lingi yo
Lithuanian: aš tave myliu
Low Saxon: ik hou van ju
Luxembourgeois: ech hun dech gäer
Lojban: mi do prami
Luo: Aheri

M

Macedonian: te sakam
Malagasy: tiako ianao / tia anao aho (stronger)
Malay: aku cinta padamu
Malayalam: enikku ninné ishtamaanu
Maltese: inħobbok
Manx: ta graih aym ort
Maori: kei te aroha au i a koe
Marquesan: hinenao au ia oe
Mongolian: Би чамд хайртай (bi chamd khairtai)
More: mam nong-a fo
Mandarin Chinese: Wo ai ni
Mohawk: Kanbhik
Moroccan: Ana moajaba bik
Madrid: lingo Me molas, tronca
Malaysian: Saya Cintamu
Marathi: Mi tuzya var prem karato (man to woman)
Marathi: Mi tuzya var prem karate (woman to man)

N

Napoletano: t’ammo
Ndebele: niya ku tanda
Nepali: ma timilai prem garchhu
Norwegian: jeg elsker deg
Nahuatl: Ni mits neki
Navaho: Ayor anosh'ni

O

Occitan: t’aimi
Op: Op Lopveop Yopuop
Osetian: Aez dae warzyn

P

Pandacan: Syota na kita!!
Pangasinan: Inaru Taka
Papiamento: Mi ta stimabo
Pig Latin: Iay ovlay ouyay
Polish: Kocham Ciebie
Persian: dustat dâram (formal) / duset dâram (informal)
Portuguese: amo-te / eu te amo (Brazilian Portuguese)
Punjabi: mein tenu pyar karda (male speaker) / mein tenu pyar kardi (female speaker)
Pakistani: Mujhe Tumse Muhabbat Hai

Q

Quenya: Tye-mela'ne
Quechua de Cuzco: munakuyki

R

Rapa nui: hanga rahi au kia koe
Romani: kamaù tut
Romanian: Te iubesc
Russian: Ya tebya liubliu

S

Samoan: ou te alofa ia te oe
Sango: mbi yé mô
Sardinian: deo t’amo (logudorese) / deu t’amu (campidanese)
Scottish gaelic: tha gaol agam ort / tha gaol agam oirbh
Serbian: volim te
Sesotho: ke ya ho rata
Shimaore: ni su hu vendza
Shona: ndinokuda
Sindhi: moon khay tu saan piyar aahay
Sinhala: mama oyata aadareyi (spoken) / mama obata aadareyi (formal)
Sioux: wastewalake
Slovak: ľúbim ťa / milujem ťa
Slovenian: ljubim te / rad te imam (male speaker) / rada te imam (female speaker)
Sobota: volim te / se te volime (lit.)
Somali: waan ku jecelahay
Soninke: na moula
Spanish: te amo / te quiero
Susu: ira fan ma
Swahili: nakupenda
Swedish: jag älskar dig
Surinam: Mi lobi joe
Syrian/Lebanese: BHEBBEK (to a female)
Syrian/Lebanese: BHEBBAK (to a male)

T

Tagalog: mahal kita
Tahitian: ua here vau ia oe
Tajiki: jigarata bihrum duhtari hola (man to woman) / tra lav dorum (woman to man)
Tamil: naan unnai kaadhalikkarn
Tatar: min sine yaratam
Telugu: nenu ninnu premisthunnanu
Tetun: hau hadomi o
Tibetan: na kirinla gaguidou
Turkish: seni seviyorum
Turkmen: seni söýärin
Taiwanese: Wa ga ei li
Thai: Chan rak khun (to male)
Thai: Phom rak khun (to female)
Tcheque: MILUJI TE^
Tunisian: Ha eh bak *

U

Udmurt: mon tone jaratiśko
Urdu: mein tumse mohabbat karta hoon (man to woman)/ main tumse mohabbat karti hoon (woman to man) / mujhe tum se pyar heh
Uzbek - men seni sevaman / men seni yahshi ko’raman (less formal)
Ukrainian: Ya tebe kahayu

V

Venetian: t’amo
Vietnamese: anh yêu em (man to woman)/ em yêu anh (woman to man)
Vlaams: Ik hue van ye
Vulcan: Wani ra yana ro aisha

W

Waloon: (orthographe à betchfessîs) dji vs voe voltî
Welsh: rydw i’n dy garu di
West India Creole: mwen enmen
Wolof: nob nala

X

Xhosa: ndiyakuthanda

Y

Yiddish: ich hob dir lib
Yoruba: moni ife e
Yugoslavian: Ya te volim

Z

Zazi: Ezhele hezdege (sp?)
Zuni: Tom ho' ichema
Zulu: Mena Tanda Wena
Zulu: ngiyakuthanda