| How to say I love you |
| LANGUAGE | 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) amo te (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! |
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