| Afrikaans |
:Ek is lief vir jou
:Ek het jou lief |
| Albanian |
:Te dua
:Te dashuroj
:Ti je zemra ime |
| Alentejano |
:Gosto de ti, porra! |
| Alsacien (Elsass) |
:Ich hoan dich gear |
| Amharic (Aethio.) |
:Afekrishalehou
:Afekrischalehou |
| Amharic (Ethiopian) |
:Ewedishalehu (male/female to female)
:Ewedihalehu (male/female to male) |
| Apache |
:Sheth she~n zho~n (nasalized vowels like
:French, '~n' as in French 'salon') |
| Arabic (formal) |
:Ohiboke (male to female)
:Ohiboki (male to female) 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 (proper) |
:Ooheboki (male to female)
:Ooheboka (female to male) |
| 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
: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)
:Nhebuk (spoken to someone of importance) |
| Arabic (Umggs.) |
:Ana hebbek |
| Armenian |
:Yes kez si'rumem |
| Ashanti/Akan/Twi |
:Me dor wo |
| Assamese |
:Moi tomak bhal pau |
| Bangladeschi |
:Ami tomake walobashi |
| Basque |
:Maite zaitut
:Nere maitea ("My love.") |
| Bassa |
:Mengweswe |
| Batak |
:Holong rohangku di ho |
| Bemba |
:Ndikufuna |
| Bengali |
:Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi
:Ami tomay bhalobashi
:Ami tomake bahlobashi |
| Berber |
:Lakh tirikh |
| Bicol |
:Namumutan ta ka |
| Bolivian Quechua |
:Qanta munani |
| Bosnian |
:Volim te |
| Braille |
:..:| ..:| |..-.. .::":.., :.:; |
| Brazilian/Portuguese |
:Eu te amo (pronounced 'eiu chee amu')
:Amo te |
| Bulgarian |
:Obicham te
:As te obeicham
:As te obicham
:Obozhavam te ("I love you very much") |
| Burmese |
:Chit pa de |
| Cajun |
:Mi aime jou
:Kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah
:Bon sro lanh oon |
| Canadian French |
:Sh'teme (spoken, sounds like this)
:Je t'aime ("I like you")
:Je t'adore ("I love you") |
| 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 |
| Cherokee |
:Aya gvgeyu'i nihi |
| Cheyenne |
:Ne mohotatse |
| Chichewa |
:Ndimakukonda |
| Chickasaw |
:Chiholloli (first 'i' nasalized) |
| Chinese |
:Goa ai li (Amoy)
:Ngo oi ney (Cantonese)
:Wo oi ney ( " )
:Ngai oi gnee (Hakka)
:Ngai on ni ( " )
: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) |
| Creol |
:Mi aime jou |
| 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 (a downwards pointing arrowhead on top of the 'e' in te, which is pronounced 'ye')
:Miluju te! (colloquial form)
:Ma'm te (velmi) ra'd (male speaker, "I like you (very much)", often used and prefered)
:Ma'm te (velmi) ra'da (female speaker) |
| Danish |
:Jeg elsker dig |
| Dusun |
:Siuhang oku dia |
| Dutch |
:Ik hou van je
:Ik hou van jou
:Ik bemin je (old fashioned)
:Ik bemin jou ( " )
:Ik heb je lief ( " )
:Ik ben verliefd op je ("I am in love with you")
:Ik ben verliefd op jou ( " )
:Ik houd erg veel van jou ("I love you very much")
:Ik houd erg veel van je
:Ik vind je leuk ("I like you")
:Ik vind je aardig ( " )
:Ik vind je heel erg leuk ("I like you very much")
:Ik vind je heel aardig
:Ik zie je graag
:Ik mag jou wel ("I like you")
:Ik mag jou heel graag ("I like you very much")
(the last two are more superficial, thus more suitable for male to male) |
| Ecuador Quechua |
:Canda munani |
| English |
:I love you
:I adore you
:I love thee (used only in Christian context) |
| Esperanto |
:Mi amas vin |
| Estonian |
:Mina armastan sind
:Ma armastan sind |
| Ethiopian |
:Afgreki' |
| Farsi (old) |
:Tora dust mi daram
:Tora dost daram ("I love you")
:Asheghetam
:Doostat daram ("I'm in love with you")
:Man asheghetam ("I'm in love with you") |
| Filipino |
:Mahal ka ta
:Iniibig kita
:Mahal kita |
| Finnish (formal) |
:Mina" rakastan sinua
:Rakastan sinua
:Mina" pida"n sinusta ("I like you") |
| Finnish |
:(Ma") rakastan sua
:(Ma") tykka"a"n susta ("I like you") |
| French |
:Je t'aime ("I love you")
:Je t'adore ("I love you", stronger meaning between lovers)
:J' t'aime bien ("I like you", meant for friends and family, not for lovers) |
| French (formal) |
:Je vous aime |
| Gaelic |
:Ta gra agam ort
:Moo graugh hoo |
| German (formal) |
:Ich liebe Sie (rarely used) |
| German |
:Ich liebe dich
:Ich hab dich lieb (not so classic and conservative) |
| German dialects: |
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| Bavarian (Bayrisch) |
:I moag di gern |
| (Bavaria/Bayern) |
:I mog di (right answer: "I di a")
:I lieb di |
| Berlin dialect (Berlinerisch) |
:Ick liebe dir (Old, very old)
:Ick liebe Dich |
| Berner-Deutsch |
:Ig liebe di |
| Bochumer |
:Ich lieb Dich! |
| Franconian (Fränkisch) |
:Du gfällsd mer fai |
| (Franconia/Franken) |
:Bisd scho mai gouds freggerla (already in a relationship)
:Mid dier ma"cherd ich a amol (sexually touched, ment as a compliment, not litterally)
:(the above 3 entries really mean "I like you", a Franke would never say "I love you") |
| Friesian (Friesisch) |
:Ik hou fan dei (sp?)
:Ik hald fan dei |
| Hessian (Hessisch) |
:Isch habb disch libb |
| Ostfriesisch |
:Ick heb di leev |
| Saarländisch |
:Isch hann disch lieb |
| Saxon (Sächsisch) |
:Isch liebdsch |
| Swiss German (Schweizerdeutsch) |
:Ch'ha di gärn |
| Vorarlberg dialect (Vorarlbergerisch) |
:I stand total uf di |
| Greek |
:S'ayapo (spoken "s'agapo", 3rd letter is lower case 'gamma')
:Eime eroteumenos mazi sou ("I'm in love with)
:Eime eroteumenos me 'sena(you", male to female)
:Eime eroteumeni mazi sou ("I'm in love with)
:Eime eroteumeni me 'sena (you", female to male)
:Se latrevo ("I adore you")
:Se thelo ("I want you", denotes sexual desire) |
| Greek (Arhea/Ancient) |
:Philo se |
| Greenlandic |
:Asavakit |
| Gronings |
:Ik hol van die |
| Guarani' |
:Rohiyu (ro-hai'-hyu) |
| Gujrati |
:Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon.
:Hoon tuney chaoon chhoon ('n' is nasal, not pronounced) |
| Hausa |
: Ina sonki |
| Hawaiian |
:Aloha wau ia 'oe
:Aloha wau ia 'oe nui loa ("I love you very much") |
| Hebrew |
:Anee ohev otakh (male to female)
:Anee ohevet otkha (female to male)
:Anee ohev otkha (male to male)
:Anee ohevet otakh (female to female)
('kh' pronounced like Spanish 'j', Dutch 'g', or similiar to French 'r') |
| 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
:Mae tumko peyar kia
: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'gedet szeretlek ("It's you I love and no one else")
:Szeretlek te'ged ("It's you I love, you know, you", a reinforcement)
(The above two entries are never heard in a normal context.) |
| Ibaloi |
:Pip-piyan tana
:Pipiyan ta han shili ("I like/love you very much") |
| Icelandic |
:Eg elska thig (pronounced 'yeg l-ska 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 ( " ) |
| Interglossa |
:Mi esthe philo tu |
| Italian |
:Ti amo (relationship/lover/spouse)
:Ti voglio bene (between friends)
:Ti voglio (strong sexual meaning, "I want you", refering to other person's body) |
| Irish |
:Taim i' ngra leat |
| Irish/Gaelic |
:t'a gr'a agam dhuit |
| 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 |
| Kankana |
:Laylaydek sik a |
| Kannada |
:Naanu ninnanu preethisuthene
:Naanu ninnanu mohisuthene |
| Kikongo |
:Mono ke zola nge (mono ke' zola nge') |
| Kiswahili |
:Nakupenda
:Nakupenda wewe
:Nakupenda malaika ("I love you, (my) angel") |
| Klingon |
:bangwI' SoH ("You are my beloved")
:qamuSHa' ("I love you")
:qamuSHa'qu' ("I love you very much")
:qaparHa' ("I like you")
:qaparHa'qu' ("I like you very much!")
(words are often unnecessary as the thought is most often conveyed nonverbally with special growlings) |
| Korean |
:(Tangsinul) Saranghae ("I love you")
:(Tangsinul) Saranghaeyo (with a little respect)
:(Tangsinul) Saranghapnida ( " )
:Nanun dangsineul saranghapnida ( " )
:Tangsinul
:Tangsinul sarang ha yo ("I love you, dear")
:Dangsinul saranghee yo
:Saranghee
:Nanun dangsineul joahapnida ("I like you")
:Nanun dangsineul mucheog joahapnida ("I like very much")
:Nanun dangsineul mucheog saranghapnida ("I love you very much")
:Nanun gdaega joa ("I like him" or "I like her")
:Nanun gdaereul saranghapnida ("I love him" or "I love her")
:Gdaereul hjanghan naemaeum alji ("You know how much I love him/her")
:Nanun neoreul saranghanda
:Joahaeyo ("I like you")
:Saranghaeyo (more formal)
:Saranghapanida (more respectful)
:Norul sarang hae (male to female in casual relationship)
:Tangshini choayo ("I like you, in a romantic way") |
| Kpele |
:I walikana |
| Kurdish |
:Ez te hezdikhem |
| Lao |
:Khoi hak jao
:Khoi mak jao lai ("I love you very much")
:Khoi hak jao lai ("I like you very much")
:Khoi mak jao (This means "I prefer you", but is used for "I love you".) |
| Latin |
:Te amo
:Vos amo |
| Latin (old) |
:(Ego) Amo te ('Ego', for emphasis) |
| Latvian |
:Es tevi milu (pronounced 'es tevy meelu')
('i in 'milu' has a line over it, a 'long i')
:Es milu tevi (less common) |
| Lebanese |
:Bahibak |
| Lingala |
:Nalingi yo |
| Lisbon lingo |
:Gramo-te bue', chavalinha! |
| Lithuanian |
:Tave myliu (Ta-ve mee-lyu)
:Ash mir lutavah |
| Lojban |
:Mi do prami |
| Luo |
:Aheri |
| Luxembourgish |
:Ech hun dech gär |
| Maa |
:Ilolenge |
| 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/Indonesian |
:Saya cintakan kamu (grammatically correct)
:Saya cinta akan kamu(expanded version of above)
:Saya sayangkan kamu (grammatically correct)
:Saya sayang akan kamu (expanded version)
:Aku cinta pada mu (most direct translation)
:Saya cintakan awak
:Aku cinta pada kau
:Saya cinta pada mu (best, most commonly used)
:Saya sayangkan engkau ('engkau' often shortened to 'kau', 'engkau' is informal form and should only be used if you know the person _really_ well)
:Saya sayang pada mu
:Aku sayangkan engkau
:Saya sayang pada mu
:Aku menyintai mu
:Aku menyayangi mu
:Aku kasih pada mu
:Aku jatuh cinta pada mu |
| Malayalam |
:Ngan ninne snaehikkunnu
:Njyaan ninne' preetikyunnu
:Njyaan ninne' mohikyunnu |
| Maltese |
:Jien inhobbok |
| Marathi |
:Mi tuzya var prem karato
:Me tujhashi prem karto (male to female)
:Me tujhashi prem karte (female to male) |
| Marshallese |
:Yokwe yuk (sort of multi-purpose, like Aloha, literally "Love to you, my friend") |
| Mohawk |
:Konoronhkwa |
| Mokilese |
:Ngoah mweoku kaua |
| 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: outdated, formerly used by upper-class and conservative people) |
| Nyanja |
:Ninatemba |
| Op |
:Op lopveop yopuop |
| Osetian |
:Aez dae warzyn |
| Pakistani |
:Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai
:Muje se mu habbat hai |
| Papiamento |
:Mi ta stima'bo |
| Pig Latin |
:Ie ovele ouye |
| Pilipino |
:Mahal kita
:Iniibig kita |
| Polish |
:Kocham cie
:Kocham ciebie
:Ja cie kocham (slang, not commonly used) |
| Portuguese/Brazilian |
:Eu te amo (pronounced 'eiu chee amu')
:Amo te |
| Pulaar |
:Mbe de yid ma (mbe: d: yidh ma)
(Pronounced as two words, "Mbe deyidma". 'b' and second 'd' have bars through the stems indicating affrication, the ':' indicate minute pauses) |
| Punjabi |
:Main tainu pyar karna
:Mai taunu pyar karda
:Mein nu terey naªl piyaar ay (pronounced: "meinu therei naal piya'rei", th as in bath)
' = stressed syllable |
| Pushto |
:Mung jane' (pronounced: "puxto: mu'ng jane'") |
| Quenya |
:Tye-mela'ne |
| Raetoromanisch |
:Te amo |
| Romanian |
:Te iubesc
:Te ador (stronger) |
| Russian |
:Ya vas lyublyu (old fashioned)
:Ya tyebya lyublyu (best)
:Ya lyublyu vas (old fashioned)
:Ya lyublyu tyebya |
| Samoan |
:Ou te alofa outou
:Ou te alofa ia te oe
:Talo'fa ia te oe ("Hello, from me to you") |
| Sanskrit |
:Anurag (a higher love, like the love of music or art) |
| Scot-Gaelic |
:Tha gradh agam ort |
| 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 (familiar) |
:Ja te volim (used in proper speech)
:Volim te (used in common speech) |
| 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 |
| Sinhala |
:Mama oya'ta a'darei |
| Sioux |
:Techihhila |
| Slovak |
:Lubim ta |
| Slovene |
:Ljubim te |
| Spanish |
:Te amo
:Te quiero
:Te adoro ("I adore you")
:Te deseo ("I desire you")
:Me antojis ("I crave you") |
| Srilankan |
:Mama oyata arderyi |
| Swahili |
:Nakupenda
:Naku penda (followed by the person's name)
:Ninikupenda
:Dholu'o |
| Swedish |
:Jag a"lskar dig ('dig' pronounced like 'day') |
| 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
:Nan unnai kathalikaren
:Ni yaanai kaadli karen ("You love me")
:Nªan unnaki kathalikkinren ("I love you")
:Nam vi'rmberem |
| Telugu |
:Ninnu premistunnanu
:Neenu ninnu pra'mistu'nnanu
:Nenu ninnu premistunnanu |
| Thai (formal) |
:Phom rak khun (male to female)
:Phom ruk koon ( " )
:Ch'an rak khun (female to male)
:Chun ruk koon ( " ) |
| Thai |
:Khao raak thoe (affectionate, sweet, loving) |
| Tswana |
:Dumela |
| Tunisian |
:Ha eh bak |
| Turkish (formal) |
:Sizi seviyorum |
| Turkish |
:Seni seviyorum
:Seni begeniyorum ("I adore you")
(g has a bar on it) |
| Twi |
:Me dowapaa |
| 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
:Mujge tumae mahabbat hai
:Kam prem kartahai
:Mujhe tum se piyaar hai (pronounced: mujhei' Oo'm se' piya'r ha'e")
:Mujhe tum se muhabbat hai (pronounced: "mujhe'i Oo'm se' mohub:u'th ha'e", th as in bath)
' = stressed syllable, Oo' = o like in bold |
| Vai |
:Na lia |
| Vdrmldndska |
:Du dr gvrgo te mdg |
| Vietnamese |
:Anh yeªu em (male to female)
:Em yeªu anh (female to male)
:Toi yeu em |
| Volapäk |
:Läfob oli |
| Vulcan |
:Wani ra yana ro aisha |
| Welsh |
:Rwy'n dy garu di
:Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi) |
| Wolof |
:Da ma la nope
:Da ma la nop (da ma'lanop) |
| Yiddish |
:Ikh hob dikh lib
:Ich libe dich
:Ich han dich lib
:Kh'hob dikh lib
:Kh'ob dikh holt
:Ikh bin in dir farlibt |
| Yucatec Maya |
:'in k'aatech (the love of lovers)
:'in yabitmech (the love of family, which lovers can also feel; it indicates more a desire to spoil and protect the other person) |
| Yugoslavian |
:Ja te volim |
| Zazi |
:Ezhele hezdege (sp?) |
| Zulu |
:Mena tanda wena
:Ngiyakuthanda! |
| Zuni |
:Tom ho' ichema |
