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How to say "I love you" in over 100 different languages

November 24, 2008 by Brian James 

As the international community moves towards a unified vision of one world, we should each take the next step in expanding our knowledge of foreign languages. Let’s begin with the basics.

Here’s a list of ways to say “I love you” in over 100 languages:

  1. English - I love you
  2. Afrikaans - Ek het jou lief
  3. Albanian - Te dua
  4. Arabic - Ana behibak (to male)
  5. Arabic - Ana behibek (to female)
  6. Armenian - Yes kez sirumem
  7. Bambara - M’bi fe
  8. Bengali - Ami tomake bhalobashi (pronounced: Amee toe-ma-kee bhalo-bashee)
  9. Belarusian - Ya tabe kahayu
  10. Bisaya - Nahigugma ako kanimo
  11. Bulgarian - Obicham te
  12. Cambodian - Soro lahn nhee ah
  13. Catalan - T’estimo
  14. Cherokee - Tsi ge yu i
  15. Cheyenne - Ne mohotatse
  16. Chichewa - Ndimakukonda
  17. Chinese
    Cantonese - Ngo oiy ney a
    Mandarin - Wo ai ni
  18. Comanche - U kamakutu nu
    (pronounced oo——ka-ma-koo-too——-nu) — Thx Tony
  19. Corsican - Ti tengu caru (to male)
  20. Cree - Kisakihitin
  21. Creol - Mi aime jou
  22. Croatian - Volim te
  23. Czech - Miluji te
  24. Danish - Jeg Elsker Dig
  25. Dutch - Ik hou van jou
  26. Elvish - Amin mela lle (from The Lord of The Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien)
  27. Esperanto - Mi amas vin
  28. Estonian - Ma armastan sind
  29. Ethiopian - Afgreki’
  30. Faroese - Eg elski teg
  31. Farsi - Doset daram
  32. Filipino - Mahal kita
  33. Finnish - Mina rakastan sinua
  34. French - Je t’aime, Je t’adore
  35. Frisian - Ik hald fan dy
  36. Gaelic - Ta gra agam ort
  37. Georgian - Mikvarhar
  38. German - Ich liebe dich
  39. Greek - S’agapo
  40. Gujarati - Hoo thunay prem karoo choo
  41. Hiligaynon - Palangga ko ikaw
  42. Hawaiian - Aloha Au Ia`oe
  43. Hebrew
    To female - “ani ohev otach” (said by male) “ohevet Otach” (said by female)
    To male - “ani ohev otcha” (said by male) “Ohevet ot’cha” (said by female)
  44. Hiligaynon - Guina higugma ko ikaw
  45. Hindi - Hum Tumhe Pyar Karte hae
  46. Hmong - Kuv hlub koj
  47. Hopi - Nu’ umi unangwa’ta
  48. Hungarian - Szeretlek
  49. Icelandic - Eg elska tig
  50. Ilonggo - Palangga ko ikaw
  51. Indonesian - Saya cinta padamu
  52. Inuit - Negligevapse
  53. Irish - Taim i’ ngra leat
  54. Italian - Ti amo
  55. Japanese - Aishiteru or Anata ga daisuki desu
  56. Kannada - Naanu ninna preetisuttene
  57. Kapampangan - Kaluguran daka
  58. Kiswahili - Nakupenda
  59. Konkani - Tu magel moga cho
  60. Korean - Sarang Heyo or Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida
  61. Latin - Te amo
  62. Latvian - Es tevi miilu
  63. Lebanese - Bahibak
  64. Lithuanian - Tave myliu
  65. Luxembourgeois - Ech hun dech gaer
  66. Macedonian - Te Sakam
  67. Malay - Saya cintakan mu / Aku cinta padamu
  68. Malayalam - Njan Ninne Premikunnu
  69. Maltese - Inhobbok
  70. Marathi - Me tula prem karto
  71. Mohawk - Kanbhik
  72. Moroccan - Ana moajaba bik
  73. Nahuatl - Ni mits neki
  74. Navaho - Ayor anosh’ni
  75. Ndebele - Niyakutanda
  76. Norwegian
    Bokmaal - Jeg elsker deg
    Nyonrsk - Eg elskar deg
  77. Pandacan - Syota na kita!!
  78. Pangasinan - Inaru Taka
  79. Papiamento - Mi ta stimabo
  80. Persian - Doo-set daaram
  81. Pig Latin - Iay ovlay ouyay
  82. Polish - Kocham Ciebie
  83. Portuguese - Eu te amo
  84. Romanian - Te iubesc
  85. Russian - Ya tebya liubliu
  86. Scot Gaelic - Tha gra\dh agam ort
  87. Serbian - Volim te
  88. Setswana - Ke a go rata
  89. Sign Language - „,/ (represents position of fingers when signing ‘I Love You’)
  90. Sindhi - Maa tokhe pyar kendo ahyan
  91. Sioux - Techihhila
  92. Slovak - Lu`bim ta
  93. Slovenian - Ljubim te
  94. Spanish - Te quiero / Te amo
  95. Swahili - Ninapenda wewe
  96. Swedish - Jag alskar dig
  97. Swiss-German - Ich lieb Di
  98. Surinam - Mi lobi joe
  99. Tagalog - Mahal kita
  100. Taiwanese - Wa ga ei li
  101. Tahitian - Ua Here Vau Ia Oe
  102. Tamil - Nan unnai kathalikaraen
  103. Telugu - Nenu ninnu premistunnanu
  104. Thai - Phom rak khun
  105. Tunisian - Ha eh bak
  106. Turkish - Seni Seviyorum
  107. Ukrainian - Ya tebe kahayu
  108. Urdu - mai aap say pyaar karta hoo
  109. Vietnamese - To female - Anh ye^u em
  110. Welsh - ‘Rwy’n dy garu di
  111. Yiddish - Ikh hob dikh
  112. Yoruba - Mo ni fe
  113. Zazi - Ezhele hezdege
  114. Zuni - Tom ho’ ichema

We’ve covered a lot, but let us know of any we’re missing!

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