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"I Love You" in Different Languages

Ek is lief vir jou

Afrikaans
Ek het jou lief
Albanian Te dua
Amharic Afekrishalehou
Ana Behibak (to a male)
Arabic
Ana Behibek (to a female)
kezi chat ge sirem (in western Armenian)
Armenian yes kez sirum em (in eastern armenian)
yes kez shat em siroom
aruba
mi stimabo
bonaire and curacao
Assyr Az tha hijthmekem
Assyrian ANA KI BAYINAKH

Australian 'ave a beer :-) (Please keep in mind that this is only a joke! Yes, Australians speak
English.)

Azerbaijanian Men seni severam

Basque Maite zaitut.

(A region of Spain and France) Asko maite zaitut. (I love you a lot) Nere Maitea (My love)
Bavarian I mog di narrisch gern
Bengali Ami tomAy bhAlobAshi
Berber Lakh tirikh
BHOJPURI ham tahara se pyar karila
Bicol Namumutan ta ka
Bisaya Nahigugma ko nimo
volim te (most common) (Volim Te Ba)
Bosnian
ja te volim (less common)
Brazilian Portuguese eu te amo
Bulgarian Obicham te
kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah
Cambodian
Bon sro lanh oon
Cantonese Ngo oi ney
T'estim (mallorcan)
T'estime (valencian)
Catalan
T'estimo (catalonian)
T'estim molt (I love you a lot)
Cebuano Gi Gugma Kita
chaldean Hey- Ben- nahh (to female)
a new form of aramaek Hey-Ben-noohh (to male)
Chamorro Hu Guiya Hao

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main (i like you)

Chanchal main Tere bina main ji nahi pauga (i love you)
mail tere bina kaha jauga
Chinese Wo ie ni
Manderin
Wo ai ni

Volim te (most common), or

Croatian
Ja te volim (less common)
Czech miluji te
Danish Jeg elsker dig
Dhivehi Aharen Kalaa Dhekeh Loabivey
(Maldivian Language)

Dutch Ik hou van jou

East Timor (Timorese) Hau hadomi (Hau=I hadomi=love o=you)
English I love you!
Esperanto Mi amas vin
Ma armastan sind
Estonian
Mina armastan sind (formal)
Persian (Farsi) Tora dust midaram

Flemish (Vlaams) ik zie je graag or ik hou van je

Ik heb je lief (in songs)

Finnish Mina rakastan sinua

French Je t'aime
Ik bin fereale op dy
Friesian
Ik ha^ld fan dy (Most commonly used phrase) (the ^ is above the a)
Gaelic Ta gra agam ort (Tá mé i ngrá leat?)
Galician Ámote
Georgian Me shen mikvarkhar
Ich liebe dich
German i moag di (an old saying for "i like you")
I mog Di ganz arg! (Suebian: South German dialekt.)
Greek S'agapo
Hausa Ina sonki
Hawaiian Aloha wau ia 'oe
aNEE oHEIVET oTKHA (female to male)
aNEE oHEIV otAKH (male to female)
Hebrew
female to male "ani ohevet otcha".
male to female "ani ohev otach".
Main tumse pyar karta hun (Male will say to Female) Mai Tumshe
Hindi Pyaar Karta Hun
Main tumse pyar karti hun (Female will say to Male)
Hokkien Gwa ai di (Wa ai lu?)
Hopi Nu' umi unangwa'ta

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"Kuv Hlub Koj"

Hmong
Pronounced "Goo (rising tone) Hloo (high tone) Gah (falling tone"
Hungarian Szeretlek te'ged
Icelandic Ég elska þig (pronounced jeg elska thig)

Indian languages:

Assamese
moi tumak val pau
(Guwahati, India)

Gujarati
(a dialect of India) "Tane Prem Karoo Choo"

Kannada Nanu nimmege preti maditi idini

Naanu Ninna Preethisuve (Naanu Ninanu Pritisutene)
Maithili
hom ahaan sei pyaar karey chhi

Malayalam-1 ngyaan ninne premikkunnu (Enjan Ninnei Premikunnu)

Malayalam-2 "Njan ninne pranikunnu" or "njan ninne premikkinu"
Malayalam-3 "enikku ninne ishttamanu" (enneke nine ishtam)
Malayalam NJAN NINNE SNEHIKKUNNU (Njan ninne premikkunnu)
(Kerala) nnan ninney snehikkunnu
enikku ninne ishtamanu
nan ninne premikkunnu, nan ninne snehikkunnu
Manipuri
aina nangbu nunshi

Oriya
Mu tumaku bhala paye

Main tenu pyar karda haan

Punjabi Meno Tere Na Pyar Wa
Menu Twadey Naal Pyar Hai
me tumse pyar ker ta hu'
Sindhi Aue tava saa pyar kar ya ti ( female to male)
Aue tosa pyaar kar ya to ( male to female
Tamil NAN UNNAI KHADAL LIKERAN
Naan Unnai Khadalikkeren
1. "Nenu ninnu premisthunnaanu" (It represents the opposite
person in SINGULAR).
Telugu 2. "Nenu mimmalni Premisthunnaanu" (It represents the opposite
person in PLURAL).
naanu ninnu premishthaanu (Nenu Ninnu Premisttu nanu)
Nenu Ninnu Premisthunnanu (nenne nenu premistunnanu)
Mala tujhashi prem aahe.
Marathi
Maza Tuzyavar Prem Ahe
Majha tujhyavar prem aahe
Saya cinta padamu
Saya Cinta Kamu
Indonesian Aku tjinta padamu
saya mengasihi saudari (formal expression from male to female)
saya mengasihi saudara (formal expression from female to male)

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Malay/Indonesian Saya cintakan awak(awak=kamu=you)

Aku sayang engkau (engkau=kamu=you)
Malay Saya cintamu
Saya sayangmu (Saya cintakan mu / Saya cinta mu ?)
Niasan
(one of tribes in
Indonesia) omasido khou

Javanese kulo tresno panjenengan (high languange)

language aku tresno karo kowe (low languange) (Aku tresna kowe!)
(a tribe in Indonesia)
in Java Indonesia: aku cinta kamu

Irish taim i' ngra leat

Italian Ti amo
Ivatan Ichaddaw ko imo
Japanese Kimi o ai shiteru (Anata wa, dai suki desu ?)
Kulo tresno marang panjenengan (formal)
Javanese
aku terno kowe (informal)
Karen Ya Eh Na Arr Gyi Law.
Kashmiri meh chi chain maai
Kazakh Men seny jaksy kuremyn
Kiswahili Nakupenda
Konkani Hanv tukka preeti karta
Korean Tangsinul sarang ha yo (SA LANG HAE / Na No Sa Lan Hei?)
Koryese Ten� eretemar
Ez te hezdikhem
Kurdish
mn tom oxshawet or xoshm awet ???
Hawrami Washem Grakani
Kyrgyz Men seni syuem
Lahu Nga naw hta ha ja.
Lao Khoi huk chau
Laos Chanrackkun
Te amo (Ego te amo ?)
Latin Vos amo
Amo te
Latvian Es Tevi milu (Es m lu Tevi ?)
Lingala Nalingi yo
að myliu tave (As Myliu Tave)
Lithuanian
Aš tave myliu. [Ash tave myliu]
Luganda (from Uganda) nkwagala
Luo Aheri
Macedonian Te sakam
Madrid lingo Me molas, tronca

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Malaysian saya cinta awak or saya sayang awak

Maldivian dhivehi - varah loabi vey
Maltese Inħobbok (Inħobbok Ħafna: I love you very much!)

Mandarian Wo ai ni
Mapudungun
(a language spoken in central Chile and Inchepoyeneimi
west central Argentina by the Mapuche)

Mohawk Konoronhkwa
Te iubesc
Moldova (Moldovian) Craciun fericit si un An Nou fericit! (Merry Christmas and a happy
new year!)
Mongolia Bi chamd khairtai
Nga nint ko chit dae
Myanmar (Burma)
Nga nint go chit tel.
Navajo Ayor anosh'ni
Ndebele Ngiyakuthanda
Nepali Ma timlai maya/prem garchu
Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal)
Norwegian
Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)

Pashto Za Tasara Meena Kawam

(National Language of Afghanistan) Za tha sara meena laram (Za la ta sara meena kawom)
Tora dost daram (Tora Doost Darem ?)
Persian Duset daaram (informal language)
Dustat daaram (more peotic)
\'a\' here sounds like \'a\' in \'pat\' and \'aa\' sounds like \'u\' in \'umberlla\'. :))

Mahal Kita
Pilipino
Iniibig Kita
Kocham cię
Ja Cie Kocham (Pronounced Yacha kocham)
Polish
Ja cię kocham (thats acurate spelling) is completly not in use.
\"Ja\" is \"I\" and in this type of sentence we just skip it.
Eu amo-te (continental)
Portuguese
Eu te amo (Brazilian)
Main tenu pyar karda haan
Meno Tere Na Pyar Wa
Punjabi
Menu Twadey Naal Pyar Hai
me tumse pyar ker ta hu'
Romanian Te iubesc
Ya lyublyu tebya
Russian Ya vas lyublyu
Ya tebya liubliu
Scot Gaelic Tha gra\dh agam ort
Volim te (most common), or
Serbian
Ja te volim" (less common)
Serbo-Croatian Volim te
Shona Ndinokuda

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Sinhalese Mama Oyata Aadarei

Sioux Techihhila
Slovak lubim ta
Slovenian (Slovene) Ljubim te
Somalia Languages Waan kujeclahay
Te quiero
Spanish
Te amo
Swahili Naku penda
Swedish Jag älskar dig (pronounces) jag aelskar dig
Swiss-German Ch'ha di ga"rn
Mahal kita
Tagalog
Iniibig kita
Taiwanese Gwa ai lee
NAN UNNAI KHADAL LIKERAN
Tamil
Naan Unnai Khadalikkeren
Phom Rak Khun
Thai Ch'an Rak Khun
Khao Raak Thoe / chun raak ter
Tibetan Nga Chola Gagai Yo. Nga Chola Tsewa Yo
NMOUT ALIK
Tunisian
Ha eh bak (ÃÍÈß - spelled AHEBAK)
Turkish Seni seviyorum!
Ya tebya kahayu
Ya tebe kohayu (Ya tebe kohau)
Ukranian ya tebya lyublyu (Russian variant)
Yalleh blutebeh
Ya lublu tebe (ryss variant)

MUJHAY TUM SAY MOHABBAT HAY or

Main tum say pyar karta hoon.
Urdu (Pakistan)
Mea tum se pyaar karta hu (when a guy says it)
Mea tum se pyar karti hu (when a gal says it)
Anh ye^u em (man to woman)
Vietnamese Em ye^u anh (woman to man)
Toi yeu em
ik zie je graag or ik hou van je
Vlaams (Flemish)
Ik heb je lief (in songs)
'Rwy'n dy garu di.
Welsh Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi)
Rwy'n caru ti
mi te voeuri ben
(Milan/Milano-Com/Como-Varez/Varese-Lodt/Lodi-Lech/Lecco-Pavia/Pavia-Nuara/Novara
western Lombard and in Switzerland Tesin/Ticino and Graubunden/Grizun-for a total population 12,000,000
and 80% mother tongues and bilingual with Italian)

xhosa ndiyakuthanda
Yiddish Ikh hob dikh lib

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Yoruba Mo ni ife re
Zazi Ezhele hezdege (sp?)
Zuni Tom ho' ichema

*Bicol -> Philipin dialect

*Ndebele -> Zimbabwe
*Vlaams -> Belgian Dutch
*Zazi -> Kurdic dialect
*
*Shona -> Zimbabwe
*Luo -> Kenya
*a" -> a with umlaut
*e^ -> ^ above e

Spread hand out so no fingers are touching. Bring in middle & ring fingers and touch then
Sign Language:
to the palm of your hand.

It doesn't matter how you say, just how you show it(: (Megan)

P.S.: I receive so many messages from people all over the world. Those messages (the contributions) are all
appreciated. Unfortunately, I simply don't have enough time to respond them. I hope this would be
understood. Thanks. Sadi

Comments/Contributions Last updated: March 23, 2010

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