"I Love You" in Different Languages

Saying 'I Love You' is the best way to express your love, most especially if said with a heart. Read this list to know how to say I love you in different languages.  Just always remember: It doesn't matter how you say these three magical words, its how you show it:)

Afrikaans Ek is lief vir jou Ek het jou lief Albanian Te dua Amharic Afekrishalehou Arabic Ana Behibak (to a male) Ana Behibek (to a female) Armenian kezi chat ge sirem (in western Armenian) yes kez sirum em (in eastern armenian) yes kez shat em siroom aruba bonaire and curacao mi stimabo Assyr Assyrian Az tha hijthmekem 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 (A region of Spain and France) Maite zaitut. 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 Bosnian volim te (most common)  (Volim Te Ba) ja te volim (less common) Brazilian Portuguese eu te amo Bulgarian Obicham te Cambodian kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah Bon sro lanh oon Cantonese Ngo oi ney Catalan T'estim (mallorcan) T'estime (valencian) T'estimo (catalonian) T'estim molt (I love you a lot) Cebuano Gi Gugma Kita chaldean a new form of aramaek Hey- Ben- nahh (to female) Hey-Ben-noohh (to male) Chamorro Hu Guiya Hao Chanchal main (i like you) main Tere bina main ji nahi pauga (i love you) mail tere bina kaha jauga Chinese Wo ie ni Manderin Wo ai ni Croatian Volim te (most common), or Ja te volim (less common) Czech miluji te Danish Jeg elsker dig Dhivehi (Maldivian Language) Aharen Kalaa Dhekeh Loabivey Dutch Ik hou van jou East Timor (Timorese) Hau hadomi (Hau=I hadomi=love o=you) English I love you! Esperanto Mi amas vin Estonian Ma armastan sind 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 Friesian Ik bin fereale op dy 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 German Ich liebe dich 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 Hebrew aNEE oHEIVET oTKHA (female to male) aNEE oHEIV otAKH (male to female) female to male "ani ohevet otcha". male to female "ani ohev otach". Hindi Main tumse pyar karta hun (Male will say to Female) Mai Tumshe 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 Hmong "Kuv Hlub Koj" 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 (Guwahati, India) moi tumak val pau 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 Malayalam-2 Malayalam-3 Malayalam (Kerala) ngyaan ninne premikkunnu (Enjan Ninnei Premikunnu) "Njan ninne pranikunnu" or "njan ninne premikkinu" "enikku ninne ishttamanu" (enneke nine ishtam) NJAN NINNE SNEHIKKUNNU (Njan ninne premikkunnu) nnan   ninney   snehikkunnu enikku ninne ishtamanu nan ninne premikkunnu, nan ninne snehikkunnu Manipuri aina nangbu nunshi Oriya Mu tumaku bhala paye Punjabi Main tenu pyar karda haan 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 Telugu 1. "Nenu ninnu premisthunnaanu" (It represents the opposite person in SINGULAR). 2. "Nenu mimmalni Premisthunnaanu" (It represents the opposite person in PLURAL). naanu ninnu premishthaanu (Nenu Ninnu Premisttu nanu) Nenu Ninnu Premisthunnanu  (nenne nenu premistunnanu) Marathi Mala tujhashi prem aahe.  Maza Tuzyavar Prem Ahe Majha tujhyavar prem aahe Indonesian Saya cinta padamu Saya Cinta Kamu Aku tjinta padamu saya mengasihi saudari (formal expression from male to female) saya mengasihi saudara (formal expression from female to male) 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 language (a tribe in Indonesia) kulo tresno panjenengan (high languange) aku tresno karo kowe (low languange)  (Aku tresna kowe!) 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 ?) Javanese Kulo tresno marang panjenengan (formal) 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 Kurdish Ez te hezdikhem 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 Latin Te amo  (Ego te amo ?) Vos amo Amo te Latvian Es Tevi milu  (Es m lu Tevi ?) Lingala Nalingi yo Lithuanian að myliu tave  (As Myliu Tave)Aš tave myliu. [Ash tave myliu] Luganda (from Uganda) nkwagala Luo Aheri Macedonian Te sakam Madrid lingo Me molas, tronca 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 west central Argentina by the Mapuche) Inchepoyeneimi Mohawk Konoronhkwa Moldova (Moldovian) Te iubescCraciun fericit si un An Nou fericit! (Merry Christmas and a happy new year!) Mongolia Bi chamd khairtai Myanmar (Burma) Nga nint ko chit dae Nga nint go chit tel. Navajo Ayor anosh'ni Ndebele Ngiyakuthanda Nepali Ma timlai maya/prem garchu Norwegian Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal) Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk) Pashto (National Language of Afghanistan) Za Tasara Meena Kawam Za tha sara meena laram  (Za la ta sara meena kawom) Persian Tora dost daram  (Tora Doost Darem ?)Duset daaram (informal language) Dustat daaram (more peotic) \'a\' here sounds like \'a\' in \'pat\' and \'aa\' sounds like \'u\' in \'umberlla\'. :)) Pilipino Mahal Kita Iniibig Kita Polish Kocham cię Ja Cie Kocham (Pronounced Yacha kocham) Ja cię kocham (thats acurate spelling) is completly not in use. \"Ja\" is \"I\" and in this type of sentence we just skip it. Portuguese Eu amo-te (continental) Eu te amo (Brazilian) Punjabi Main tenu pyar karda haan Meno Tere Na Pyar Wa Menu Twadey Naal Pyar Hai me tumse pyar ker ta hu' Romanian Te iubesc Russian Ya lyublyu tebya Ya vas lyublyu Ya tebya liubliu Scot Gaelic Tha gra\dh agam ort Serbian Volim te (most common), or Ja te volim" (less common) Serbo-Croatian Volim te Shona Ndinokuda Sinhalese Mama Oyata Aadarei Sioux Techihhila Slovak lubim ta Slovenian (Slovene) Ljubim te Somalia Languages Waan kujeclahay Spanish Te quiero Te amo Swahili Naku penda Swedish Jag älskar dig (pronounces) jag aelskar dig Swiss-German Ch'ha di ga"rn Tagalog Mahal kita Iniibig kita Taiwanese Gwa ai lee Tamil NAN UNNAI KHADAL LIKERAN Naan Unnai Khadalikkeren Thai Phom Rak Khun Ch'an Rak Khun Khao Raak Thoe / chun raak ter Tibetan Nga Chola Gagai Yo. Nga Chola Tsewa Yo Tunisian NMOUT ALIK Ha eh bak (ÃÍÈß - spelled AHEBAK) Turkish Seni seviyorum! Ukranian Ya tebya kahayu Ya tebe kohayu (Ya tebe kohau) ya tebya lyublyu (Russian variant) Yalleh blutebeh Ya lublu tebe (ryss variant) Urdu (Pakistan) MUJHAY TUM SAY MOHABBAT HAY  or Main tum say pyar karta hoon. Mea tum se pyaar karta hu (when a guy says it) Mea tum se pyar karti hu (when a gal says it) Vietnamese Anh ye^u em (man to woman) Em ye^u anh (woman to man) Toi yeu em Vlaams (Flemish) ik zie je graag or ik hou van je Ik heb je lief (in songs) Welsh 'Rwy'n dy garu di. Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi) Rwy'n caru ti western Lombard mi te voeuri ben (Milan/Milano-Com/Como-Varez/Varese-Lodt/Lodi-Lech/Lecco-Pavia/Pavia-Nuara/Novara 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 Yoruba Mo ni ife re Zazi Ezhele hezdege (sp?) Zuni Tom ho' ichema

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

Sign Language:

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