| Afrikaans |
Ek het jou liefe
Ek
is lief vir jou
|
| Albanian |
Te
dua
Te dashuroj
|
Alentejano
(Portugal) |
Gosto De Ti, Porra ! |
| Alsacien |
Ich
hoan dich gear |
| Amharic |
Afekrishalehou |
| Arabic |
Ana
Ba-heb-bak
Ana
Behibak (to a male)
Ana
Behibek (to a female)
Ib'n
hebbak
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
(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
(non standard) |
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)
|
| Assamese |
Moi
tomak bhal pau |
| Basc |
Nere
Maitea |
| Batak |
Holong
rohangku di ho |
| Bavarian |
I
mog di narrisch gern |
| Bengali |
Ami
tomay 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
Kh_nhaum
soro_lahn nhee_ah
|
| Canadian
French |
Sh'teme
(spoken, sounds like this) |
| Cantonese |
Moi
oiy neya
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 |
(see the
entries for Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien and
Mandarin) |
| Corsican |
Ti
tengu cara (to female)
Ti tengu
caru (to male)
|
| Croatian |
Ljubim
te |
| Czech |
Miluji
te
Miluju
te (colloquial form)
|
| Danish |
Jeg
elsker dig |
| Dutch |
Ik
hou van jou
Ik ben verliefd
op je
|
| Ecuador
Quechua |
Canda
munani |
| English |
I
love you
I adore you
|
| Esperanto |
Mi
amas vin |
| Estonian |
Mina
armastan sind
Ma armastan sind
|
| Fang
(Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon) |
Ma
djing wa |
| Farsi |
Tora
dust midaram
Asheghetam
|
| Farsi
(Persian) |
Doostat
daram |
| Filipino |
Mahal
ka ta
Iniibig kita
|
| Finnish |
Mina"
rakastan sinua |
| Flemish |
Ik
zie oe geerne |
| French |
Je
t'aime
Je t'adore
|
| Friesian |
Ik
hald fan dei |
| Gaelic |
Ta
gra agam ort |
| German |
Ich
liebe Dich |
| Greek |
S'ayapo
(spoken s'agapo, 3rd letter is lower case
'gamma') |
| Greek
(old) |
(Ego)
philo su (ego is only needed for
emphasis) |
| Greenlandic |
Asavakit |
| Gujrati |
Hoon
tane pyar karoochhoon |
| Hakka |
Nyai
oi ni |
| Hausa |
Ina
sonki |
| Hawaiian |
Aloha
i'a au oe |
| 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
tumase pyar karata hun (male to female)
Mai
tumase pyar karati hun (female to male)
Main
tumse prem karta hoon
Mai
tumhe pyar karta hoon
Main
tumse pyar karta hoon
Mai
tumse peyar karta hnu
Mai
tumse pyar karta hoo
Mai
tujhe pyaar kartha hoo
|
| Hokkien |
Wa
ai lu |
| Hopi |
Nu'
umi unangwa'ta |
| Hungarian |
Szeretlek
Szeretlek te'ged
|
| Icelandic |
Eg
elska thig |
| Indonesian |
Saya
cinta padamu (saya, commonly used)
Saya
cinta kamu (saya, commonly used)
Saya
kasih saudari (saya, commonly used)
Aku
cinta kamu (aku, not often used)
Aku
cinta padamu (aku, not often used)
Aku
tjinta padamu (aku, not often used)
|
| Iranian |
Mahn
doostaht doh-rahm |
| Irish |
Taim
i' ngra leat |
| Italian |
Ti amo
(if it's a relationship/lover/spouse)
Ti
voglio bene (if it's a friend, or
relative)
|
| Japanese |
Aishite
iru
Chuu
shite yo
Kimi o
ai shit iru
Ora omee
no koto ga suki da
Ore wa
omae ga suki da
Suki
desu (used at 1st time, like for a
start, when you are not yet real lovers)
Suitonnen
Sukiyanen
Suki yo
Watashi
wa anata ga suki desu
Watashi
wa anata o aishite imasu
Watakushi
wa anata o ai shimasu
|
| Javanese |
Kulo
tresno |
| Kannada |
Naanu
ninnanu preethisuthene
Naanu ninnanu mohisuthene |
| Kiswahili |
Nakupenda |
| Klingon |
Qabang
QaparHa'
(depends where in the galaxy you are)
|
| Korean |
Gdaereul
hjanghan naemaeum alji
Joahaeyo
Nanun
dangsineul mucheog joahapnida
Nanun
dangsineul saranghapnida
Nanun
gdaega joa
Nanun
gdaereul saranghapnida
Nanun
neoreul saranghanda
Nanun
tangshinul sarang hamnida
No-rul
sarang hae (man to woman in casual
relation)
Saranghae
Saranghaeyo
Saranghapanida
Tangshin-i
cho-a-yo (I like you, in a romantic way)
Tangshin-ul
sarang hae-yo
Tangsinul
sarang ha yo
|
| Kurdish |
Ez
te hezdikhem |
| Lao |
Koi
muk jao
Khoi huk chau
|
| Latin |
Te
amo
Vos amo
|
| Latin
(old) |
(Ego)
amo te (ego, for emphasis) |
| Latvian |
Es milu
tevi (pronounced "Ess tevy
meeloo") |
| Lebanese |
Bahibak |
| 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
cintakan mu
Saya sayangkan
mu
|
| Malay/Indonesian |
Saya
cintakan awak
Saya sayangkan
engkau
|
| Malayalam |
Ngan
ninne snaehikkunnu
Njyaan ninne'
mohikyunnu
Njyaan ninne'
preetikyunnu
|
| Malaysian |
Saya
cinta kamu
Saya cintamu
Saya sayangmu
|
| Mandarin |
Wo ai
ni (wo3 ai4 ni3 in tonal notation) |
| Marathi |
Me
tujhashi prem karte (female to male)
Me
tujhashi prem karto (male to female)
Mi tuzya
var prem karato
|
| Mohawk |
Konoronhkwa |
| Navaho |
Ayor
anosh'ni |
| Ndebele |
Niyakutanda |
| Norwegian |
Eg
elskar deg (Nynorsk)
Jeg
elsker deg (Bokmaal, pronounce dyai
elske dai)
|
| Op |
Op
lopveop yopuop |
| Osetian |
Aez
dae warzyn |
| Pakistani |
Mujhe
tumse muhabbat hai |
| Persian |
Tora
dost daram |
| Pig Latin |
Ie
ovele ouye |
| Polish |
Ja
cie kocham
Kocham cie
Kocham ciebie
|
| Portuguese |
Amo
te |
| Portuguese
(Brazilian) |
Eu
te amo |
| Punjabi |
Main
tainu pyar karna
Mai taunu pyar
karda
|
| Quenya |
Tye-mela'ne |
| Romanian |
Te
ador
Te iu besc
|
| Russian |
Ya
polubeel tebya (first I wasn't loving
you, then I started to love; not commonly used)
Ya tebya
lyublyu
|
| Russian
(Malincaya) |
Ya
tibieh lublue |
| Scot
Gaelic |
Tha
gra\dh agam ort |
| Serbian |
Ljubim
te (I kiss you/love you, 'lj' pronounced
like 'll' inSpanish, one sound, 'ly'ish) |
| Serbocroatian |
Ljubim
te
Volim te
|
| Shona |
Ndinokuda |
| Sinhalese |
Mama
oyata adarei |
| Sioux |
Techihhil |
| Slovak |
Lubim
ta |
| Slovene |
Ljubim
te |
| Spanish |
Te
amo
Te quiero
|
| Srilankan
(Sinhalease) |
Mama
oyata arderyi |
| Swahili |
Naku
penda (followed by the person's name) |
| Swedish |
Jag
a"lskar dig |
| Swiss-German |
Ch'ha
di ga"rn |
| Syrian/Lebanese |
Bhebbak
(to a male)
Bhebbek
(to a female)
|
| Tagalog |
Mahal
kita |
| Tahitian |
Ua
here vau ia oe |
| Tamil |
Naan
unnai kadalikiren
Naan
unnaik kathalikkinren (I love you)
Ni
yaanai kaadli kirai (You love me)
|
| Telugu |
Neenu
ninnu pra'mistu'nnanu |
| Telugu/India |
Nenu
ninnu premistunnanu |
| Thai |
Ch'an
rak khun (formal, female to male)
Khao
raak thoe (affectionate, sweet, loving)
Phom rak
khun (formal, male to female)
|
| Tunisian |
Ha
eh bak |
| Turkish |
Sana
tapiyorum (I adore you; the i has no
dot)
Seni
seviyorum (I love you)
|
| Ukrainian |
Ja
pokoKHAv tebe
Ja
pokoKHAv vas
Ja tebe
koKHAju (real, true love)
Ja vas
koKHAju
|
| Urdu |
Main
tumse muhabbat karta hoon
Mujhe tumse
mohabbat hai
|
| Vietnamese |
Anh
ye^u em (man to woman)
Em ye^u
anh (woman to man)
Toi yeu
em
|
| Vlaams |
Ik
hue van ye |
| Vulcan |
Wani
ra yana ro aisha |
| Welsh |
'Rwy'n
dy garu di
Yr wyf i yn dy
garu di (chwi)
|
| Yiddish |
Ich
han dich lib
Ich libe dich
Ikh hob dikh lib
|
| Yugoslavian |
Ya
te volim |
| Zazi |
Ezhele
hezdege |
| Zulu |
Mena
Tanda wena
Ngiyakuthanda
|
| Zuni |
Tom
ho' ichema |