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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
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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:
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
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