in 113 languages
Almost from the beginning of this web site, I've had a section which carries the greeting "Good morning" in lots of languages. This was my gesture towards the global nature of the Internet.
The section has proved remarkably popular and I regularly receive e-mails from around the world complimenting me on it and often asking for other phrases in multiple languages - but this is not a language site.
Neverthless, I decied to mark one Valentine's Day by creating this section with the phrase "I love you" in many languages. After all, there can be few short collections of words that are so powerful and meaningful. So, as you travel round the world or meet people from various countries in your own nation, try out these translations and someone somewhere might respond in kind. However, I accept no liabilty for the reaction.
I hope that below you will find the greeting “I love you” in all the languages you are seeking. If you can add to the compilation, please e-mail me, advise me how to say “I love you” in another language, and I’ll add it to this page.
| Afrikaans | Ek is lief vir jou |
| Albanian | Te dua |
| Arabic |
Ah’bika [to a man]
Ah’bik [to a woman] |
| Armenian | Yes qez sirum em |
| Assyrian | Kedamtookh brikhta |
| Bamougoum | Guo me ye te |
| Bangladeshi | Ami tomake valobashi |
| Basque | Maite zaitut |
| Belarussian | Ya tabe kahayu |
| Bemba | Nalikutemwa |
| Bengali | Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi |
| Bosnia | Volim te |
| Bulgarian | Obicham te |
| Cambodian | Soro lahn nhee ah |
| Cantonese | Ngo oi ney |
| Catalan | T'estimo |
| Cheyenne | Ne mohotatse |
| Cornish | My a'th kar |
| Corsican |
Ti tengu caru [to a man]
Ti tengu cara [to a woman] |
| Creole | Mwen renmen w |
| Croatian | Ja te volim |
| Czech | Miluji tě |
| Danish | Jeg elsker dig |
| Dutch | Ik hou van jou |
| English | I love you |
| Esperanto | Mi amas vin |
| Estonian | Ma armastan sind |
| Ethiopian | Afgreki' |
| Faroese | Eg elski teg |
| Farsi | Tora dost daram |
| Filipino | Mahal kita |
| Finnish | Minä rakastan sinua |
| Flemish | Ik zie oe geerne |
| French | Je t'aime |
| Gaelic | Ta gra agam ort |
| Georgian | Mikvarkhar |
| German | Ich liebe Dich |
| Greek | S'agapo |
| Greenlandic | Asavakit |
| Gujarati | Hoo thunay prem karoo choo |
| Hawaiian | Aloha wau ia oi |
| Hebrew |
Ani ohevet otcha [woman to a man]
Ani ohev otach [man to a woman] Ani ohev otcha [man to a man] Ani ohevet otach [woman to a woman] |
| Hindi | Hum Tumhe Pyar Karte hae |
| Hopi | Nu'umi unangwa'ta |
| Hungarian | Szeretlek te'ged |
| Icelandic | ég elska ţig |
| Indonesian | Aku Cinta Kamu |
| Irish | Taim i' ngra leat |
| Inuit | Negligevapse |
| Italian | Ti amo |
| Japanese | Ai shiteru |
| Kannada | Naanu ninna preetisuuttene |
| Khmer |
Oun Srorlanh Borng [to a man]
Borng Srorlanh Oun [to a woman] |
| Kimeru | Ninkwendete |
| Konkani | Hanv Tuzo Mog Kortam |
| Korean | Tangsinul sarang ha yo |
| Kurdish | Ez te hezdikhem |
| Lao | Koi hak jao |
| Latin | Te amo |
| Latvian | Es tevi milu |
| Lebanese | Bahibak |
| Lithuanian | Aš tave myliu |
| Luxembourgish | Ech hun dëch gaer |
| Macedonian | Te sakam |
| Malayalam | Njan ninne premikkunnu |
| Malaysian | Saya cintakan mu |
| Maltese | Inhobbok |
| Mandarin | Wo ai ni |
| Mohawk | Kanbhik |
| Maori | Kei te aroha au i a koe |
| Marathi | Maaze tuzhyavar prem ahe |
| Moroccan | Kanhebek |
| Navaho | Ayor anosh'ni |
| Norwegian | Jeg elsker deg |
| Persian | Man ashegheto hastam |
| Pilipino | Mahal kita |
| Polish | Kocham Cie |
| Portuguese | Amo-te |
| Punjabi | Mai taunu pyar karda |
| Romanian | Te iubesc |
| Russian | Ya tyebya lyublyu |
| Samoan | Ou te alofa ia te oe |
| Serbian | Volim te |
| Setswana | Ke a go rata |
| Sindhi | Maa tokhe pyar kendo ahyan |
| Singhala | Mama oya'ta a'darei |
| Sioux | Techihhila |
| Slovak | Milujem Ťa |
| Slovenian | Ljubim te |
| Somalian | Waan ku gealahay |
| Sotho | Ke a o rata |
| Spanish | Te amo |
| Swahili | Nakupenda |
| Swedish | Jag älskar dig |
| Swiss German | Ich lieb Di |
| Tagalog | Mahal kita |
| Tahitian | Ua here vau ia oe |
| Taiwanese | Wa ga ei li |
| Tamil | Naan unnai kadhalikiraen |
| Telugu | Nenu ninnu premisthunnanu |
| Thai |
Chan rak khun [to a man]
Phom rak khun [to a woman] |
| Tunisian | Ha eh bak |
| Turkish | Seni seviyorum |
| Turkmen | Men seni söýýan |
| Ukrainian | Ja tebe kokhaju |
| Urdu | Mai aap say pyaar karta hoo |
| Uzbek | Men sizni sevema |
| Vietnamese |
Aim ew ang [to a man]
Ang ew aim [to a woman] |
| Welsh | Rwy'n dy garu di |
| Xhosa | Ndiyakuthanda |
| Yiddish | Ikh hob dikh lib |
| Yoruba | Mo ni fe |
| Zulu | Ngiyakuthanda |
As with the section on "Good morning" in various languages, I refuse to treat Glingon as a real language but, just in case you want to chat up someone at a "Star Trek" convention, "I love you" in Klingon is Qabang.
Last modified on 23 September 2007
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