by Thanks to Michele Neylon’s post on how to say I Love You in over 100 different languages (110 to be precise), you now have no excuse for not being able to find the right words to tell that someone special how much they mean to you this Valentine’s Day.
If you time it right, you might even get through them all over dinner … just before she falls asleep into her dessert 🙂
Have a good one!
| Language | Phrase |
| Afrikaans | Ek het jou lief |
| Albanian | Te dua |
| Arabic | Ana behibak (to male) |
| Arabic | Ana behibek (to female) |
| Armenian | Yes kez sirumen |
| Bambara | M’bi fe |
| Bangla | Aamee tuma ke bhalo baashi |
| Belarusian | Ya tabe kahayu |
| Bisaya | Nahigugma ako kanimo |
| Bulgarian | Obicham te |
| Cambodian | Bung Srorlagn Oun (to female), Oun Srorlagn Bung (to male) |
| Cantonese/Chinese | Ngo oiy ney a |
| Catalan | T’estimo |
| Cheyenne | Ne mohotatse |
| Chichewa | Ndimakukonda |
| Corsican | Ti tengu caru (to male) |
| Creol | Mi aime jou |
| Croatian | Volim te |
| Czech | Miluji te |
| Danish | Jeg Elsker Dig |
| Dutch | Ik hou van jou |
| English | I love you |
| Esperanto | Mi amas vin |
| Estonian | Ma armastan sind |
| Ethiopian | Ewedishalehu (to female), Ewedihalehu (to male). |
| Faroese | Eg elski teg |
| Farsi | Doset daram |
| Filipino | Mahal kita |
| Finnish | Mina rakastan sinua |
| French | Je t’aime, Je t’adore |
| Gaelic | Ta gra agam ort |
| Georgian | Mikvarhar |
| German | Ich liebe dich |
| Greek | S’agapo |
| Gujarati | Hu tumney prem karu chu |
| Hiligaynon | Palangga ko ikaw |
| Hawaiian | Aloha wau ia oi |
| Hebrew | Ani ohev otah (to female) |
| Hebrew | Ani ohev et otha (to male) |
| Hiligaynon | Guina higugma ko ikaw |
| Hindi | Hum Tumhe Pyar Karte hai |
| Hmong | Kuv hlub koj |
| Hopi | Nu’ umi unangwa’ta |
| Hungarian | Szeretlek |
| Icelandic | Eg elska tig |
| Ilonggo | Palangga ko ikaw |
| Indonesian | Saya cinta padamu |
| Inuit | Negligevapse |
| Irish | Taim i’ ngra leat |
| Italian | Ti amo |
| Japanese | Aishiteru |
| Kannada | Naa ninna preetisuve |
| Kapampangan | Kaluguran daka |
| Kiswahili | Nakupenda |
| Konkani | Tu magel moga cho |
| Korean | Sarang Heyo |
| Latin | Te amo |
| Latvian | Es tevi miilu |
| Lebanese | Bahibak |
| Lithuanian | Tave myliu |
| Macedonian | Te Sakam |
| Malay | Saya cintakan mu / Aku cinta padamu |
| Malayalam | Njan Ninne Premikunnu |
| Maltese | Inhobbok |
| Mandarin Chinese | Wo ai ni |
| Marathi | Me tula prem karto |
| Mohawk | Kanbhik |
| Moroccan | Ana moajaba bik |
| Nahuatl | Ni mits neki |
| Navaho | Ayor anosh’ni |
| Nepali | Ma Timilai Maya Garchhu |
| Norwegian | Jeg Elsker Deg |
| Pandacan | Syota na kita!! |
| Pangasinan | Inaru Taka |
| Papiamento | Mi ta stimabo |
| Persian | Doo-set daaram |
| Pig Latin | Iay ovlay ouyay |
| Polish | Kocham Cie |
| Portuguese | Eu te amo |
| Romanian | Te ubesc |
| Russian | Ya tebya liubliu |
| Rwanda | Ndagukunda |
| Scot Gaelic | Tha gra\dh agam ort |
| Serbian | Volim te |
| Setswana | Ke a go rata |
| Sindhi | Maa tokhe pyar kendo ahyan |
| Sioux | Techihhila |
| Slovak | Lu`bim ta |
| Slovenian | Ljubim te |
| Spanish | Te quiero / Te amo |
| Surinam | Mi lobi joe |
| Swahili | Ninapenda wewe |
| Swedish | Jag alskar dig |
| Swiss-German | Ich lieb Di |
| Tajik | Man turo Dust Doram |
| Tagalog | Mahal kita |
| Taiwanese | Wa ga ei li |
| Tahitian | Ua Here Vau Ia Oe |
| Tamil | Naan unnai kathalikiraen |
| Telugu | Nenu ninnu premistunnanu |
| Thai | Chan rak khun (to male) |
| Thai | Phom rak khun (to female) |
| Turkish | Seni Seviyorum |
| Ukrainian | Ya tebe kahayu |
| Urdu | mai aap say pyaar karta hoo |
| Vietnamese | Anh ye^u em (to female) |
| Vietnamese | Em ye^u anh (to male) |
| Welsh | ‘Rwy’n dy garu |
| Yiddish | Ikh hob dikh |
| Yoruba | Mo ni fe |
| Zimbabwe | Ndinokuda |
Source: Michele Neylon :: Pensieri
I enjoyed all the different translations of “I Love You.” I’ve went ahead and posted them on my blog just in time for Valentine’s day. Thanks!
I will use this list to help me with a valentines gift for my girlfriend.
THANK YOU!
Google translator wasn’t quite enough.