How to say I Love You in 1000 Languages!!!

Afrikaans

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Arabic (proper)
Arabic

Arabic (Umggs.)
Armenian
Ashanti/Akan/Twi
Assamese
Bangladeschi
Basque

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Ek is lief vir jou

Ek het jou lief
Te dua
Te dashuroj
Ti je zemra ime
Ich hoan dich gear
Afekrishalehou
Afekrischalehou
Ewedishalehu (male/female to female)
Ewedihalehu (male/female to male)
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Sheth she~n zho~n (nasalized vowels like French,
'~n' as in French 'salon')
Ohiboke
(male to female)
Ohiboki
(male to female)
Ohibokoma (male or female to two males
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)
Ooheboki (male to female)
Ooheboka (female to male)
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)
Ana hebbek
Yes kez si'rumem
Me dor wo
Moi tomak bhal pau

: Ami tomake walobashi

: Maite zaitut
: Nere maitea ("My love/My darling")

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Batak
Bemba
Bengali
Berber
Betazed
Bicol
Bolivian Quechua
Bosnian
Braille
Brazilian/Portuguese
/Galician
Bulgarian

Burmese
Cajun
Cambodian
Canadian French

Catalan

Cebuano
Central Yup'ik

Chamoru (or Chamorro)

Cherokee
Cheyenne
Chichewa
Chickasaw
Chinese

Corsican
Creol
Croatian (familiar)
Croatian (formal)

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Mengweswe
Holong rohangku di ho
Ndikufuna
Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi
Ami tomay bhalobashi
Ami tomake bahlobashi
Lakh tirikh
Imzadi
Namumutan ta ka
Qanta munani
Volim te
:..:| ..:| |..-.. .::":.., :.:;
Eu te amo
Querote
Amo-te (pronounced "Amu'-tee")
Obicham te
As te obeicham
As te obicham
Obozhavam te ("I love you very much")
Chit pa de

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Mi aime jou
Kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah
Bon sro lanh oon
Ch't'aime
Ch'trip su' toe' ("I'm crazy for you")
J'capote su' toe' ("I'm turned upside-down for you")
Je t'aime
("I like you")
Je t'adore ("I love you") (not really used in
a romantic or passionated way, it is mostly used
in family context, or for a pet, or a meal etc.)
T'estimo (Catalonian)
T'estim
(Mallorcan)
T'estime (Valencian)
T'estim molt ("I love you a lot")
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Assiramken ('r' is a voiced uvular fricative,
kind of like a German 'ch', except
voiced and pronounced a little
farther back in the mouth, nearer
to the throat)
Hu guaiya hao
Aya gvgeyu'i nihi
Ne mohotatse
Ndimakukonda
Chiholloli (first 'i' nasalized)
Gwa ai li
(Amoy)
Ngo oi nei
(Cantonese)
Wo oi nei
( " )
Ngai oi gnee (Hakka)
Ngai on ni
( " )
Ai oi ngee
( " )
Wa ai lu
(Hokkien)
Wo ai ni
(Mandarin/Putonghua)
Ngo ai nong (Wu)
Ti tengu cara (male to female)
Ti tengu caru (female to male)
Mi aime jou
Ja te volim (used in proper speech)
Volim te
(used in common speech)
Ja vas volim (used in proper speech)
Volim vas
(used in common speech)

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: Ljubim te
Croatian (old)
Czech

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(in todays useage, "I kiss you",

'lj' pronounced like 'll' in
Spanish, one sound, 'ly'ish)
Ljubim te (may still be found in poetry)
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
Dhivehi

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Dusun
Dutch

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Ecuador Quechua
English

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Canda munani
I love you
I adore you
I love thee
(used only in Christian context)
Afkireki (as said to a female)
Afkireka (as said to a male)
Mi amas vin
Mina armastan sind
Ma armastan sind
Afgreki'

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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")
Au lomani iko (I love you)
Au lomani iko vakalevu (I love you very much!)
Au vinakati iko (I want you)
Iniibig kita
Mahal kita
Mina" rakastan sinua
Rakastan sinua
Mina" pida"n sinusta ("I like you")

Eritrean / Tigrinya
Esperanto
Estonian
Ethiopian
Farsi (old)
Farsi

Fijian
Filipino
Finnish (formal)

Jeg elsker dig

Varrah loabi vey
Aharen, kalaa-dheke loabi-vameve (I love you)
Aharen, kalaa-dheke varahh loabi-vameve
(I love you very much)
Siuhang oku dia
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
Ik houd erg veel van je
much")
Ik vind je leuk
("I like you")
Ik vind je aardig
( " )
Ik vind je heel erg leuk ("I like you very
Ik vind je heel aardig
much")
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)

Finnish
French

French (formal)
Gaelic
Galician/Portuguese
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Georgian

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(Ma") rakastan sua

(Ma") tykka"a"n susta ("I like you")
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)
: Je vous aime
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German (formal)
German

German dialects:
Bavarian (Bayrisch)
(Bavaria/Bayern)

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Ta gra agam ort

Moo graugh hoo
Eu te amo
Querote
Miqvarhar (familiar)
Me shen miqvarhar [MEh SHEN MI-(q pronounced
between k and g)-VURR-HURR]
Miqvarharth (more respectful)
Me thkven miqvarharth [MEh (t in breathing out)KVEN MI-(k/g)-VURR-HURR-(the same)]
Ich liebe Sie (rarely used)
Ich liebe dich
Ich hab' dich lieb
Ich hab dich lieb (not so classic and
conservative)

: I moag di gern
: I mog di (right answer: "I di a")
: I lieb di
Berlin dialect
: Ick liebe dir (Old, very old)
(Berlinerisch)
: Ick liebe Dich
Berner-Deutsch
: Ig liebe di
Bochumer
: Ich lieb Dich!
Franconian (Fra"nkisch): Du gfa"llsd 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
Saarla"ndisch
: Isch hann disch lieb
Saxon (Sa"chsisch)
: Isch liebdsch
Swabian (Schwa"bisch) : I mog di fei sauma"ssich (Literally "I like
you like a pig.")
: I mog di ganz arg (More formal, literally
"I like you very much!")
Swiss German
: Ch'ha di ga"rn
(Schweizerdeutsch)
Vorarlberg dialect
: I stand total uf di
(Vorarlbergerisch)
Gilbertese
: Itangiriko (g is pronounced like "ng" in "singing")
Greek
: Se agapo (spoken "s'agapo", g 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
Gronings
Guarani'
Gujrati

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Asavakit
Ik hol van die
Rohiyu (ro-hai'-hyu)
Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon.
Hoon tuney chaoon chhoon ('n' is nasal, not
pronounced)

Hausa

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Ina sonka
(female to male)
Ina sonki
(male to female)
Aloha wau ia 'oe
Aloha wau ia 'oe nui loa ("I love you very much")
(The ' mark is the "glottal stop".)
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')
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)
Nu' umi unangwa'ta
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.)

Hawaiian
Hebrew

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Hindi

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Hopi
Hungarian

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Ibaloi
Ibo (Igbo)
Icelandic
Ilocano
Indonesian

Interglossa
Italian

Irish
Irish/Gaelic
Japanese

: Pip-piyan tana
: Pipiyan ta han shili ("I like/love you
very much")
: A hurum gi nanya
: Eg elska thig (pronounced 'yeg l-ska thig')
: Ay ayating ka
: 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
( " )
: Mi esthe philo tu
: Ti amo
(relationship/lover/spouse)
: Ti voglio bene (between friends)
: Ti voglio (strong sexual meaning, "I want you",
refering to other person's body)
: Taim i' ngra leat
: t'a gr'a agam dhuit
: Kimi o aishiteiru (mostly male to female but
can be used female to male)

Javanese
Kankana
Kannada

: Aishiteiru (both male and female use this)

: Chuu shiteyo (literally "Please give me a kiss"
mostly female to male)
: Ora, omee no koto ga suki da (very informal,
male to female)
: Ore wa omae ga suki da (informal, male to
female)
: Sukiyo ("I like you.", informal,female to male)
: Watashi wa anata ga suki desu
(literally "I like YOU.", female to male)
: Watashi wa anata o hontooni aishite imasu
(formal meaning "I REALLY love you.",
female to male)
: A-i-shi-te ma-su(both male and female use this)
: Watakushi-wa anata-o aishimasu
(very formal meaning "I will love you.",
future tense, female to male)
: Suki desu (used at the first time, like for a
start, when you are not yet real lovers,
both male and female use this)
: Kulo tresno
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Laylaydek sik a
Naanu ninnanu preethisuthene
Naanu ninnanu mohisuthene
Kaluguran daka

Kapampangang
(or Pampangang)
Kekchi
: Nacatinra
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) Saranghamnida
( " )
: Nanun dangsineul saranghamnida ( " )
: Tangsinul
: Tangsinul sarang ha yo ("I love you, dear")
: Dangsinul saranghee yo
: Saranghee
: Nanun dangsineul joahamnida ("I like you")
: Nanun dangsineul mucheok joahamnida ("I like
very much")
: Nanun dangsineul mucheok saranghamnida ("I love
you very much")
: Nanun geudae joa ("I like him" or "I like her")
: Nanun geudae saranghamnida ("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)

Kpele
Kurdish

: Norul sarang hae (male to female in casual

relationship)
: Tangshini choayo ("I like you, in a romantic
way")
: I walikana
: Ez te hezdikhem

Lao

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Khoi
Khoi
Khoi
Khoi

Latin

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Te amo
Vos amo
(Ego) Amo te
('Ego', for emphasis)
Es tevi milu (pronounced 'es tevy meelu')
('i in 'milu' has a line over it,
a 'long i')
Es milu tevi (less common)
Bahibak
Nalingi yo
Gramo-te bue', chavalinha!
Tave myliu (Ta-ve mee-lyu)
Ash mir lutavah
Mi do prami
Aheri
Ech hun dech ga"r

Latin (old)
Latvian

Lebanese
Lingala
Lisbon lingo
Lithuanian
Lojban
Luo
Luxembourgish
Maa
Macedonian

Madrid lingo
Maiese
Malay/Indonesian

Malayalam
Maltese
Marathi
Marshallese

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hak
mak
hak
mak

jao
jao lai ("I like you very much")
jao lai ("I love you very much")
jao
(This means "I prefer you",
but is used for "I love you".)

Ilolenge
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")
Me molas, Tronca!
Wa wa
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
Aku menyintai mu
Aku menyayangi mu
Aku kasih pada mu
Aku jatuh cinta pada mu
Ngan ninne snaehikkunnu
Njyaan ninne' preetikyunnu
Njyaan ninne' mohikyunnu
Jien inhobbok
Mi tuzya var prem karato
Me tujhashi prem karto (male to female)
Me tujhashi prem karte (female to male)
Yokwe yuk (sort of multi-purpose, like Aloha,
Literally "Love to you, my friend")

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Mohawk
Mokilese
Moroccan
Morse Code

Nahuatl
Navaho
Ndebele
Norwegian
Nyanja
Op
Oriya
Osetian

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Kesalul
Konoronhkwa
Ngoah mweoku kaua
Kanbhik (both mean the same, but spoken)
Kanhebek (in different cities)
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___.. ___.. (Literally "88", a Morse Code
shorthand meaning "Love, hugs & kisses to you.")
: __... ...__ (Literally "73", a Morse Code
shorthand for non romantic friends
meaning "Best regards.")
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Ni mitz tla-zo-tla (the 'a's are "schwa"s)

Ayor anosh'ni
Niyakutanda
Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal)
Eg elskar deg
(Nynorsk)
Ninatemba

: Op lopveop yopuop
: Mun tumaku bhala pae ('n' is nasal and
not pronounced)
: Aez dae warzyn

Pampangang
: Kaluguran daka
(or Kapampangang)
Papiamento
: Mi ta stima'bo
Pig Latin
: Ie ovele ouye
Polish
: Kocham cie
: Kocham ciebie
: Ja cie kocham (slang, not commonly used)
Portuguese
: Eu amo-te (pronounced "Eu amu'-tee")
: Estou apaixonado por ti (male to female,
"I'm in love with you", pronounced "Esto^
hapa'isho^na'duu puur ti'")
: Estou apaixonada por ti (female to male,
"I'm in love with you", pronounced "Esto^
hapa'isho^na'daa puur ti'")
: Eu adoro-te ("I adore you.")
: Tu e's o meu amor ("You are my love.")
: Eu gosto de ti ("I like you.")
: Quero-te ("I want you", understood as romantic
feelings but may have sexual tones)
: Eu desejo-te ("I desire you", may have sexual
tones)
: Eu preciso de ti ("I need you.")
: Eu quero fazer amor contigo ("I want to make
love with you.")
Portuguese lingo
: Gramo-te `a brava! ("I love you very much",
literally "I love you wildly")
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 na^l piyaar ay (pronounced:
"meinu therei naal piya'rei", th as in bath)
' = stressed syllable
Pushto
: Mung jane' (pronounced: "puxto: mu'ng jane'")

: Pa ta mayan yem
Quenya

: Tye-mela'ne

Raetoromanisch
Romanian

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Rotuman

Te amo
Te iubesc
Te ador
(stronger)
Gou 'oaf se 'a"e
(The ' mark is the "glottal stop" as in Hawaiian.
The G is actually the "ng" sound, as in "singing".)
Ya vas lyublyu
(old fashioned)
Ya tyebya lyublyu
(best)
Ya lyublyu vas
(old fashioned)
Ya lyublyu tyebya

Russian

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Saami
Samoan

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Tagalog
Tahitian

: Mahal kita
: Ua here au ia oe
: Ua here vau ia oe

Mun ra'hkistan du
Ou te alofa outou
Ou te alofa ia te oe
Talo'fa ia te oe ("Hello, from me to you")
Sanskrit
Tvayi snihyaami
Mama tvayi aasaktirasti (I have love/longing in you)
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)
Sesotho(Southern Sotho) : Ke a mo rata
Shona
: Ndinokuda
Sinhala
: Mama oya'ta a'darei
Sioux
: Techihhila
Slovak
: Lubim ta (L pronounced similarly to 'll' in Spanish)
: Mam ta rad (male to female)
: Mam ta rada (female to male)
: Milujem ta
(all 't's spoken softly like 'ty')
Slovene
: Ljubim te
Solresol
: do-re mi-la-si do-mi
Somali
: Waan ku Jecelahay
Spanish
: Te amo
: Te quiero
: Te adoro
("I adore you")
: Te deseo
("I desire you")
: Me antojis ("I crave you")
Sranan Tongo
: Mi lobi joe
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)

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Tamil

Telugu
Thai (formal)

Thai
Timerio
Tongan
Tswana
Tunisian
Turkish (formal)
Turkish

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Naan unnai kadalikiren
Nan unnai kathalikaren
Ni yaanai kaadli karen ("You love me")
N^an unnaki kathalikkinren ("I love you")
Nam vi'rmberem
Ninnu premistunnanu
Neenu ninnu pra'mistu'nnanu
Nenu ninnu premistunnanu
Phom rak khun
(male to female)
Phom ruk koon
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Ch'an rak khun (female to male)
Chun ruk koon
( " )
Khao raak thoe (affectionate, sweet, loving)
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'Ofa 'atu
(I love you)
'Oku ou fie manako'i koe (I want to marry you)
(The ' mark is the "glottal stop" as in Hawaiian.)
Dumela
Ha eh bak
Sizi seviyorum
Seni seviyorum
Seni begeniyorum ("I adore you")
(g has a bar on it)
Senden ho$laniyorum (Sound of '$' is like 'sh'
in English. Must be a point under 'S'.
The 'i' must be without a point.)
Me dowapaa

Ya tebe kokhayu
Ja tebe kokhaju (real true love)
Ja vas kokhaju
Ja pokokhav tebe
Ja pokokhav vas
Main tumse muhabbat karta hoon
Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai
Mujge tumae mahabbat hai
Kam prem kartahai
Muje se mu habbat hai
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)
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Toi yeu em
Anh ye^u em (male to female, or older
to younger, romantic)
Em ye^u anh (female to male, or younger
to older, romantic)
Con thu+o+ng ba (kid to father)
Ba thu+o+ng con (father to kid)
Con thu+o+ng ma' (kid to mother)
Ma' thu+o+ng con (mother to kid)
Cha'u thu+o+ng o^ng (grandkid to grandpa)
O^ng thu+o+ng cha'u (grandpa to grandkid)
Ba` thu+o+ng cha'u (grandkid to grandma)
Cha'u thu+o+ng ba` (grandma to grandkid)
Anh thu+o+ng em (big brother to younger

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Vulcan
Walloon
Welsh

Wolof
Yiddish

Yoruba
Yucatec Maya

Zazi
Zulu
Zuni

sister or brother)
: Chi. thu+o+ng em (big sister to younger
sister or brother)
: Em thu+o+ng anh (younger sister/brother
to big brother)
: Em thu+o+ng chi. (younger sister/brother
to big sister)
: La"fob oli
: Wani ra yana ro aisha
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Dji vos inme
(lit. I love you)
Dji v'zinme
Rwy'n dy gari di (most commonly used)
Rwy'n dy garu di
'Rwy'n dy garu di
Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi)
Yr wyf i yn eich caru chwi
Da ma la nope
Da ma la nop (da ma'lanop)

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Ich libe dich
Ich han dich lib
Kh'hob dikh lib
Kh'ob dikh holt
Ikh bin in dir farlibt
Mo Feran e
'in k'aatech (the love of lovers)
In yakumech
'in yabitmech (the love of family, which
lovers can also feel; it
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person)

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Mena tanda wena
Ngiyakuthanda!
Tom ho' ichema

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-> 'a' with the acute accent (') over it, accent aigu
(ASCII code 160)
a"
-> 'a' with two dots (Umlaut)
(ASCII code 132)
a^
-> elongated vowel (e.g. 2 a's)
a~
-> 'a' with a tilde(~) over it
e^
-> 'e' with a carot(^) over it
e'
-> 'e' with the acute accent (') over it (ASCII code 130)
n~
-> 'n' with a tilde(~) over it
o~
-> 'o' with a tilde(~) over it
Explanation of Languages
-----------------------Afrikaans
-> spoken by people of Dutch heritage in South Africa
Alentejano
-> An accented form of Portuguese spoken in the Alentejo
region of Portugal (the part of the country south of
the river Tagus).
Alsacien
-> French/German dialect (live in France, but speak

like Germans)
-> Official language spoken in Ethiopia. Just one of
over 80 languages spoken there.
Apache
-> North American Indian Nation rangeing from the plains
states to the eastern Rocky Mountains and from the
Canadian to Mexican borders
Arabic
-> language spoken in the Arab countries including
but not limited to Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan,
Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and
the region of Palestine.
Ashanti/Akan/Twi-> Ashanti is the most popular and predominate of
many dialects spoken in Ghana. The Ghanan language
is generally refered to as either Akan or Twi.
Assamese
-> language spoken in the state of Assam, India
Bassa
-> language spoken in Africa
Batak
-> language spoken in the northern Sumatra province of
Indonesia
Bavarian
-> language spoken in the state of Bavaria, southern
Germany (actually a German dialect)
Bemba
-> language spoken in Africa
Bengali
-> language spoken in the state of West Bengal, India,
as well as almost all people of Bangladesh
Betazed
-> Spoken in Star Trek on planet Betazed
Bicol
-> dialect spoken in the Philippines
Braille
-> The alphabet represented by patterns of raised dots.
It is 'read' by touch.
Basque
-> language spoken in the Basque region of Spain
Cajun
-> French dialect spoken by people who migrated from
Acadia, Canada, to the Louisiana, USA, area.
Acadia is in an Atlantic province.
Catalan
-> language spoken in a region in the north-east of Spain
named Catalonia. It is also spoken in the Balearic
Islands, in Andorra and in some small villages of
Sardinia and the south of France.
Cebuano
-> language spoken in Philippines near the town of Cebu
Central Yup'ik -> language spoken by the indigenous Eskimo people of
southwestern Alaska
Cherokee
-> North American Indian tribe
Cheyenne
-> North American Indian tribe, part of the Apache
Nation
Chichewa
-> language spoken in Malawi, Central Africa
Chickasaw
-> North American Indian tribe (southeastern Oklahoma)
Chinese
Amoy
-> language spoken on Taiwan, an island off Fukien
Province in southeast China, and Singapore
Cantonese
-> language spoken in the region around Guangzhou
including Hong Kong and also in Malaysia
Mandarin/
-> The official language of China
Putonghua
litterally 'common language'
also spoken by native Chinese in Singapore and
Malaysia
Wu
-> language spoken in Jiangsu Province
Creol
-> French dialect spoken by people from Haiti. It is
basicly French with a little English and German.
Dhivehi
-> language spoken in the Maldives
and in the Minicoy Island of India
Dusun
-> language spoken by the Dusun tribe, one of the largest
in North Borneo
Dutch
-> language spoken in the Netherlands and the provinces
of East- and West-Flanders, Antwerp, Limburg, and
Flemmish-Brabant, Belgium
Esperanto
-> The International Language. An 'artificial' language.
Amharic

Farsi

-> language spoken in Iran. Dialects of Farsi spoken in

Pakistan and Afghanestan. Farsi is sometimes called
Persian.
Fijian
-> spoken by native Fijian people in Fiji
Franconian
-> German dialect spoken by the citizens of Franken or
Franconia which is part of Bavaria in the area
around Nuremberg
French
-> language spoken in France, Canada, and the provinces
of Luxembourg, Namur, Liege, Hainault, and BrabantWalloon(Brabant of the Walloons), Belgium
Friesian
-> language spoken in northern Holland, northern
Germany, and in some parts of Denmark
(mainly west coast)
Gaelic
-> language spoken in Ireland
Galician
-> Galicians live in the four Spanish provinces located
along the northwest coast of the Iberian Peninsula,
but their language zone shades into neighboring areas
of Spain and Portugal as well. The four provinces are
A Corun~a, Lugo, Ourense, and Pontevedra.
Georgian
-> language spoken in Georgia
Gilbertese
-> properly Kiribati, spoken by the Micronesians of the
Republic of Kiribati in the Pacific on the equator
Gronings
-> Dutch dialect
Guarani'
-> one of the two official languages in Paraguay
Gujrati
-> language spoken in the state of Gujrat, India, and
Pakistan
Hakka
-> Chinese dialect from Manchuria
Hausa
-> language spoken in Nigeria
Hebrew
-> language spoken in Israel and by Jewish people
Hindi
-> language spoken in the northern states of India
Hopi
-> North American Indian tribe (southwest, Arizona)
Ibaloi
-> dialect spoken in the Philippines by the Igorot
natives, specifically the Ibaloi's
Ilocano
-> dialect spoken in the Philippines
Interglossa
-> An 'artificial' language invented by Lancelot Hogben,
circa 1940.
Kankana
-> dialect spoken in the Philippines by the Igorot
natives, specifically the Kankana-ey's
Kannada
-> language spoken in the state of Karnataka,
southern India
Kapampangang
-> Filipino dialect
(or Pampangang)
Kekchi
-> language spoken by 380,000 Mayans in Guatemala,
Belize, and El Salvador
Kikongo
-> language spoken in Zaire, Africa
Klingon
-> Spoken in Star Trek. Proper term for the language
is "tlhIngan Hol". The Klingon homeworld is
Qo'noS, in English it's Kronos.
Kpele
-> language spoken in Africa
Lao
-> language spoken in Laos and by the Laotian people
living in northern Thailand
Luo
-> language spoken in Kenya
Luxembourgish -> language spoken in Luxembourg and in the border areas
in Belgium (Arlon), France (Thionville), and Germany.
A mixture of French and German, with the emphasis on
German.
Maa
-> language spoken in Africa
Malayalam
-> language spoken in the state of Kerala, India
Maltese
-> language spoken on Malta, a small independent island
in the Mediterranean Sea south of Italy with around
400,000 inhabitants. Maltese is a mixture of Arabic
and Italian mostly.

Mandarin/
-> The official language of China
Putunghua
Marathi
-> language spoken in the state of Maharastra, India
(Bombay is the capital city)
Marshallese
-> language spoken on the Marshall Islands
Mikmaq
-> an Indigenous people of north-eastern North America
Mohawk
-> North American Indian tribe (New England, maybe one of
the Seven Nations/Iriquois?)
Mokilese
-> language spoken on Mokil and Ponape (Pohnpei)
Moroccan
-> language spoken in Morocco, North Africa
Morse Code
-> A code using series of dots and dashes to represent
letters, numbers, and other characters. Originally
developed by Samuel Morse for use on the telegraph.
Navaho
-> North American Indian tribe (southwest)
Ndebele
-> language spoken in Zimbabwe
Nyanja
-> language spoken in Africa
Oriya
-> language spoken by people of Orissa, India
Papiamento
-> language spoken on the islands of Aruba, Curacao and
Bonaire
Portuguese
-> The official and regular language spoken in Portugal,
Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe,
Cape Verde, Macau, Guinea-Bissau, Goa(India), and
Galicia(Spain). Also spoken in but not the official
language of East Timor, Damao(India), and Diu(India).
It is the sixth most spoken language in the world.
Pulaar
-> dialect spoken in Senegal by the Fulani people
Punjabi
-> language spoken in the state of Punjab, northern India
Quechua
-> language spoken by Incan Indians (South America)
Quenya
-> Elvish language invented by J. R. R. Tolkien for his
books. Notably, "The Lord of the Rings".
Rotuman
-> language of a Polynesian people originating from the island
of Rotuma, politically a part of Fiji, but quite different
Saami
-> Language of an indigenous people living in the
Northern Scandinavian region of Lapland. Formerly
known as Laplanders or Lapps. They have several
dialects, but this is the main one, Northern Saami.
Their language is related to Finnish.
Sesotho
-> language spoken in South Africa
(Southern Sotho)
Shona
-> language spoken in Zimbabwe
Sinhala
-> Language of the non-Tamil (majority) people of
Sri Lanka. Also spoken in Ceylon.
Sioux
-> North American Indian tribe (upper midwest)
Solresol
-> An artificial musical language composed of sequences
of notes on the diatonic scale (do, re, mi,...) sung
by name for comprehensibility to the tone deaf. The
7 notes could also be mapped into colors so that
writing would be a series of colored squares.
South Africa
-> There are several official languages listed in the
Constitution of South Africa. They are: Afrikanns,
English, Ndebele(Sindebele, isiNdebele), saLeboa,
Sesotho, Swazi(Siswathi, siSwati), Tsonga(Xitsonga),
Setswana, Tshivenda, Venda(Tshivenda), Xhosa(isiXhosa),
Zulu(isiZulu), Sepedi.
Spanish
-> Language spoken in Spain and Latin America(Mexico,
Central and South America) except Brazil. It is the
third most spoken language in the world.
Sranan Tongo
-> creole language spoken in Suriname
Swabian
-> One of the German dialects. The literal word 'love'
(Schwa"bisch)
does not exist in this language.
Swahili
-> language spoken by some indigenous tribes of East
Africa

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Tamil
Telugu
Tetum
Timerio

Tswana
Twi/Akan
Urdu
Vai
Vdrmldndska

Volapu"k
Vulcan
Walloon

Wolof
Yoruba
Yucatec Maya
Zazi
Zuni

-> dialect spoken in the Philippines

-> language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India,
and in Sri Lanka(by a low percentage of the people),
Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritus
-> language spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India
(eleventh most spoken language in the world)
-> language spoken in East Timor
-> An artificial language using only numbers. The idea
was that each language has a different word for each
concept, so if the concepts were numbered, automatic
translation would be possible.
-> language spoken in Africa
-> language spoken in Ghana. See also Ashanti.
-> language spoken in Pakistan and India
-> language spoken in Africa
-> language spoken in the Vdrmland(Vaermland), Sweden,
region north of Lake Vdnern.The real Vdrmldndska
language is spoken to the northwest of Lake Vdnern
up to the border of Norway and in northern Vdrmland
around the town of Torsby by about 270,000 people,
90,000 of which consider it to be their mother
language. It is a mixture of Swedish and Norwegian
with some borrowed words from the many Valloonian
people who went there to work as engineers in the
mining industry during the 17th century.
-> An 'artificial' language invented by August Scheyler,
circa 1880.
-> Spoken in Star Trek by Mr. Spock and others from
the planet Vulcan
-> literally Welsh(not English Welsh), a little used
French dialect with certain German influences
spoken in the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur,
Liege, Hainault, and Brabant-Walloon(Brabant of
the Walloons), Belgium
-> dialect spoken in Senegal by the Wolof people
-> language spoken in West Africa, specifically in Nigeria
and bordering countries
-> language spoken by indigenous people of the Yucatan
peninsula in Mexico
-> Kurdic dialect
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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 aashi
Belarusian - Ya tabe kahayu
Bisaya - Nahigugma ako kanimo
Bulgarian - Obicham te
Cambodian - Soro lahn nhee ah
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
Esperanto - Mi amas vin
Estonian - Ma armastan sind
Ethiopian - Afgreki'
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 - Hoo thunay prem karoo choo
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 hae
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 - Naanu ninna preetisuttene
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
Malay - Saya cintakan mu / Aku cinta padamu

Malayalam - Njan Ninne Premikunnu

Mandarin Chinese - Wo ai ni
Marathi - Me tula prem karto
Mohawk - Kanbhik
Moroccan - Ana moajaba bik
Nahuatl - Ni mits neki
Navaho - Ayor anosh'ni
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 Ciebie
Portuguese - Eu te amo
Romanian - Te ubesk
Russian - Ya tebya liubliu
Scot Gaelic - Tha gra\dh agam ort
Serbian - Volim te
Setswana - Ke a go rata
Sign Language - ,\,,/ (represents position of fingers when signing'I Love You')
Sindhi - Maa tokhe pyar kendo ahyan
Sioux - Techihhila
Slovak - Lu`bim ta
Slovenian - Ljubim te
Spanish - Te quiero / Te amo
Swahili - Ninapenda wewe
Swedish - Jag alskar dig
Swiss-German - Ich lieb Di
Tagalog - Mahal kita
Taiwanese - Wa ga ei li
Tahitian - Ua Here Vau Ia Oe
Tamil - Nan unnai kathalikaraen
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

Afrikaans Ek is lief vir jou!

Albanian Te dua!
Amharic Afekrishalehou!
Arabic

Ohiboke (m to f), Nohiboka (f to m, or m to m)

Armenian Yes kez si'rumem!

Basque

Maite zaitut!

Bengali

Ami tomake bahlobashi!

Bosnian

Volim te!

Bulgarian Obicham te!

Catalan

T'estimo!

Creole

Mi aime jou!

Croatian Volim te!

Czech

Miluji tev!

Danish

Jeg elsker dig!

Dutch

Ik hou van je!

English

I love you!

Esperanto Mi amas vin!

Estonian Mina armastan sind!
Farsi

Tora dost daram!

Filipino

Iniibig kita!

Finnish

(M) rakastan sua!

French

Je t'aime!

Frisian

Ik hald fan dei!

Galician

Querote!

German

Ich liebe dich!

Greek
Gujarati

S'ayapo!
Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon! tane chaahuN chhuN!

Hawaiian Aloha wau ia 'oe!

Hebrew
Hindi

Anee ohev otakh (m to f), Anee ohevet otkha (f to m), Anee ohev otkha (m to m),
Anee ohevet otakh (f to f)
Mai tumase pyar karata hun (m to f), Mai tumase pyar karati hun (f to m)

Hungarian Szeretlek!
Icelandic Eg elska thig!
Indonesian Saya cinta padamu!
Irish
Italian

t'a gr'a agam dhuit!

Ti amo!

Japanese Kimi o ai shiteru!

Korean
Latin
Latvian

Dangsinul saranghee yo!

Te amo!
Es tevi milu!

Lithuanian As tave myliu!

Malaysian Saya cintamu!
Mandarin Wo ai ni!
Marshallese Yokwe Yuk!
Norwegian Jeg elsker deg!
Polish

Kocham ciebie!

Portuguese Eu te amo!
Romanian Te iubesc!
Russian

Ya tyebya lyublyu!

Sanskrit

twayi snihyaami

Serbian

Volim te!

Sesotho

Kiyahurata!

Slovak

Lubim ta!

Slovenian Ljubim te!

Spanish

Te amo!

Swahili

Nakupenda!

Swedish

Jag lskar dig!

Tagalog

Mahal kita!

Thai
Turkish

Phom rug khun (Male speaker) Chan rug khun (Female speaker)
Seni seviyorum!

Ukrainian Ya tebe kokhayu!

Urdu

Main tumse muhabbat karta hoon!

Vietnamese Anh yeu em (m to f), Em yeu an (f to m)

Welsh

Rwy'n dy garu di!

Yiddish

Kh'hob dikh lib!

Zulu

Ngiyakuthanda!