How to say I Love You in different languages

Love is an universal word that is known in spite of ones' geographical location, race, culture and language. In other words, love has no boundaries. The word love can have several different meanings which will depend on the culture that one is from. In the English language for example, love has many meanings which leads to us having different types of love. You can have love for; family members, neighbors, co-workers, friends, spouses, significant others, country (patriotism), pets, sports, books, movies, food, God, principle, blogging, music, etc. all of these forms of love can be categorized into different types of love. Thus, love is different depending on who or what we're loving and each of us search for love in our own special way. However, the love that we are going to look at can be defined as: a strong positive emotion of regard and affection for someone or a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. Love is one of the most beautiful feelings a human can experience in one life time and as such, it plays a prominent role in many movies story line, songs , poems, quotes, literature and art.

In this article you will see a list of translation of how to say I Love You for several different languages around the world. You will therefore be able to learn to say or write the word I Love You in several of these languages depending on your choosing. This can be very useful if you want to impress a special friend especially, if he/she is from another country of a different spoken language. Also, if you want to write and/or whisper that sweet I Love You word to that special someone in a foreign language of your choosing then search no more. Whether it is Valentine's Day, Christmas, wedding anniversaries, birthdays, a romantic day or any other day of the year, you have come to the right place.

So, take the time to say or write "I Love You" in English or in a foreign language to some one who you want to let know of your affection. This list might not be comprehensive thus, if you don't find your native tongue, please let me know by emailing me with the info. So that I can verify it.

Language                        "I Love You"

A
Afrikaans :...................Ek is lief vir jou/
..............................Ek het jou lief
Akan (Ghana):.................Me do wo
Albanian :....................Te dua
Amharic :.....................Afekrishalehou
Arabic :......................Ana Behibak (to a male)
..............................Ana Behibek (to a female)

B
Basc :........................Nere Maitea
Bavarian :....................I mog di narrisch gern
Bengali :.....................Ami tomay bhalobashi
Berber :......................Lakh tirikh
Bicol :.......................Namumutan ta ka
Bulgarian :...................Obicham te

C
Cambodian :...................kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah/
..............................Bon sro lanh oon
Cantonese :...................Ngo oi ney
Catalan :.....................T'estim (mallorcan)
..............................T'estime (valencian)
..............................T'estimo (catalonian)
..............................T'estim molt(I love you a lot)
Chinese :.....................Wo ie ni (Manderin, Cantonese)
Croatian :....................Volim te (most common),
..............................Ja te volim (less common)
Czech :.......................miluji te

D
Danish :......................Jeg elsker dig
Dutch :.......................Ik hou van jou

E
Estonian :....................Mina armastan sind
Esperanto :...................Mi amas vin

F
Farsi(Persian);Iran-dialects:.Tora dust midaram
in Afghanistan/Pakistan

Flemish :.....................Ik zie oe geerne
Finnish :.....................Mina" rakastan sinua
French :......................Je t'aime
Friesian :....................Ik bin fereale op dy/
..............................Ik ha^ld fan dy
..............................{“^”goes  over the ‘a’}

G
Gaelic (Language of Ireland):.Ta gra agam ort
German :......................Ich liebe Dich
Greek :.......................S' ayapo
Gujarati (dialect of India):..Tane Prem Karoo Choo

H
Hausa :.......................Ina sonki
Hebrew :......................aNEE oHEIVET oTKHA(female to male)
..............................aNEE oHEIV otAKH (male to female)
..............................Ani ohev at (man to woman)
..............................Ani ohevet atah (woman to man)
Hindi:........................Mein Tumse Pyar Karta Hoon
Hokkien :.....................Wa ai lu
Hopi :........................Nu' umi unangwa'ta
Hungarian :...................Szeretlek te'ged

I
Icelandic :...................Eg elska thig
Indonesian :..................Saya cinta padamu
..............................Saya Cinta Kamu
..............................Aku tjinta padamu
..............................Saja kasih saudari
Italian :.....................Ti amo
Irish (see Gaelic also):......taim i' ngra leat

J
Japanese :....................Kimi o ai shiteru

K
Kazakh :......................Men seny jaksy kuremyn
Kiswahili :...................Nakupenda
Korean :......................Tangsinul sarang ha yo
Kurdish :.....................Ez te hezdikhem

L
Latin :.......................Te amo/Vos amo
Lao :.........................Khoi huk chau
Latvian :.....................Es Tev milu
Lingala :.....................Nalingi yo
Lithuanian:...................Ash miliu tave
Luo :.........................Aheri

M
Madrid lingo :................Me molas, tronca
Malay/Indonesian :............Saya cintakan awak/
..............................Aku sayang engkau
Malay :.......................Saya cintamu/Saya sayangmu
Maltese:......................Inhobbok!
Mandarin :....................Wo ai ni
Mohawk :......................Konoronhkwa

N
Navajo :......................Ayor anosh'ni
Ndebele :.....................Niyakutanda
Norwegian :...................Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal)/
..............................Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)

O

P
Pakistani :...................Muje se mu habbat hai
Persian :.....................Tora dost daram
Pilipino :....................Mahal Kita/Iniibig Kita
Polish :......................Ja Cie Kocham/Kocham Cie
Portuguese :..................Eu te amo

Q

R
Romanian :....................Te iu besc
Russian :.....................Ya lyublyu tebya/Ya vas lyublyu

S
Scot Gaelic :.................Tha gradh agam ort
Serbian :.....................Volim te (most common)
..............................Ja te volim (less common)
Shona :.......................Ndinokuda
Sioux :.......................Techihhila
Slovak :......................lubim ta
Slovene :.....................ljubim te
Spanish :.....................Te amo
Swahili :.....................Nakupenda
Swedish :.....................Jag a"lskar dig
Swiss-German :................Ch'ha di ga"rn

T
Tagalog :.....................Mahal kita
Taiwanese :...................Gwa ai lee
Tamil :.......................Naan Unnai Kadhalikiren
Thai :........................Phom Rak Khun/Ch'an Rak Khun
Tunisian :....................Ha eh bak
Turkish :.....................Seni seviyorum!

U
Ukranian:.....................Ya tebe kokhayu/Ja pokokhav tebe
Urdu :........................Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai/
(spoken in Pakistan & India)
..............................tumse muhabbat karta hoon/
..............................Kam prem kartahai

V
Vietnamese :..................Anh ye^u em (man to woman)
..............................Em ye^u anh (woman to man)
..............................Toi yeu em
Vlaams (Belgian Dutch):.......Ik hou van jou

W
Welsh (spoken in Wales, UK):..'Rwy'n dy garu di./
..............................Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi)

X 

Y
Yiddish :.....................Ikh hob dikh lib
Yugoslavian:..................Ja te volim

Z
Zambia (Chibemba) :...........Nali ku temwa
Zazi (Kurdic dialect):........Ezhele hezdege
Zimbabwe:.....................Ndinokuda
Zulu:.........................Mena tanda wena Ngiyakuthanda
Zuni:.........................Tom ho' ichema

Love Quotes

Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love.
Leo Buscaglia

Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A man falls in love through his eyes, a woman through her ears.
Woodrow Wyatt

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
Robert Frost