How to say 'I love you' in other languages
Lost for words or are you looking to express your romantic feelings in a new way? The language of love comes in many forms - why not say it in a foreign language?
English is probably your first language which is why you are reading this site but have you considered what 'I love you' might be in other languages? French and Italian are generally considered to be the 'Romantic' languages although the others should not be written off so easily. Why not be original and say 'I love you' in Finnish, Turkish or Swahili for example? Here is a list of how 'I love you' is said in the main foreign languages.- Afrikaans - Ek het jou lief
- Albanian - Te dua
- Arabic - Ana behibek (to a female) or Ana behibak (to a male)
- Armenian - Yes kez sirumem
- Bengali - Ami tomake bhalobashi
- Belarusian - Ya tabe kahayu
- Bulgarian - Obicham te
- Cambodian - Soro lahn nhee ah
- Cantonese - Ngo oiy ney a
- Catalan - T'estimo
- Cherokee - Tsi ge yu i
- Cheyenne - Ne mohotatse
- Chichewa - Ndimakukonda
- Comanche - U kamakutu nu
- Corsican - Ti tengu caru
- Cree - Kisakihitin
- 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 - Afgreki'
- Faroese - Eg elski teg
- Farsi - Doset daram
- Filipino - Mahal kita
- Finnish - Mina rakastan sinua
- French - Je t'aime
- Frisian - Ik hald fan dy
- Gaelic - Ta gra agam ort
- Georgian - Mikvarhar
- German - Ich liebe dich
- Greek - S'agapo
- Gujarati - Hoo thunay prem karoo choo
- Hawaiian - Aloha Au Ia`oe
- Hebrew - Ani ohev otach (to a female) Ohevet ot'cha (to a male)
- Hindi - Hum Tumhe Pyar Karte hae
- Hopi - Nu' umi unangwa'ta
- Hungarian - Szeretlek
- Indonesian - Saya cinta padamu
- Inuit - Negligevapse
- Irish - Taim i' ngra leat
- Italian - Ti amo
- Japanese - Aishiteru
- Korean - Sarang Heyo
- Latin - Te amo
- Latvian - Es tevi miilu
- Lebanese - Bahibak
- Lithuanian - Tave myliu
- Luxembourgeois - Ech hun dech gaer
- Macedonian - Te Sakam
- Malay - Saya cintakan mu
- Malayalam - Njan Ninne Premikunnu
- Maltese - Inhobbok
- Mandarin - Wo ai ni
- Mohawk - Kanbhik
- Moroccan - Ana moajaba bik
- Navaho - Ayor anosh'ni
- Norwegian - Jeg elsker deg
- Persian - Doo-set daaram
- Polish - Kocham Ciebie
- Portuguese - Eu te amo
- Romanian - Te iubesc
- Russian - Ya tebya liubliu
- Scottish Gaelic - Tha gra agam ort
- Serbian - Volim te
- Sign Language - Little finger, first finger and thumb open, second and third fingers against palm
- Sioux - Techihhila
- Slovak - Lu`bim ta
- Slovenian - Ljubim te
- Spanish - Te amo
- Swahili - Ninapenda wewe
- Swedish - Jag alskar dig
- Surinam - Mi lobi joe
- Tagalog - Mahal kita
- Taiwanese - Wa ga ei li
- Tahitian - Ua Here Vau Ia Oe
- Tamil - Nan unnai kathalikaraen
- Thai - Phom rak khun (to a female) Chan rak khun (to a male)
- Tunisian - Ha eh bak
- Turkish - Seni Seviyorum
- Ukrainian - Ya tebe kahayu
- Urdu - mai aap say pyaar karta hoo
- Vietnamese - Anh ye^u em (to a female) Em ye^u anh (to a male)
- Welsh - 'Rwy'n dy garu di
- Yiddish - Ikh hob dikh
- Yoruba - Mo ni fe
We hope you enjoyed this romantic idea of how to say 'I love you' in other languages.