Afrikaans — Ek is lief vir jou — Ek het jou lief Akan (Ghana) — Me dor wo Albanian — Te dua — Te dashuroj — Ti je zemra ime Alentejano (Portugal) — Gosto de ti, porra! Alsacien (Elsass) — Ich hoan dich gear

See also: Love Quotations Lover's Discourse (R. Barthes)

Amharic (Aethiopian)
— Afekrishalehou
— Afekrischalehou
— Ewedishalehu (male/female to female)
— Ewedihalehu (male/female to male)

Apache
— Sheth she~n zho~n (nasalized vowels like French, '~n' as in French 'salon')

Arabic (formal)
— 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)

Arabic (proper)
— Ooheboki (male to female)
— Ooheboka (female to male)

Arabic
— 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)

Arabic (Umggs.)
— Ana hebbek

Armenian
— Yes kez si'rumem
— Yes kez gesirem (eastern Armenian dialect)

Assamese (Indian)
— Moi tomak bhal pau

Basque
— Nere maitea (means "my love")
— Maite zaitut (means "I love you")

Bassa
— Mengweswe

Batak (Nordsumatra)
— Holong rohangku di ho

Bavarian
— I mog di narrisch gern
— I mog di (right answer "i di a")

Bemba
— Ndikufuna

Bengali
— Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi
— Ami tomay bhalobashi
— Ami tomake bahlobashi
— Ami tomake walobashi
— Ami tomake vhalobashi

Berber
— Lakh tirikh

Bicol (Philippines)
— Namumutan ta ka

Bolivian Quechua
— Qanta munani

Bosnian
— Volim te

Braille
— : : ..: | ..: | |..-.. .: : ": .., : .: ;

Brazilian / Portuguese
— Eu te amo (pronounced 'eiu chee amu')
— Amo-te

Bulgarian
— Obicham te
— As te obicham
— Obozhavam te ("I love you very much")

Burmese
— Chit pa de

Cambodian
— Kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah
— Bon sro lanh oon

Canadian French
— Sh'teme (spoken, sounds like this)
— Je t'aime ("I like you")
— Je t'adore ("I love you")

Catalan
— T'estimo (Catalonian)
— T'estim (Mallorcan)
— T'estime (Valencian)
— T'estim molt ("I love you a lot")

Cebuano (Philippines)
— Gihigugma ko ikaw.

Chamoru (or Chamorro)
— Hu guaiya hao

Cheyenne
— Nemehotatse

Chichewa
— Ndimakukonda

Chickasaw (USA)
— Chiholloli (first 'i' nasalized)

Chinese
— Goa ai li (Amoy dialect)
— Ngo oi ney (Cantonese dialect)
— Wo oi ni (Cantonese dialect)
— Ngai oi gnee (Hakka dialect)
— Ngai on ni (Hakka dialect)
— Wa ai lu (Hokkien dialect)
— Wo ai ni (Mandarin dialect)
— Wo ie ni (Mandarin dialect)
— Wuo ai nee (Mandarin dialect)
— Wo ay ni (Mandarin dialect)
— Wo ai ni (Putunghua dialect)
— Ngo ai nong (Wu dialect)

Comorien
— Ni sou hou vendza.

Corsican
— Ti tengu cara (male to female)
— Ti tengu caru (female to male)

Creol
— Mi aime jou

Croatian (familiar)
— Ja te volim (used in proper speech)
— Volim te (used in common speech)

Croatian (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)

Croatian (old)
— Ljubim te (may still be found in poetry)

Czech
— Miluji te (a downwards pointing arrowhead on top of the 'e' in te, which is pronounced 'ye')
— Miluju te! (colloquial form)
— Mam te (velmi) rad (male speaker, "I like you (very much)", often used and prefered)
— Mam te (velmi) rada (female speaker)

Danish
— Jeg elsker dig (see also dialect Friesian)

Davvi Samegiella
— Mun rahkistin du.

Dusun
— Siuhang oku dia

Dutch
— Ik hou van je
— Ik hou van jou
— Ik bemin je (old fashioned)
— Ik bemin jou (old fashioned)
— Ik ben verliefd op je
— Ik ben verliefd op jou
— Ik zie je graag
— Ik hol van die (Gronings a Hollands dialect)

Ecuador Quechua
— Canda munani

English
— I love you
— I adore you
— I love thee (used only in Christian context)

Esperanto
— Mi amas vin

Estonian
— Mina armastan sind
— Ma armastan sind

Ethiopian
— Afgreki' (one of the Ethipians dialects, there are over 80 - see also under "Amharic")

Farsi (old)
— Tora dust mi daram

Farsi
— Tora dost daram ("I love you")
— Asheghetam
— Doostat daram ("I'm in love with you")
— Man asheghetam ("I'm in love with you")

Filipino
— Mahal ka ta
— Iniibig kita

Finnish (formal)
— Mina rakastan sinua
— Rakastan sinua
— Mina pidan sinusta ("I like you")

Finnish
— (Ma) rakastan sua
— (Ma) tykkaan susta ("I like you")

French (formal)
— Je vous aime

French
— 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)

Friesian
— Ik hou fan dei
— Ik hald fan dei

Gaelic
— Ta gra agam ort
— Moo graugh hoo

Galician
— Querote
— Queroche
— Amote

Ghanaian (Akan, Twi)
— Me dor wo.

Georgien (Caucasus)
— Me shen mikvarkhar

German (formal)
— Ich liebe Sie (rarely used)

German
— Ich liebe dich
— Ich hab dich lieb (not so classic and conservative)

Greek
— S'ayapo (spoken "s'agapo", 3rd letter 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 (old)
— (Ego) Philo su ('ego', for emphasis)

Greek (Ancient)
— Philo se

Greenlandic
— Asavakit

Guarani'
— Rohiyu (ro-hai'-hyu)

Gujurati (Pakistan)
— Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon.
— Hoon tuney chaoon chhoon ('n' is nasal, not pronounced)

Hausa (Nigeria)
— Ina sonki

Hawaiian
— Aloha wau ia 'oe
— Aloha wau ia 'oe nui loa ("I love you very much")

Hebrew
— 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')

Hindi
— 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)

Hokkien
— Wa ai lu

Hopi
— Nu'umi unangwata

Hungarian
— Szeretlek
— Te'ged 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.)

Ibaloi (Phillipines)
— Pip-piyan taha
— Pipiyan ta han shili (I like/love you very much)

Imazighan
— Hamlagh kem

Indi
— Mai Tujhe Pyaar Kartha Ho

Interglossa
— Mi esthe philo tu.

Icelandic
— Eg elska thig (pronounced 'yeg l-ska thig')

Ilocano
— Ay-ayaten ka

Indonesian
— Saya cinta padamu ('Saya', commonly used)
— Saya cinta kamu ('Saya', commonly used)
— Saya kasih saudari ('Saya', commonly used)
— Saja kasih saudari ('Saya', commonly used)
— Aku tjinta padamu ('Aku', not often used)
(tjinta is the old written version influenced by Netherlands)
— Aku cinta padamu ('Aku', not often used)
— Aku cinta kamu ('Aku', not often used)
(cinta is the modern written version since 1972; same for saya and saja)

Italian
— Ti amo (relationship/lover/spouse)
— Ti voglio bene (or TVB, between friends/lovers)
— Ti voglio tanto bene (or TVTB, between friends/lovers)
— Ti voglio (strong sexual meaning, "I want you" referred to the other person's body)

Irish
— Taim i' ngra leat

Irish-Gaelic
— t'a gr'a agam dhuit

Japanese
— Kimi o ai shiteru
— Aishiteru
— Chuu shiteyo
— Ora omee no koto ga suki da
— Ore wa omae ga suki da
— Suitonnen
— Sukiyanen
— Sukiyo
— Watashi wa anata ga suki desu
— Watashi wa anata wo aishithe imasu
— Watashi wa anata o aishitemasu
— A-i-shi-te ma-su
— Watakushi-wa anata-wo ai shimasu
— Suki desu (used at the first time, like for a start, when you are not yet real lovers)

Javanese
— Kulo tresno

Kankana-ey (Phillipines)
— Laylaydek sik-a

Kannada (Indian)
— Naanu Ninnanu Preethisuthene
— Naanu Ninnanu Mohisuthene

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")
— qamuSHaqu' ("I love you very much")
— qaparHa ("I like you")
— qaparHaqu' ("I like you very much!") (words are often unnecessary as the thought is most often conveyed nonverbally with special growlings)

Korean
— Dangsinul saranghee yo ("I love you, dear")
— Saranghee
— Nanun dangsineul joahapnida ("I like you")
— Nanun dangsineul mucheog joahapnida ("I like you very much")
— Nanun dangsineul saranghapnida
— Nanun dangsineul mucheog saranghapnida ("I love you very much")
— Nanun gdaega joa ("I like him" or "I like her")
— Nanun gdaereul saranghapnida ("I love him" or "I love her")
— Nanun neoreul saranghanda
— Gdaereul hjanghan naemaeum alji (You know how much I love him/her.)
— Joahaeyo ("I like you")
— Saranghaeyo (more formal)
— Saranghapanida (more respectful)
— Norul sarang hae (male to female in casual relationship)
— Tangsinul sarang ha o
— Tangshin-ul sarang hae-yo
— Tangshin-i cho-a-yo ("I like you, in a romantic way")
— Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida

Kpele
— I walikana

Kurdish
— Ez te hezdikhem
— Min te xushvet
— Min te xoshwet (Southern dialect)

Lao
— Khoi hak jao
— Khoi hak chao
— Khoi mak jao lai ("I like you very much")
— Khoi hak jao lai ("I love you very much")
— Khoi mak jao (This means "I prefer you",
but is used for "I love you".)

Lappish
— Mun rahkistin du. (Davvi Samegiella)

Latin
— Te amo
— Vos amo

Latin (old)
— (Ego) Amo te ('Ego', for emphasis)

Latvian
— Es tevi milu (pronounced 'es tevy meelu')
('i in 'milu' has a line over it, a 'long i')
— Es milu tevi (less common)

Lebanese
— Bahibak

Lingala
— Nalingi yo

Lisbon lingo
— Gramo-te bue', chavalinha!

Lithuanian
— As tave myliu (Ush ta-ve mee-lyu) (over the 's' of 'As' has to be a 'v')

Lojban
— Mi do prami

Luo (Kenia)
— Aheri

Luxembourgish
— Ech hun dech gar

Maa
— Ilolenge

Madrid lingo
— Me molas, tronca!

Maiese
— Wa wa

Malay
— Saya cintamu
— Saya sayangmu
— Saya sayang anda
— Saya cintakan mu (grammatically correct)
— Saya sayangkan mu ( " )
— Saya chantikan awak
— Aku sayang kau

Malay/Bahasa
— Saya cinta mu

Malay/Indonesian
— Aku sayang kau
— Saya cantikan awak
— Saya sayangkan engkau
— Saya cintakan awak
— Aku cinta pada kau
— Aku cinta pada mu
— Saya cinta pada mu
— Saya sayangkan engkau ('engkau' often shortened to 'kau', 'engkau' is informal form and should only be used if you know the person _really_well)

Malayalam
— Njyaan ninne snehikyunnu
— Njyaan ninne premikyunnu
— Njyaan ninne mohikyunnu

Malaysian
— Saya cintamu
— Saya sayangmu
— Saya cinta kamu

Marathi
— Mi tuzya var prem karato
— Me tujhashi prem karto (male to female)
— Me tujhashi prem karte (female to male)

Marshallese
— Yokwe Yuk

Mohawk
— Konoronhkwa

Mokilese
— Ngoah mweoku kaua

Mongolian
— Be Chamad Hairtai (very personal)

Moroccan
— Kanbhik (both mean the same, but spoken)
— Kanhebek (in different cities)

Navajo
— Ayor anosh'ni

Ndebele (Zimbabwe)
— Niyakutanda

Nepali
— Ma timi sita prem garchhu (romantic)
— Ma timilai maya garchhu (less emphatic, can be used in a non romantic conext, too)

Norwegian
— Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal)
— Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)
— Jeg elsker deg (Riksmaal outdated, formerly used by upper-class and
conservative people)

Nyanja
— Ninatemba

Op
— Op lopveop yopuop

Oriya
— Moon Tumakoo Bhala Paye
— Moon Tumakoo Prema Kare

Oromoo
— Sinjaladha
— Sinjaldha

Osetian
— Aez dae warzyn

Pakistani
— Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai
— Muje se mu habbat hai

Papiamento
— Mi ta stimabo

Pedi (related to Tswana)
— Kiyahurata. (pronounced as Kee-ya--hoo-rata)

Pig Latin
— Ie ovele ouye (pronounced as I-ay ov-lay u-yay.)

Pilipino
— Mahal kita
— Iniibig kita

Polish
— Kocham cie
— Ja cie kocham

Portuguese/Brazilian
— Eu te amo (pronounced 'eiu chee amu')
— Eu amo-te
— Amo-te

Punjabi (Indian)
— Main tainu pyar karna
— Mai taunu pyar Karda

Quenya (J.R. Tolkien)
— Tye-melane

Raetoromanisch
— te amo

Romanian
— Te iubesc
— Te ador (stronger)

Russian
— Ya vas lyublyu (old fashioned)
— Ya tyebya lyublyu (best)
— Ya lyublyu vas (old fashioned)
— Ya lyublyu tyebya

Samoan
— Ou te alofa outou.
— Ou te alofa ia te oe.
— Talo'fa ia te oe. ("Hello, from me to you")
— Fia moi? ("Would you like to go to bed with me tonight?")

Sanskrit
— Anurag (a higher love, like the love of music or art)

Scot-Gaelic
— Tha gr`adh 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
— Kiyahurata. (pronounced as Kee-ya--hoo-rata)

Shona
— Ndinokuda

Singhalese (Ceylon)
— Mama oyata adarei
— Mama oyaata aadareyi

Sioux
— Techihhila

Skopian
— 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")

Slovak
— Lubim ta

Slovene
— Ljubim te

Somalian
— Waan ku jeclahay

Spanish
— Te amo
— Te quiero
— Te re-quiero (Argentine way to say I love you very much)
— Te adoro (I adore you)
— Te deseo (I desire you)
— Me antojes (I crave you)

Srilankan
— Mama oyata arderyi

Suaheli (Ostafrika)
— Ninikupenda

Swahili
— Nakupenda
— Naku penda (followed by the person's name)
— Ninikupenda
— Dholu'o

Swedish
— Jag alskar dig. (pronounced "Yag alskar day")

Syrian/Lebanese
— Bhebbek (male to female)
— Bhebbak (female to male)

Tagalog
— Mahal kita

Tahitian
— Ua Here Vau Ia Oe
— Ua here vau ia oe

Tamil
— Naan unnai kaathalikir^en ("I love you")
— Naan unnai kathalikkinr^en ("I love you")
— Naan unnai Virumbukir^en ("I love you")
— Naan unnai Virumbukinr^en ("I love you")
— Naan unna kathalikaren (The last 'n' in both Naan and Kaathalikaren, are spelt thru nose and is almost silent) (Coloquel, when you speak casually, without much stress on grammar)
— Nee yennai kaathalikiraai! ("You love me!") (If its a question like You love me? or Do you Love me? Then "Nee Yennai kaathalikkiraaya?)
— Naam iruvarum vi'rumbukirom (We both are loving).
— Naam iruvarum oruvarukkoruvar vi'rumbukirom (We both are loving each other).

Telugu (Indian)
— Neenu ninnu pramistu'nnanu
— Nenu ninnu premistunnanu
— Ninnu premistunnanu

Thai (formal)
— Phom rak khun (male to female)
— Ch'an rak khun (female to male)
— Phom-ruk-koon (male to female)
— Chun-ruk-koon (female to male)
— Phom lak kun (male to female)

Thai
— Khao raak thoe (affectionate, sweet, loving)

Tswana
— Ke a go rata

Tshiluba
— Ndi mukusua (I love you)
— Ndi musua wewe (I want you)
— Ndi ne ditalala bua wewe (I have love for you)

Tunisian
— Ha eh bak

Tumbuka
— Nkhukutemwa

Turkish (formal)
— Sizi seviyorum

Turkish
— Seni seviyorum
— Seni begeniyorum ("I adore you") (g has a bar on it)

Twi (Ghana)
— Me dowapaa
— Me dor wo

Ukrainian
— Ya tebe kokhayu
— Ja tebe kokhaju (real true love)
— Ja vas kokhaju
— Ja pokokhav tebe
— Ja pokokhav vas

Urdu (Indien)
— Main tumse muhabbat karta hoon
— Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai
— Mujge tumae mahabbat hai
— Kam prem kartahai

Vai
— Na lia

Varmlandska
— Du ar gorgo te mag

Venda
— Ndi a ni funa

Vietnamese
— Anh yeu em (male to female)
— Em yeu anh (female to male)
— Toi yeu em

Volapuk
— Lofob oli.

Votic
— Mia suvatan sinua.

Vulcan (Mr.Spock)
— Wani ra yana ro aisha

Walloon
— Dji vos veu volti (lit. I like to see you)
— Dji vos inme (lit. I love you)
— Dji v'zinme

Welsh
— Rwy'n dy garu di.
— Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi)

Wolof
— Da ma la nope
— Da ma la nop (da malanop)

Yiddish
— Kh'hob dikh lib
— Kh'ob dikh holt
— Ikh bin in dir farlibt

Yucatec Maya
— 'in k'aatech (the love of lovers)
— 'in yabitmech (the love of family, which lovers can also feel; it
indicates more a desire to spoil and protect the other person)

Yugoslavian
— Ja te volim

Zazi (kurdish)
— Ezhele hezdege

Zulu
— Mina Ngithanda Wena (rarely used; means "Me, I love you.")
— Ngiyakuthanda (pronounced as NGee-ya--koo--tanda)

Zuni
— Tom ho'ichema