The Language of Love

How to say “I Love You”

 

Asia
Cambodian : Kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah, or Bon sro lanh oon
Chinese : Wo Ai Ni (Manderin): Moi Oiy Neya (Cantonese)
Filipino : Mahal Kita

Hindi : Mai tumase pyar karata hoon (male to female) : Mai tumase pyar karati hoon (female to male)
Indonesian : Saya Cinta Padamu
Japanese : Kimi o ai shiteru
Javanese : Kulo tresno
Korean : Tangsinul Sarang ha yo
Lao : Khoi Huk Chau
Malaysian : Saya Cintamu
Punjabi : Main Tainu Pyar Karna
Russian: Ya Vas Lyublyu
Sinhalese (Sri Lanka): Mama Oyata Arderyi
Thai : Phom Rak Khun (male to female) : Ch'an Rak Khun (female to male)
Vietnamese : Anh Yêu Em (male to female) : Em Yêu Anh (female to male)

Caribbean
Dutch: Ik hou van jou
French: Je t'aime
Papiamento (Aruba): Mi Ta Stimabo
Papiamentu (Curacao): Mi Stima Bo
Patois (Jamaica): Mi luv yuh
Spanish: Te Quiero

European Languages
Albanian : Te dua
Bulgarian : Obicham te
Catalan (for Barcelona): T'estimo
Croatian: Volim te
Danish: Jeg elsker dig
Dutch: Ik Houd Van u
Estonian: Mina Armastan Sind
Finnish: Minä Rakastan Sinua
French : Je t'aime
Gaelic : Ta Gra Agam Ort
German : Ich liebe Dich
Greek : s'agapo, (written Σε αγαπώ)
Greenlandic: Asavakit
Icelandic : Eg elska thig
Italian : Ti amo
Irish : Taim i' ngra leat
Latin : Te Amo
Maltese : Inhobbok
Norwegian : Jeg elsker deg
Polish : Kocham Cie
Portuguese : Eu Te Amo
Russian: Ya Vas Lyublyu
Scot Gaelic : Tha Gra’dh Agam Ort
Serbocroatian : Volim te
Spanish : Te Quiero
Swedish : Jag Älskar Dig
Turkish : Seni Seviyorum
Welsh : Rwy'n dy garu di

North Africa/Holy Land
Arabic (formal) : Ooheboki (male to female) : Ooheboka (female to male)
Hebrew : Ani Ohev Otach (male to female) : Ani Ohevet Otcha (female to male)

North America
French: Je t'aime
Spanish: Te Quiero

Pacific
Chamorru (Guam & northern Mariana Islands): Hu Guiya Hao (pronounced: who gwai-dza how)
Gilbertese (The Republic of Kiribati): itangiriko
Hawaiian: Aloha Wau I’a ‘Oe
Maori (New Zealand): kia hoahai
Samoan: Oute Alofa Ia Te Oe
Tahitian: Ua Here Vau Ia Oe
Tongan: Ofa atu
South America
Ecuador Quechua : canda munani
Portuguese : Eu Te Amo
Spanish : Te Quiero

Southern/Eastern Africa
Afrikaans : Ek Het Jou Lief
Hausa : Ina Sonki
Swahili : Nakupenda
Zulu : Mena Tanda Wena