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love languages: I love you in 101 different languages

Love is complicated. In a world where everyone is becoming increasingly connected, people from all over the world get to know each other and fall in love with each other. But if you notice someone making your heart jump, sometimes a few bumps need to be overcome. Language, for example, can be a big barrier (although love conquers everything in the end!). To help you, I’ve listed a few love phrases. Forget Cupid, just approach your future other half yourself!

1. French

I love you – je t’aime

Sweetheart – cheri (man) cherie (woman) (same pronunciation, just different spelling)

Honey – ma puce (this literally means ‘my flea’ and that’s no joke!

2. Italian (love languages: I love you in 101 different languages)

I love you – ti voglio bene / ti amo

Dear – caro (man) cara (woman)

When someone says ” sei una ragazza di acqua e sapone ” to you, which literally means that you are “a girl of soap and water”, that’s a compliment: you have the girl-next-door look. You don’t need any makeup – soap and water is enough.

3. Spanish

I love you – te quiero / te amo

Honey – corazon (This literally means “heart.” Nice, isn’t it, such a far-reaching comparison?)

Zoeterd – terron de azucar (there is no better way to tell someone you think they are sweet than literally calling them sugar?)

4. Portuguese (love languages: I love you in 101 different languages)

I love you – eu te amo

Dearest – querido or chuchu (this literally means “chayote,” a vegetable)

Que saudade – There is no literal English translation for this (yep, it’s one of those). But you can say this when you miss someone to the point of desperation, when it almost hurts your heart. You can say “Que saudade!” when you remember your very first pet, or think about your sweetheart who is on the other side of the planet. Many Brazilians close their emails with “aaudades”, which means they miss you terribly.

love languages: I love you in 101 different languages

The language of love is the most universal language there is. Yet it is sometimes difficult if your loved one speaks another language, so below you will find ‘I love you’ in 200 different languages.

“I love you” in other languages
German – Ich liebe dich
Danish – Jeg Elsker Dig
English – I love you
Friesian – Ik Hâld Fan Dy
French – Je t’aime, Je t’adore
Greek – S’agapo
Hungarian – Szeretlek
Indian – Hum Tumhe Pyar Karte hae
Indonesian – Saya cinta padamu
Italian – Ti amo
Croatian – Ljubim in
Lithuanian – Tave myliu
Moroccan – Ana moajaba bik
Polish – Kocham Ciebie
Portuguese – Eu te amo
Romanian – Te ubesk
Spanish – Te amo
Slovenian – Ljubim te
Slovak – Lu`bim ta
Turkish – Seni Seviyorum
Czech – Miluji in
Ukrainian – Ya tebe kahayu
Swedish – Jag alskar dig
South African – I love you

Bonus:

Turkish – Seni seviyorum
Albanian – Te dua
African – Ek it is your love or Ek is sweet for you
Mandarin – Wo ai ni
Greek – S’agapo
Arabic – Ana behibak (to a man) Ana behibek (to a woman)

Well, what are you waiting for? Let that special someone know how you really feel about them.

More ‘I love you’ in different languages:

South-African	Love it to you

Akan	Me dor wo

Albanian	To dashuroj

Alentejano	Gosto de ti

Alsacien	Ich hoan dich gear

Amharic	Afekrishalehou

Apache	Sheth she ~ n zho ~ n

Arabic (formal)	Ooheboki (male to female)
	Ooheboka (female to male)
	Ohiboke (male to female)
	Ohiboki (male to female)

Arabic	Ana ba-heb-bak
	Ohibokoma (male or female to two males or two females)
	Nohiboke (more than one males or females to female)
	Nohiboka (male to male or female to male)
	Nohibokoma (male to male or female to two males or two females)
	Nohibo bowl (male to male or female to more than two males)
	Nohibokon (male to male or female to more than two females)

Arabic (not standard)	Bahibak (female to male)
	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)

Armenian	Es kez siroum em
	Es six siroum em
	Es siroum em kez
	Es siroum em six

Assamese	Moi tomak bhal pau

Balinese	Tiang tresna sign beli

Bassa	Mengweswe

Basque	Maite zaitut

Batak	Holong rohangku di ho

Bavarian	I mog di narrically gern

Belorussian	Ya kahayu tabe

Bemba	Ndikufuna

Bengali	Ami tomay bhalobashi

Berber	Lakh tirikh

Bicol	Namumutan ta ka

Bisayon	Namomout

Bolivian Quechua	Qanta munani

Bosnian	Volim too

Brazilian	Amo too

Bulgarian	Obicham too

Burmese	Chit pa de

Cambodian	Bon sro lanh oon

Canadian French	Je t’aime
	Je t’adore

Catalan	T’estim molt (“I love you a lot”)
	T’estim (Mallorcan)
	T’estime (Valencian)
	T’estimo (Catalonian)

Cebuano	Gihigugma ko ikaw

Chamoru (or Chamorro)	Hu guaiya hao

Cheyenne	Nemehotatse

Chichewa	Ndimakukonda

Chickasaw	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 no (Mandarin dialect)
	Wo ay ni (Mandarin dialect)
	Wo ai ni (Putunghua dialect)
	Ngo ai nong (Wu dialect)

Comorian	Ni sou love vendza

Corsican	Ti tengu cara

Creol	Mi aime you

Croatian	Ljubim too

Czech	Miluji Te

Danish	Jeg elsker dig

Davvi Samegiella	Mun rahkistin dü

Dusun	Siuhang oku dia

Dutch	I love you

Ecuador Quechua	Canda munani

English	I love you

Estonian	Mina Armastan Sind

Esperanto	Mi amas sin

Ethiopian	Afgreki

Farsi	Tora Dust Midaram
	Asheghetam

Farsi (Persian)	Doostat Daram

Filipino	Mahal Kita
	Iniibig ako

Finnish	Minä Rakastan Sinua

French	Je T’aime

Friesian	I Hâld Fan Dy

Gaelic	Ta Gra Agam Ort

Galician	Querote
	Queroche
	Amote

Georgien	Me shen mikvarkhar

German	Ich liebe Dich

Ghanaian	Me dor wo

Greek	S’ayapo

Greek (old)	Philo Su

Greenlandic	Asavakit

Guarani	Rohiyu

Gujrati	Hoon Tane Pyar Karoochhoon

Hausa	Ina sonki

Hawaiian	Aloha I’a Au Oe

Hebrew	Ani Ohev otach

Hindi	Mujhe Tum Se Pyar Hai

Hopi	Nu’umi unangwata

Hungarian	Szeretlek te’ged

Iboloi	Pip-piyan taha

Iceladic	Eg elska thig

Ilocano	Ay-ayaten ka

Imazighan	Hamlagh Kem

Indi	Mai Tujhe Pyaar Kartha Hoo

Indonesian	Saya Cinta Padamu

Interglossa	Mi esthe philo tu.

Iranian	Mahn doostaht doh-rahm

Irish	Taim i ‘ngra leat

Irish Gaelic	T’a gr’a agam dhuit

Italian	Ti Amo

Japanese	Aishiteru

Javanese	Kulo tresno

Kadazan	Guminavo oku dika

Kankana-ey	Laylaydek sik-a

Kannada	Nanu Ninna Preetistini

Kikongo	Mono ke zola nge

Kiswahili	Nakupenda

Klingon	Qabang

Korean	Sa rang hae

Kpele	I walikana

Kurdish	Ez Te Hezdikhem

Lao	Khoi Huk Chau

Lappish	Un rahkistin dú.

Latin	Te Amo

Latvian	Es milu Tevi
	Es Tevi Milu

Lebanese	Bahibak

Lingala	Nalingi Yo

Lisbon lingo	Gramo-te bue ‘, chavalinha!

Lithuanian	Tave Myliu

Lojban	Mi do prami

Luo	Aheri

Luxembourgish	Ech their dech gär

Mon	Ilolenge

Macedonian	Sakam Te

Madrid lingo	Me molas, tronca!

Maiese	Wa Wa

Malay	Saya cintamu

Malayalam	Ngan Ninne Snaehikkunnu

Malaysian	Saya Cintamu
	Saya Sayangmu
	Saya Cinta Kamu

Marathi	Mi tuzya var prem karato

Maltese	Inhobbok

Marshallese	Yokwe

Mohawk	Konoronhkwa

Mokilese	Ngoah mweoku kaua

Moroccan	Kanbhik

Navaho	Ayor Anosh’ni

Ndebele	Niyakutanda

Nepali	Ma timi sita prem garchhu

Norwegian	Ek ann thér (Old Norse)
	Eg elskar deg

Nyanja	Ninatemba

On	On Lopveop Yopuop

Oriya	Moon Tumakoo Bhala Paye

Oromoo	Sinjaladha

Osetian	Aez Dae Warzyn

Pakistanis	Mujhe Tumse Muhabbat Hai

Papiamento	Mi ta stimábo

Pedi	Kiyahurata.

Persian	Tora Dost Daram

Pig Latin	Ie Ovele Ouye

Pilipino	See Filipino

Polish	Kocham Cie

Portuguese	Amo Te

Proto Germanic	Eka thez ann

Punjabi	Main Tainu Pyar Karna

Quenya	Tye-meláne

Raetoromanic	Te amo

Romanian	Te Ador

Russian	Ya Vas Lyublyu

Russian (malincaya)	Ya Tibieh Lublue

Samoan	Ou too alofa outou.

Sanskrit	Anurag

Scot Gaelic	Tha Gradh Agam Ort

Serbian	Ljubim too

Serbocroatian	Volim too
	Ljubim too

SeSotho	Kiyahurata.

Shona	Ndinokuda

Sioux	Techihhila

Sinhalese	Mama Oyaata Aadareyi

Slovak	Lubim Ta

Slovene	Ljubim Te

Somalian	Delusional ku jeclahay

Spanish	Te Amo
	At Quiero

Sranang Tongo	Mi Lobie You

Srilankan	Mama Oyata Arderyi

Suaheli	Ninikupenda

swahili	Nakupenda

Swedish	Jag Älskar Dig

Swiss-German	Ch’ha Di Gärn

Syrian / Lebanese	Bhebek

Tagalog	See filipino

Tahitian	Ua Here Vau Ia Oe

Taiwanese	Wa Ai Li

Tamil	Naan Unnai Kadalikiren

Check	Miluji tê

Telugu	Ninnu Premistunnanu.

Telugu / India	Nenu Ninnu Premistunnanu

Thai	Phom Rak Khun (formal, male to female)
	Ch’an Rak Khun (formal, female to male)
	Khao Raak Thoe (affectionate, sweet, loving)

Tibetan	Nga Rang Lha Ga Bu Du

Tswana	Ke a go rata

Tshiluba	Ndi mukusua

Tumbuka	Nkhukutemwa

Tunisian	Ha Eh Bak

Turkish	Ben Seni Seviyurum

Twi	Me dowapaa

Ukrainian	Ya tebe kokhayu

Urdu	Main Tumse Muhabbat Karta Hoo

Vai	After lia

Värmländska	Du är görgo in mäg

Venda	Ndi a ni funa

Vietnamese	Anh Yêu Em (male to female)
	Em Yêu Anh (female to male)
	Toi Yeu Em

Volapük	Löfob oli.

Votic	Miä suvatan sinua.

Vulcan (Mr. Spock)	Wani ra yana ro aisha

Walloon	Dji fox inme

Welsh	Fi cariad ti

Wolof	Da ma la nob

Yiddish	Ich Han Dich Lib

Yucatec Maya	‘In k’aatech

Yugoslavian	Yes Te Volim

Zazi	Ezhele Hezdege

Zulu	Mena Tanda Wena

Zuni	Tom Ho ‘Ichema