250 ways to say "I love you"

 
     
 
Afrikaans
Ek het jou liefe
Ek is lief vir jou
Albanian
te dua
te dashuroj
Alentejano(Portugal)
Gosto De Ti, Porra!
Alsacien
Ich hoan dich gear
Amharic
Afekrishalehou
Arabic
Ana Behibak (to a male)
Ana Behibek (to a female)
Ib'n hebbak.
Ana Ba-heb-bak
nhebuk
Ohiboke (male to female)
Ohiboka (female to male)
Ohibokoma (male or female to two males or two females)
Nohiboke (more than one male or female to female)
Nohiboka (male to male or female to male)
Nohibokoma (m. to m. or f. to two males or two females)
Nohibokom (m. to m. or f. to more than two males)
Nohibokon (m. to m. or f. to more than two females)
Bahibak (female to male)
Arabic (not standard)
Bahibik (male to female)
Benhibak (more than one male or female to male)
Benhibik (male to male or female to female)
Benhibkom (m. to m. or female to more than one male)
Moi tomak bhal pau
Basc
Nere Maitea
Batak
Holong rohangku di ho
Bavarian
I mog di narrisch gern
Bengali
Ami tomAy bhAlobAshi
Ami tomake bhalobashi.
Berber
Lakh tirikh
Bicol
Namumutan ta ka
Bolivian Quechua
qanta munani
Bulgarian
Obicham te
Burmese
chit pa de
Cambodian
Bon sro lanh oon
kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah
Canadian French
Sh'teme (spoken, sounds like this)
Cantonese
Moi oiy neya
Ngo oi ney
Catalan
T'estim (mallorcan)
T'estim molt (I love you a lot)
T'estime (valencian)
T'estimo (catalonian)
Cebuano
Gihigugma ko ikaw.
Chickasaw
chiholloli (first "i" nasalized)
Chinese
(see the entries for mandarin or cantonese!)
Corsican
Ti tengu cara (to female)
Ti tengu caru (to male)
Croatian
LJUBim te
Czech
miluji te
MILUJU TE! (colloquial form)
Danish
Jeg elsker dig
Dutch
Ik hou van jou
Ik ben verliefd op je
Ecuador Quechua
canda munani
English
I love you
I adore you
Esperanto
Mi amas vin
Estonian
Mina armastan sind
Ma armastan sind
Farsi
Tora dust midaram
Asheghetam
doostat dAram
Filipino
Mahal kita
Iniibig Kita
Finnish
Minä rakastan sinua
Flemish
Ik zie oe geerne
French
Je t'aime
Je t'adore
Friesian
Ik hald fan dei
Gaelic
Ta gra agam ort
German
Ich liebe Dich
Greek
s'ayapo (spoken s'agapo, 3rd letter is lower case 'gamma')
Greek (old)
(Ego) philo su (ego is only needed for emphasis)
Greenlandic
Asavakit
Gujrati
Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon.
Hausa
Ina sonki
Hawaiian
Aloha I'a Au Oe
Hebrew
Ani ohev otach (male to female)
Ani ohev otcha (male to male)
Ani ohevet otach (female to female)
Ani ohevet otcha (female to male)
Hessian
Ei, isch du Disch doch liebbe, gelle
Hindi
Mai tumase pyar karata hun (male to female)
Mai tumase pyar karati hun (female to male)
Main Tumse Prem Karta Hoon
Mai Tumhe Pyar Karta Hoon
Main Tumse Pyar Karta Hoon
Mai Tumse Peyar Karta Hnu
Mai tumse pyar karta hoo
Hokkien
Wa ai lu
Hopi
Nu' umi unangwa'ta
Hungarian
Szeretlek
Szeretlek te'ged
Icelandic
Eg elska thig
Indi
Mai Tujhe Pyaar Kartha Ho
Indonesian
Saya cinta padamu (Saya, commonly used)
Saya cinta kamu ( " )
Saya kasih saudari ( " )
Aku tjinta padamu (Aku, not often used)
Aku cinta padamu ( " )
Aku cinta kamu ( " )
Iranian
Mahn doostaht doh-rahm
Irish
taim i' ngra leat
Italian
ti amo (if it's a relationship/lover/spouse)
ti voglio bene (if it's a friend, or relative)
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
Watakushi-wa anata-wo ai shimasu
Suki desu (used at 1st time, like for a start, when you are not yet real lovers)
Kulo tresno
Kannada
Naanu Ninnanu Preethisuthene
Naanu Ninnanu Mohisuthene
Kiswahili
Nakupenda
Klingon
qabang
qaparHa' (depends where in the galaxy you are)
Korean
No-rul sarang hae (man to woman in casual relation)
Tangsinul sarang ha yo
Tangshin-ul sarang hae-yo
Tangsinul Sarang Ha Yo
Tangshin-i cho-a-yo (i like you, in a romantic way)
Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida
Nanun Dangsineul Mucheog Joahapnida
Nanun Dangsineul Saranghapnida
Nanun Gdaega Joa
Nanun Gdaereul Saranghapnida
Nanun Neoreul Saranghanda
Gdaereul Hjanghan Naemaeum Alji
Joahaeyo
Saranghae
Saranghaeyo
Saranghapanida
Kurdish
Ez te hezdikhem (?)
Lao
Koi muk jao
Khoi huk chau
Latin
Te amo
Vos amo
Latin (old)
(Ego) amo te (ego, for emphasis)
Latvian
Es milu tevi (Pronounced "Ess tevy meeloo")
Lebanese
Bahibak
Lingala
Nalingi yo
Lisbon lingo
gramo-te bue', chavalinha
Lithuanian
TAVE MYLIU (ta-ve mee-lyu)
Lojban
mi do prami
Luo
Aheri
Macedonian
SAKAM TE!
Madrid lingo
Me molas, tronca
Malay
Saya cintakan mu
Saya sayangkan mu
Malay/Indonesian
Saya sayangkan engkau
Saya cintakan awak
Malayalam
Njyaan Ninne' Preetikyunnu
Njyaan Ninne' Mohikyunnu.
Ngan Ninne Snaehikkunnu
Malaysian
Saya Cintamu
Saya Sayangmu
Saya Cinta Kamu
Mandarin
Wo ai ni (Wo3 ai4 ni3 in tonal notation)
Marathi
me tujhashi prem karto (male to female)
me tujhashi prem karte (female to male)
Mi tuzya var prem karato
Mohawk
Konoronhkwa
Navaho
Ayor anosh'ni
Ndebele
Niyakutanda
Norwegian
Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)
Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal) (pronouncedyai elske dai)
Op
Op Lopveop Yopuop
Osetian
Aez dae warzyn
Pakistani
Mujhe Tumse Muhabbat Hai
Persian
Tora dost daram
Pig Latin
Ie Ovele Ouye
Polish
Kocham Cie
Ja cie kocham
Yacha kocham
Kocham Ciebie
Portuguese
Amo-te
Eu te amo
Punjabi
Mai taunu pyar karda
Main Tainu Pyar Karna
Quenya
Tye-mela'ne
Romanian
Te iu besc
Te Ador
Russian
Ya vas liubliu
Ya tebya liubliu
Ya polubeel s'tebya
Russian (malincaya)
Ya Tibieh Lublue
Scot Gaelic
Tha gra\dh agam ort
Serbian
ljubim te (I kiss you/love you, 'lj' pronounced like 'll' in Spanish, one sound, 'ly'ish)
Serbocroatian
Volim te
Ljubim te
Shona
Ndinokuda
Sinhalese
Mama oyata adarei
Sioux
Techihhila
Slovak
lubim ta
Slovene
ljubim te
Spanish
Te quiero
Te amo
Srilankan
Mama Oyata Arderyi
Swahili
Naku penda (followed by the person's name)
Swedish
Jag älskar dig
Swiss-German
Ch'ha di gärn
Syrian/Lebanese
BHEBBEK (to a female)
BHEBBAK (to a male)
Tagalog
Mahal kita
Tahitian
Ua Here Vau Ia Oe
Tamil
Ni yaanai kaadli karen (You love me)
n^An unnaik kAthalikkinREn (I love you)
Naan Unnai Kadalikiren
Tcheque
MILUJI TÊ
Telugu
Neenu ninnu pra'mistu'nnanu
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)
Phom Rak Khun
Tunisian
Ha eh bak *
Turkish
Seni seviyo*rum (o* means o ô)
Seni Seviyurum
Seni Seviyorum
Ukrainian
ja tebe koKHAju (real true love)
ja vas koKHAju
ja pokoKHAv tebe
ja pokoKHAv vas
Urdu
Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai
Main Tumse Muhabbat Karta Hoon
Vietnamese
Em yêuê anh (woman to man)
Toi yeu em
Anh yêu em (man to woman)
Vlaams
Ik hue van ye
Vulcan
Wani ra yana ro aisha
Welsh
'Rwy'n dy garu di.
Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi)
Yiddish
Ich libe dich
Ich han dich lib
Ikh Hob Dikh Lib
Yugoslavian
Ya te volim
Zazi
Ezhele hezdege (sp?)
Zulu
Mena Tanda Wena
Ngiyakuthanda!
Zuni
Tom ho' ichema