Almost from the beginning of this web site, I've had a section which carries the greeting "Good morning" in lots of languages. This was my gesture towards the global nature of the Internet.

The section has proved remarkably popular and I regularly receive e-mails from around the world complimenting me on it and often asking for other phrases in multiple languages - but this is not a language site.

Nevertheless, I decided to mark one Valentine's Day by creating this section with the phrase "I love you" in many languages. After all, there can be few short collections of words that are so powerful and meaningful. So, as you travel round the world or meet people from various countries in your own nation, try out these translations and someone somewhere might respond in kind. However, I accept no liability for the reaction.

I hope that below you will find the greeting "I love you” in all the languages you are seeking. If you can add to the compilation, please e-mail me, advise me how to say "I love you”" in another language, and I’'ll add it to this page.

Afrikaans	Ek is lief vir jou
Albanian	Te dua
Arabic	Ah’bika [to a man] Ah’bik [to a woman]
Aramaic	Rikhmith-akh [to a man] Rikhmith-eykh [to a woman]
Armenian	Yes qez sirum em
Assyrian	Ee bayinnukh
Azerbaijani	Men seni sevirem
Bamougoum	Guo me ye te
Bangladeshi	Ami tomake valobashi
Bantu	Ndinokuda
Basque	Maite zaitut
Belarussian	Ya tabe kahayu
Bemba	Nalikutemwa
Bengali	Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi
Bosnia	Volim te
Bulgarian	Obicham te
Cambodian	Soro lahn nhee ah
Cantonese	Ngo oi ney
Catalan	T'estimo
Cheyenne	Ne mohotatse
Chinyanja	Ndimakukonda
Cornish	My a'th kar
Corsican	Ti tengu caru [to a man] Ti tengu cara [to a woman]
Creole	Mwen renmen w
Croatian	Ja te volim
Czech	Miluji tě
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	Doostat daaram
Filipino	Mahal kita
Finnish	Minä rakastan sinua
Flemish	Ik zie oe geerne
French	Je t'aime
Frisian	Ik hâld fan dy
Gaelic	Ta gra agam ort
Georgian	Mikvarkhar
German	Ich liebe Dich
Greek	S'agapo
Greenlandic	Asavakit
Gujarati	Hoo thunay prem karoo choo
Hausa	Ina sonki
Hawaiian	Aloha wau ia oi
Hebrew	Ani ohevet otcha [woman to a man] Ani ohev otach [man to a woman] Ani ohev otcha [man to a man] Ani ohevet otach [woman to a woman]
Hindi	Hum tumhe pyar karte hae
Hopi	Nu'umi unangwa'ta
Hungarian	Szeretlek te'ged
Icelandic	ég elska þig
Indonesian	Aku Cinta Kamu
Irish	Taim i' ngra leat
Inuit	Negligevapse
Italian	Ti amo
Japanese	Ai shiteru
Kannada	Naanu ninnannu preethisuvenu
Khmer	Oun Srorlanh Borng [to a man] Borng Srorlanh Oun [to a woman]
Kimeru	Ninkwendete
Konkani	Hanv Tuzo Mog Kortam
Korean	Tangsinul sarang ha yo
Kurdish	Ez te hezdikhem
Lao	Koi hak jao
Latin	Te amo
Latvian	Es tevi milu
Lebanese	Bahibak
Lithuanian	Aš tave myliu
Luo	Aheri
Luxembourgish	Ech hun dëch gaer
Macedonian	Te sakam
Malayalam	Njan ninne premikkunnu
Malaysian	Saya cintakan mu
Maltese	Inhobbok
Mandarin	Wo ai ni
Mohawk	Kanbhik
Maori	Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Mapudungun	Inche poyekeyu
Marathi	Maaze tuzhyavar prem ahe
Moroccan	Kanhebek
Navaho	Ayor anosh'ni
Norwegian	Jeg elsker deg
Pashto	Za stha sara meena kawoma
Persian	Man ashegheto hastam
Pilipino	Mahal kita
Polish	Kocham Cie
Portuguese	Amo-te
Punjabi	Mai taunu pyar karda
Rapa nui	Hanga rahi au kia koe
Romanian	Te iubesc
Russian	Ya tyebya lyublyu
Samoan	Ou te alofa ia te oe
Sanskrit	Aham Tubhyam Pranyaami
Sardinian	Ti kerio meta
Serbian	Volim te
Setswana	Ke a go rata
Sindhi	Maa tokhe pyar kendo ahyan
Sinhalese	Mama oya'ta a'darei
Sioux	Techihhila
Slovak	Milujem Ťa
Slovenian	Ljubim te
Somalian	Waan ku gealahay
Sotho	Ke a o rata
Spanish	Te amo
Swahili	Nakupenda
Swazi	Ngiyakutsandza
Swedish	Jag älskar dig
Swiss German	Ich lieb Di
Tagalog	Mahal kita
Tahitian	Ua here vau ia oe
Taiwanese	Wa ga ei li
Tamil	Naan unnai kadhalikiraen
Tetum	Hau hadomi o
Telugu	Nenu ninnu premisthunnanu
Thai	Chan rak khun [to a man] Phom rak khun [to a woman]
Tonga	Ndakuyanda
Tunisian	Ha eh bak
Turkish	Seni seviyorum
Turkmen	Men seni söýýan
Ukrainian	Ja tebe kokhaju
Urdu	May ap se pyar kerthy ho [to a man] May ap se pyar kertha ho [to a woman]
Uzbek	Men sizni sevaman
Vietnamese	Aim ew ang [to a man] Ang ew aim [to a woman]
Welsh	Rwy'n dy garu di
Wolof	Damalanob
Xhosa	Ndiyakuthanda
Yiddish	Ikh hob dikh lib
Yoruba	Mo ni fe
Xitsonga	Na kurhandza
Zulu	Ngiyakuthanda

Last modified on 23 May 2023