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alphabetical order
by language.
A
Afrikaans
- Ek het jou lief
Afrikaans - Ek is lief vir jou
Albanian
- te dua
Albanian - te dashuroj
Alentejano
(
Portugal
) - Gosto De Ti, Porra!
Alsacien
- Ich hoan dich gear
Amharic
- Afekrishalehou
Arabic
- Ana Behibak (to a male)
Arabic - Ana Behibek (to a female)
Arabic - Ib'n hebbak.
Arabic - Ana Ba-heb-bak Arabic - nhebuk Arabic - Ohiboke (male to female)
Arabic - Ohiboka (female to male)
Arabic - Ohibokoma (male or female to two males or two females)
Arabic - Nohiboke (more than one male or female to female)
Arabic - Nohiboka (male to male or female to male)
Arabic - Nohibokoma (m. to m. or f. to two males or two females)
Arabic - Nohibokom (m. to m. or f. to more than two males)
Arabic - Nohibokon (m. to m. or f. to more than two females)
Arabic (not standard) - Bahibak (female to male)
Arabic (not standard) - Bahibik (male to female)
Arabic (not standard) - Benhibak (more than one male or female to male)
Arabic (not standard) - Benhibik (male to male or female to female)
Arabic (not standard) - Benhibkom (m. to m. or female to more than one male
Armenian
- Yes kez sirum em
Assamese
- Moi tomak bhal pau
B
Basque
- Nere Maitea
Batak
- Holong rohangku di ho
Bavarian
- I mog di narrisch gern
Bavarian - I hob di liab
Bavarian - I liab di
Bengali
- Ami tomAy bhAlobAshi
Bengali - Ami tomake bhalobashi.
Berber
- Lakh tirikh
Bicol
- Namumutan ta ka
Bolivian
Quechua
- qanta munani
Bulgarian
- Obicham te
Burmese
- chit pa de
C
Cambodian
- Bon sro lanh oon
Cambodian - kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah
Cantonese
- Moi oiy neya
Cantonese - Ngo oi ney
Catalan
- T'estim (mallorcan)
Catalan - T'estim molt (literally, "I love you a lot")
Catalan - T'estime (valencian)
Catalan - T'estimo (catalonian)
Cebuano
- Gihigugma ko ikaw.
Chickasaw
- chiholloli (first "i" nasalized)
Corsican
- Ti tengu cara (to female) Corsican - Ti tengu caru (to male)
Croatian
- LJUBim te
Czech
- miluji te
Czech - miluju te! (colloquial form)
D
Danish
- Jeg elsker dig
Dutch
- Ik hou van jou
Dutch - Ik ben verliefd op je
E
Ecuador
Quechua - canda munani
English
- I love you
English - I adore you
Esperanto
- Mi amas vin
Estonian
- Mina armastan sind
Estonian - Ma armastan sind
F
Farsi
- Tora dust midaram
Farsi - Asheghetam
Farsi (
Persian
) - doostat dAram
Filipino
- Mahal ka ta
Filipino Iniibig Kita
Finnish
- Minä rakastan sinua
Flemish
- Ik zie oe geerne
French
- Je t'aime
French - Je t'adore
French - Je vous aime
French - Je vous adore
Friesian
- Ik hald fan dei
G
Gaelic
- Ta gra agam ort
German
- Ich liebe Dich
Greek
- s'ayapo (pronounced s'agapo)
Greek (old) - (Ego) philo su (ego is implied, but may be used for emphasis)
Greenlandic
- Asavakit
Gujrati
- Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon.
H
Hausa
- Ina sonki
Hawaiian
- Aloha I'a Au Oe
Hebrew
- Ani ohev otach (male to female)
Hebrew - Ani ohev otcha (male to male)
Hebrew - Ani ohevet otach (female to female)
Hebrew - Ani ohevet otcha (female to male)
Hindi
- Mai tumase pyar karata hun (male to female)
Hindi - Mai tumase pyar karati hun (female to male)
Hindi - Main Tumse Prem Karta Hoon
Hindi - Mai Tumhe Pyar Karta Hoon
Hindi - Main Tumse Pyar Karta Hoon
Hindi - Mai Tumse Peyar Karta Hnu
Hindi - Mai tumse pyar karta hoo
Hokkien
- Wa ai lu
Hopi
- Nu' umi unangwa'ta
Hungarian
- Szeretlekv
Hungarian - Szeretlek te'ged
I
Icelandic
- Eg elska thig
Indi
- Mai Tujhe Pyaar Kartha Ho
Indonesian
- Saya cinta padamu
Indonesian - Saya cinta kamu
Indonesian - Saya kasih saudari
Indonesian - Aku tjinta padamu (less common form)
Indonesian - Aku cinta padamu (less common form)
Indonesian - Aku cinta kamu (less common form)
Iranian
- Mahn doostaht doh-rahm
Irish
- taim i' ngra leat
Italian
- ti amo (if it's a relationship/lover/spouse)
Italian - ti voglio bene (if it's a friend, or relative)
J
Japanese
- Kimi o ai shiteru
Japanese - Aishiteru
Japanese - Chuu shiteyo
Japanese - Ora omee no koto ga suki da
Japanese - Ore wa omae ga suki da
Japanese - Suitonnen
Japanese - Sukiyanen
Japanese - Sukiyo
Japanese - Watashi Wa Anata Ga Suki Desu
Japanese - Watashi Wa Anata Wo Aishite Imasu
Japanese - Watakushi-wa anata-wo ai shimasu
Japanese - Suki desu (used at 1st time, at the beginning of a relationship)
Javanese
- Kulo tresno
K
Kannada
- Naanu Ninnanu Preethisuthene
Kannada - Naanu Ninnanu Mohisuthene
Kiswahili
- Nakupenda
Korean
- No-rul sarang hae (man to woman in casual relation)
Korean - Tangsinul sarang ha yo
Korean - Tangshin-ul sarang hae-yo
Korean - Tangsinul Sarang Ha Yo
Korean - Tangshin-i cho-a-yo (i like you, in a romantic way)
Korean - Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida
Korean - Nanun Dangsineul Mucheog Joahapnida
Korean - Nanun Dangsineul Saranghapnida
Korean - Nanun Gdaega Joa
Korean - Nanun Gdaereul Saranghapnida
Korean - Nanun Neoreul Saranghanda
Korean - Gdaereul Hjanghan Naemaeum Alji
Korean - Joahaeyo
Korean - Saranghae
Korean - Saranghaeyo
Korean - Saranghapanida
Kurdish
- Ez te hezdikhem
L
Lao
- Koi muk jao
Lao - Khoi huk chau
Latin
- Te amo
Latin - Vos amo
Latin (old) - (Ego) amo te (ego is implied, but may be used for emphasis)
Latvian
- Es milu tevi (Pronounced "Ess tevy meeloo")
Lebanese
- Bahibak
Lingala
- Nalingi yo
Lithuanian
- TAVE MYLIU (ta-ve mee-lyu)
Lojban
- mi do prami
Luo
- Aheri
M
Macedonian
- SAKAM TE!
Madrid
lingo
- Me molas, tronca
Malay
- Saya cintakan mu
Malay - Saya sayangkan mu
Malay/Indonesian - Saya sayangkan engkau
Malay/Indonesian - Saya cintakan awak
Malayalam
- Njyaan Ninne' Preetikyunnu
Malayalam - Njyaan Ninne' Mohikyunnu.
Malayalam - Ngan Ninne Snaehikkunnu
Malaysian
- Saya Cintamu
Malaysian - Saya Sayangmu
Malaysian - Saya Cinta Kamu
Maltese
- Inhobbok
Mandarin
- Wo ai ni (Wo3 ai4 ni3 in tonal notation)
Marathi
- me tujhashi prem karto (male to female)
Marathi - me tujhashi prem karte (female to male)
Marathi - Mi tuzya var prem karato
Mohawk
- Konoronhkwa
N
Navaho
- Ayor anosh'ni
Ndebele
- Niyakutanda
Norwegian
- Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)
Norwegian - Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal) (pronouncedyai elske dai)
O
Op
- Op Lopveop Yopuop
Osetian
- Aez dae warzyn
P
Pakistani
- Mujhe Tumse Muhabbat Hai
Persian
- Tora dost daram
Pig Latin
- Ie Ovele Ouye
Polish
- Kocham Cie
Polish - Ja cie kocham (
Yacha kocham
)
Polish - Kocham Ciebie
Portuguese
- Amo-te
Portuguese (
Brazilian
,
Azores
) - Eu te amo
Punjabi
- Mai taunu pyar karda
Punjabi - Main Tainu Pyar Karna
Q
Quenya
- Tye-mela'ne
R
Romanian
- Te iu besc
Romanian - Te Ador
Russian
- Ya vas liubliu
Russian - Ya tebya liubliu
Russian - Ya polubeel s'tebya
Russian (
malincaya
) - Ya Tibieh Lublue
S
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
Serbocroatian - Ljubim te
Shona
- Ndinokuda
Sinhalese
- Mama oyata adarei
Sioux
- Techihhila
Slovak
- lubim ta
Slovene
- ljubim te
Spanish
- Te quiero
Spanish - 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)
Syrian/Lebanese - BHEBBAK (to a male)
T
Tagalog
- Mahal kita
Tahitian
- Ua Here Vau Ia Oe
Tamil
- Ni yaanai kaadli karen (You love me) Tamil - n^An unnaik kAthalikkinREn (I love you)
Tamil - Naan Unnai Kadalikiren
Telugu
- Neenu ninnu pra'mistu'nnanu Telugu/
india
Nenu Ninnu Premistunnanu
Thai
- Phom Rak Khun (formal, male to female)
Thai - Ch'an Rak Khun (formal, female to male)
Thai - Khao Raak Thoe (affectionate, sweet, loving)
Thai - Phom Rak Khun
Tunisian
- Ha eh bak
Turkish
- Seni seviyorum
Turkish - Seni Seviyurum
Turkish - Seni Seviyorum
U
Ukrainian
- ja tebe koKHAju (real true love) Ukrainian - ja vas koKHAju
Ukrainian - ja pokoKHAv tebe
Ukrainian - ja pokoKHAv vas
Urdu
- Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai
Urdu - Main Tumse Muhabbat Karta Hoon
V
Vietnamese
- Em ye^u anh (woman to man) Vietnamese - Toi yeu em
Vietnamese - Anh ye^u em (man to woman)
Vlaams
- Ik hue van ye
W
Welsh
- 'Rwy'n dy garu di.
Welsh - Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi)
Y
Yiddish
- Ich libe dich
Yiddish - Ich han dich lib
Yiddish - Ikh Hob Dikh Lib
Yugoslavian
- Ya te volim
Z
Zazi
- Ezhele hezdege
Zulu
- Mena Tanda Wena
Zulu - Ngiyakuthanda!
Zuni
- Tom ho' ichema
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