How Do I Love Thee?
Let me tell you how to say "I love you!" in as many ways as possible!
| Language | Country | How to say "I love you!" |
| Afrikaans | South Africa | Ek is lief vir jou |
| Akan | Ghana | Me dor wo |
| Albanian | Albania | Te dua ; te dashroj |
| Alentejano | Portugese | Gosto de ti, porra! |
| Alsacien | Ich hoan dich gear | |
| Amharic | Ethiopia | Afekrischaleou |
| Apache | Native American | Sheth sheñ zhoñ
(N as on french word, salon) |
| Arabic (proper) | ooheboki (male to female)
ooheboka (female to male) |
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| Arabic | Ana behibak
(female to male)
Ana behibek (male to female) |
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| Armenian | Armenia | Yes kez si’rumem |
| Assamese | India | Moi tomak bhal pau |
| Basque | Spain/France/Basque | Maite zaitut |
| Bassa | Mengweswe | |
| Batak | Sumatra | Holong rohangku di ho |
| Bavarian | Bavaria | I mog di (answer I di a) |
| Bemba | Zambia | Ndikufuna |
| Bengali | Bangladesh | Ami tomake bhalo bashi |
| Berber | Lakh tirikh | |
| Bicol | Philippines | Namumutan ta ka |
| Bolivian (Quecha) | Bolivia | Qanta munani |
| Bosnian | Bosnia | Volim te |
| Brazilian/Portuguese | Brazil | Eu te amo
(pronounced eiu chee amu) |
| Bulgarian | Bulgaria | Obicham te |
| Burmese | Myanmar | Chit pa de |
| Cambodian | Kh_nhaum soro_lanh nhee_ah | |
| Canadian French | Quebec | Je t’aime
Je t’adore |
| Catalan | Spain | T’estimo (Catalonian)
T’estim (Mallorcan) T’estime (Valencian) |
| Cebuano | Philippines | Gihigugma ko ikaw |
| Chamorro | Hu guaiya hao | |
| Cheyenne | Native America | Ne mohotatse |
| Chichewa | Malawi | Ndimakukonda |
| Chickasaw | Native America | Chiholloli |
| Chinese | China | Goa ai li (amoy dialect)
Wo oi ni (Cantonese) Ngai on ni (hakka dialect) Wa ai lu (Hokkien dialect) Wo ie ni (Mandarin) Wo ai ni (Putunghua dialect) |
| Corsican | Ti tengu cara | |
| Creole | Mi aime jou | |
| Croatian | Croatia | Volim te |
| Czech | Miluji tê | |
| Danish | Denmark | Jeg elsker dig |
| Dusun | Borneo | Siuhang oka dia |
| Dutch | Netherlands | Ik hou van je |
| Ecuador (Quechua) | Ecuador | Canda munani |
| English | I love you | |
| Esperanto | Mi amas vin | |
| Ethiopian | Ethiopia | Afgreki |
| Farsi | Iran | Tora dust me daram |
| Filipino | Philippines | Mahal ka ta
Iniibig kita |
| Finnish | Finland | Rakastan sua |
| French | France | Je t’aime |
| Friesan | Holland | Ik hou fan dei |
| Gaelic | Ta gra agam orrt
Moo graugh hoo |
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| Ghanaian | Ghana | Me dor wo |
| German | Germany | Ich liebe dich |
| Greek | Greece | S’agapo |
| Greek (Ancient) | Greece | Philo se |
| Greenlandic (eskimo) | Native | Asavakit |
| Guarani | Paraguay | Rohoyu (ro-hai’-hyu) |
| Gujrati | India/Pakistan | Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon |
| Hawaiian | Hawaii | Aloha wau ia ‘oe |
| Hebrew | Israel | Anee ohev otakh
(male to female)
Anee ohevet otkha (female>male) |
| Hindi | India | Mai tumase pyar karata hun
(Male to female) Mai tumase pyar karati hun (Female to male) |
| Hokkien | China | Wa ai lu |
| Hopi | Native America | Nu’umi unagwáta |
| Hungarian | Hungary | Szeretlek |
| Ibaloi | Philippines | Pip-piyan taha |
| Icetot | Uganda | tsamia bi |
| Indi | India | Mai tujhe pyar kartha ho |
| Interglossa | Mi esthe philo tu | |
| Icelandic | Iceland | Eg elska thig (‘yeg l-ska thig) |
| Ilocano | Philippines | Ay-ayaten ka |
| Indonesian | Indonesian | Saya cinta padamu |
| Italian | Italy | Ti amo |
| irish | Ireland | Taim i’ngra leat |
| Irish-Gaelic | Ireland | t’a gr’a agam dhuit |
| Japanese | Japan | Kimi o ai shiteru
Chuu shiteyo Sukiyo |
| Javanese | Java | Kulo tresno |
| Kankana-ey | Philippines | Laylaydek sik-a |
| Kannada | India | Naanu ninnani Mohisuthene |
| Kikongo | Zaire | Mono ke zola nge |
| Kiswhaili | Nakupenda | |
| Korean | Korea | Saranghaeyo |
| Kpele | I walikana | |
| Kurdish | Iraq, Turkey | Min te xushvet |
| Lao | Laos | Khoi hak jao |
| Latin | amo te | |
| Latvian | Latvia | Es tevi mílu |
| Lebanese | Lebanon | Bahibak |
| Lingala | Zaire | Nalingi year-old |
| Lisbon/lingo | Lisbon | Gramo-te bué, chavalinha |
| Language | Country | How to say "I love you" |
| Lithuanian | Lithuania | Tave myliu |
| Lojban | Mi do prami | |
| Luo | Kenya | Aheri |
| Luxemboug | Luxembourg | Ech hun dech |
| Macedonian | Macedonia | Jas te sakam (j as in y in may) |
| Malay | Thailand | Saya cintamu |
| Malayalam | India | Ngan nine mohikyunnu |
| Malaysian | Malasia | Saya cintamu |
| Marathi | India | Mi tuzya var prem karato |
| Marshallese | Marshall Islands | Yokwe Yuk |
| Mohawk | Native America | Konoronhkwa |
| Mokilese | Micronesia | Ngoah mweoku |
| Mongolian | Mongolia | Be Chamad Hairtai |
| Moroccan | Morocco | Kanhebek |
| Navajo | Native America | Ayor anosh’ni |
| Ndebele | Zimbabwe | Niyakutanda |
| Nepali | Nepal | Ma timi sita prem garchhu |
| Norwegian | Norway | Jeg elsker deg |
| Nyanja | Malawi | Ninatemba |
| Pakistani | Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai | |
| Papiamento | Aruba | Mi ta stimábo |
| Pedi | Tswana | Kiyahhurata |
| Pilipino | Philippines | Mahal kita |
| Polish | Poland | Kocham ciebie |
| Pulaar | Senegal | Mbe de yid ma (meb deyidma) |
| Punjabi | India | Main tainu pyar karna |
| Romanisch | te amo | |
| Russian | Russia | Ya tyebya lyublyu |
| Samoan | Samoa | Ou te aloda outou |
| Scot/Gaelic | Scotland | Tha gr’adh agam ort |
| Serbian (formal) | Serbia | Ja vas volim |
| Sebrian (familiar) | Serbia | Ja te volim |
| Serbocroation | Volim te | |
| Sesotho | Lesotho | Kiyahurata |
| Shona | Zimbabwe | Ndikokuda |
| Singhalese | Sri Lanka | Mama oyata ardarei |
| Sioux | Native America | Techihilla |
| Slovak | Lubim ta | |
| Slovene | Ljubim te | |
| Spanish | Spain | Te amo
te quiero |
| Suaheli | Ninikupenda | |
| Swahili | South Africa | Nakupenda |
| Swedish | Sweden | Jag alskar dig |
| Syrian | Syria | Bhebbek
(male to female)
Bhebbak (female to male) |
| Tagalog | Philippines | Mahal kita |
| Tahitian | Tahiti | Ua Here vau la oe |
| Tamil | India | Naan unnai kadalikiren |
| Telugu | India | Neenu ninnu premistu’nnanu |
| Thai | Thailand | Khao raak thoe |
| Tshiluba | Zaire | Ndi mukusua |
| Tswana | Botswana | Ke a go rata |
| Language | Country | How to say "I love you" |
| Tumbuka | Malawi, Zaire | Nkhukutemwa |
| Tunisian | Tunisia | Ha eh bak |
| Turkish | Turkey | Seni seviyorum |
| Twi | Ghana | Me dowapaa |
| Ukranian | Ukraine | Ya tebe kokhayu |
| Urdu | Pakistan, India | Main tumse muhabbat karta
hoon
Kam prem kartahai |
| Vai | Na lia | |
| Varmlandska | Sweden | |
| Vietnamese | Vietnam | Ahn yeu em |
| Walloon | Belgium, Luxembourg | Dji vos inme |
| Welsh | Wales | Yr wyf I yn dy garu di |
| Wolof | Senegal | Da ma la nope |
| Yiddish | Kh’hob dikh lib | |
| Yugoslavian | ja te volim | |
| Zazi | Kurdic diaclect | Ezhele hezdege |
| Zulu | Ngiyakuthanda(NGee-ya-koo-tanda) | |
| Zuni | Native America | Tom ho’ichema |