I Love You in 100 Languages

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner so let’s learn how to say I love you in 100 languages. No matter the country, love and romance is always there if you know where to search. Some show their love through words, some through action, and other through acts of service or gifts.

An interesting thing I noticed when gathering this list is that not all phrases translate word for word to “I love You”. For example, places in the Arab speaking world say على راسي or alā rāsi” which literally means “you’re on my head”. I must admit that Arabic speakers are natural poets. Here are 100 ways to say I love you in European, African, Asian, Arabic and Indigenous languages.

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1. Afar: Ayya baari
2. Afrikaans: Ek het jou lief
3. Akan: Me dɔ wo
4. Albanian: Të dua
5. Amharic: Ewedihalehu
6. Arabic: Uhibbuk
7. Arabic (Egyptian): بحبك (Bahebak for men / Bahebik for women)
8. Armenian: Ես քեզ սիրում եմ (Yes k’ez sirum yem)
9. Aymara: Munasiri
10. Basque: Maite zaitut
11. Bengali: আমি তোমাকে ভালোবাসি (Ami tomake bhalobashi)
12. Bosnian: Volim te
13. Breton: Me az kar
14. Burmese: ချစ်ပါတယ် (Chit pa de)
15. Catalan: T’estimo
16. Cherokee: ᏍᏆᏂᎨᎾᏗᏍᎬᎢ (Gvgeyuhi)
17. Croatian: Volim te
18. Czech: Miluji tě
19. Danish: Jeg elsker dig
20. Dutch: Ik hou van jou

1. Esperanto: Mi amas vin
2. Estonian: Ma armastan sind
3. Fijian: Au domoni iko
4. Finnish: Rakastan sinua
5. French: Je t’aime
6. Galician: Quérote
7. Ganda: Nkwagala
8. Georgian: მიყვარხარ (Mikvarhar)
9. German: Ich liebe dich
10. Greek: Σ’αγαπώ (S’agapo)
11. Haitian Creole: Mwen renmen ou
12. Hausa: Ina son ku
13. Hawaiian: Aloha wau ia ‘oe
14. Hindi: मैं तुमसे प्यार करता हूँ (Main tumse pyaar karta hoon)
15. Hmong: Kuv hlub koj
16. Hmong Daw: Kuv hlub koj
17. Hungarian: Szeretlek
18. Icelandic: Ég elska þig
19. Igbo: A hụrụ m gị n’anya
20. Inuktitut: ᐊᓈᓇᖅᑕᐅᑦ (Anaanaqtugut)

1. Irish: Taim i’ ngra leat
2. Italian: Ti amo
3. Japanese: 愛してる (Aishiteru)
4. Jamaican Patois: Mi luv yuh
5. Kazakh: Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaksy koremin)
6. Khmer: ខ្ញុំស្រលាញ់អ្នក (Knhom sralanh anak)
7. Kikuyu: Ngwendete
8. Klingon: QamuSHa’
9. Korean: 사랑해요 (Saranghaeyo)
10. Kurdish (Sorani): Ez hej te dikim
11. Lakota: Techihhila
12. Lao: ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (Khoi hak chao)
13. Latvian: Es tevi miilu
14. Lingala: Nalingi yo
15. Lithuanian: Aš tave myliu
16. Luxembourgish: Ech hun dech gaer
17. Maltese: Inhobbok
18. Mandarin Chinese: 我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
19. Maori: Aroha au ki a koe
20. Mixtec: Na’á kunún ni

1. Mongolian: Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
2. Nahuatl: Ni mitz tlazohtla
3. Navajo: Ayóó anííníshní
4. Nepali: म तिमीलाई माया गर्छु (Ma timilai maya garchu)
5. Norwegian: Jeg elsker deg
6. Pashto: زه تا سره مينه لرم (Za ta sara meena laram)
7. Persian/Farsi: دوستت دارم (Dooset daram)
8. Polish: Kocham cię
9. Portuguese: Eu te amo
10. Papiamento: Mi ta stima bo
11. Punjabi: ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ (Main tenu pyar karda haan)
12. Quechua: Kuyayki
13. Romanian: Te iubesc
14. Russian: Я тебя люблю (Ya tebya lyublyu)
15. Sami: Ráhkistan du
16. Scottish Gaelic: Tha gaol agam ort
17. Serbian: Волим те (Volim te)
18. Sesotho: Kea u rata
19. Shona: Ndinokuda

1. Sinhalese: මම ඔබට ආදරෙයි (Mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
2. Slovak: Milujem ťa
3. Spanish: Te amo
4. Swahili: Nakupenda
5. Swazi: Ngiyakutsandza
6. Swedish: Jag älskar dig
7. Tagalog (Filipino): Mahal kita
8. Tamil: நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan unnai kathalikaraen)
9. Thai: ฉันรักคุณ (Chan rak khun)
10. Tibetan: ངསྤྱིརད་གི་ཡོད་རེད (Nga gi yan dag ngat reng yod red)
11. Tongan: Oku ou ofa atu
12. Tsonga: Ndzi rhandza
13. Tswana: Ke a go rata
14. Twi: Me dɔ wo
15. Turkish: Seni seviyorum
16. Urdu: میں تم سے محبت کرتا ہوں (Main tum se muhabbat karta hoon)
17. Uzbek: Men seni sevaman
18. Venda: Ndi a ni funa
19. Vietnamese: Anh yêu em (for female) / Em yêu anh (for male)
20. Welsh: Rwy’n dy garu di
21. Wolof: Nopp naa la
22. Xhosa: Ndiyakuthanda
23. Yoruba: Mo nifẹ rẹ
24. Zulu: Ngiyakuthanda