Foreign Language | Translation |
Afrikaans | Ek het jou lief / Ek's lief vir jou |
Albanian | të dua |
Arabic (Egyptian) | To a man - (ana uħibbuk) ٲنَا ٱحِبُّك To a woman - (ana baħibbik) ٲنَا بَحَِّك |
Arabic (Modern Standard) | To a woman (uḥibbik ) To a man (uħibbak) أحبك |
Armenian | Սիրում եմ քեզ: (Sirum em kez) |
Azerbaijani | Mən səni sevirəm |
Belarussian | Я цябе кахаю (Ja ciabe kakhaju) |
Bulgarian | Informal (Обичам те (Običam te)) Formal (Вас обичам (Vas običam)) |
Catalan | T'estimo |
Cebuano | Gihigugma ko ikaw |
Chinese (Mandarin) | 我爱你 (Wo ai ni) |
Croatian | Volim te |
Czech | Miluji tě |
Danish | Jeg elsker dig |
Dutch | Informal ( Ik hou van je ) Formal (Ik hou van jou / Ik hou van u) |
Estonian | Ma armastan sind |
Faroese | Eg elski teg |
Fijian | Au domoni iko / Au lomani iko |
Filipino (Tagalog) | Mahal kita |
Finnish | Rakastan sinua |
French | Je t'aime |
German (Standard) | Ich liebe Dich |
Greek | Informal ( Σ΄αγαπώ (S’agapó)) / Formal (Σας αγαπώ (Sas aghapó)) |
Hawaiian | Aloha Au Ia 'Oe, Aloha No Au Ia 'Oe |
Hebrew | (Ani Ohev Otach - to a woman) אני אוהב אותך (Ani Ohevet Otcha - to a man) אני אוהבת אותך |
Hindi | मैं तुम्हैं बहुत चाहता हुँ (Maiṅ tumhaiṅ bahut cāhatā hūṅ) - Male मैं तुम्हैं बहुत चाहता चाहती हुँ (Maiṅ tumhaiṅ bahut cāhatī hūṅ) - Female |
Hungarian | Szeretlek |
Icelandic | Ég elska þig |
Ilocano | Ipatpategka |
Indonesian | Cinta kamu / Saya mencintaimu |
Irish | Gráím thú |
Italian | Ti amo |
Japanese | 愛してるよ (aishiteru yo) |
Javanese | Aku tresnasliramu |
Korean | 사랑해 (sa rang hae) |
Latin | (Te amo) טי אמו |
Latvian | Es tevi mīlu |
Luxembourgish | Ech hunn dech gär / Ech si frou mat dir |
Malay | Saya sayang kamu / Aku cintakan kau |
Maltese | Inħobbok / Inħobbok hafna / Jien inħobbek |
Mongolian | Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai) |
Nepali | म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu) |
Norwegian | Jeg elsker deg (Bokmål) / Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk) |
Persian | (asheghetam) عاشقتم In poetry and songs - (dūset dāram) دوست دارم |
Polish | Kocham Cię |
Portuguese | Amo-te, Eu te amo, Eu gosto de você, Eu amo você |
Romanian | Te iubesc |
Russian | я тебя люблю (ja teb'a l'ubl'u) |
Serbian | Волим те (Volim te) |
Slovenian | Ljubim te (m/f), Rad te imam (m) Rada te imam (f) |
Tamil | நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (nān unnai kādhalikkiren) |
Thai | ผมรักคุณ (phom rak khun) - m ฉันรักคุณ (chan rak khun) - f |
Tongan | 'Oku ou 'ofa 'ia koe |
Turkish | Seni seviyorum |
Ukranian | Я тебе кохаю (Ja tebe kochaju) Я тебе люблю (Ja tebe liubliu) |
Vietnamese | Em yêu anh (m) Anh yêu em (f) ; Tôi yêu bạn |
Yiddish | (Ikh hob dikh lieb) איך האָב דיך ליב (Ikh libe dikh) איך ליבע דיך |
Zulu | Ngiyakuthanda |
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Saturday, February 12, 2011
I Love You... in Different Languages
In the spirit of the love month, it seems romantic to grace the occasion in an Elizabeth Barrett Browning fashion. Just like in her poem “How do I love thee? Let Me Count the Ways,” let us not only count the ways but also say I Love You in Different Languages:
Whatever the occasion is, let the other person get your message correctly and accurately.
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