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Afrikaans |
Ek is lief vir jou
Ek het jou lief |
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Albanian |
Te dua
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Amharic |
Afekrishalehou |
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Arabic |
Ana Behibak (to a male)
Ana Behibek (to a female)
|
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Armenian |
kezi chat ge sirem (in western Armenian)
yes kez sirum em (in eastern armenian)
yes kez
shat em siroom |
aruba
bonaire and curacao
|
mi stimabo
|
Assyr
Assyrian |
Az tha
hijthmekem
ANA KI BAYINAKH |
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Australian |
'ave a beer
:-) (Please keep in mind that this is
only a joke! Yes, Australians speak English.) |
|
Azerbaijanian |
Men seni
severam |
Basque
(A region of Spain and France) |
Maite zaitut.
Asko maite zaitut. (I love you a lot) Nere Maitea
(My love) |
|
Bavarian |
I mog di narrisch gern
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Bengali |
Ami tomAy bhAlobAshi
|
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Berber |
Lakh tirikh
|
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BHOJPURI |
ham tahara se pyar
karila |
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Bicol |
Namumutan ta ka
|
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Bisaya |
Nahigugma ko
nimo |
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Bosnian |
volim te (most common) (Volim Te Ba)
ja te volim (less common)
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Brazilian Portuguese |
eu te amo |
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Bulgarian |
Obicham te
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Cambodian |
kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah
Bon sro lanh oon |
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Cantonese |
Ngo oi ney
|
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Catalan |
T'estim (mallorcan)
T'estime (valencian)
T'estimo (catalonian)
T'estim molt (I love you a lot) |
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Cebuano |
Gi Gugma Kita |
chaldean
a new form of aramaek |
Hey- Ben- nahh (to female)
Hey-Ben-noohh (to male) |
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Chamorro |
Hu Guiya Hao |
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Chanchal |
main (i like you)
main Tere bina main ji nahi pauga (i love you)
mail tere bina kaha jauga |
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Chinese |
Wo ie ni |
Manderin
|
Wo ai ni |
Croatian |
Volim te (most common), or
Ja te volim (less common) |
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Czech |
miluji te
|
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Danish |
Jeg elsker dig
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Dhivehi
(Maldivian Language) |
Aharen Kalaa Dhekeh Loabivey |
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Dutch |
Ik hou van jou |
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East Timor (Timorese) |
Hau
hadomi (Hau=I hadomi=love o=you) |
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English |
I
love you! |
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Esperanto |
Mi amas vin |
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Estonian |
Ma armastan
sind
Mina armastan sind (formal) |
Persian (Farsi) |
Tora dust midaram
|
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Flemish
(Vlaams) |
ik zie
je graag or ik hou van je
Ik heb je lief (in songs) |
Finnish |
Mina rakastan sinua
|
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French |
Je t'aime
|
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Friesian |
Ik bin fereale op dy
Ik ha^ld fan dy (Most commonly used phrase) (the ^ is above the a) |
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Gaelic |
Ta gra agam ort
(Tá mé
i ngrá leat?) |
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Galician |
Ámote |
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Georgian |
Me shen
mikvarkhar |
German |
Ich liebe
dich
i moag di (an old saying for "i like you")
I mog Di ganz arg! (Suebian: South German dialekt.) |
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Greek |
S'agapo |
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Hausa |
Ina sonki
|
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Hawaiian |
Aloha wau ia 'oe |
Hebrew |
aNEE oHEIVET oTKHA (female to male)
aNEE oHEIV otAKH (male to female)
female to male "ani ohevet otcha".
male to female "ani ohev otach". |
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Hindi |
Main tumse pyar karta hun (Male will say to Female)
Mai Tumshe Pyaar Karta Hun
Main tumse pyar karti hun (Female will say to Male) |
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Hokkien |
Gwa ai
di (Wa ai lu?) |
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Hopi |
Nu' umi unangwa'ta
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Hmong |
"Kuv Hlub Koj"
Pronounced "Goo (rising tone) Hloo (high tone) Gah (falling tone" |
Hungarian |
Szeretlek te'ged
|
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Icelandic |
Ég elska
þig (pronounced jeg elska thig) |
Indian languages: |
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Assamese (Guwahati, India)
|
moi
tumak val pau |
Gujarati
(a dialect of India)
|
"Tane Prem Karoo Choo" |
Kannada
|
Nanu nimmege preti maditi idini
Naanu Ninna Preethisuve (Naanu Ninanu Pritisutene) |
Maithili
|
hom ahaan sei pyaar
karey chhi |
Malayalam-1
Malayalam-2
Malayalam-3
Malayalam (Kerala)
|
ngyaan ninne premikkunnu (Enjan Ninnei Premikunnu)
"Njan ninne pranikunnu" or "njan ninne premikkinu"
"enikku ninne ishttamanu" (enneke nine ishtam)
NJAN NINNE SNEHIKKUNNU (Njan ninne premikkunnu)
nnan ninney snehikkunnu
enikku ninne ishtamanu
nan ninne premikkunnu, nan ninne snehikkunnu |
Manipuri
|
aina nangbu nunshi |
Oriya
|
Mu tumaku bhala paye |
Punjabi
|
Main tenu pyar karda haan
Meno Tere Na Pyar Wa
Menu Twadey Naal Pyar Hai
me
tumse pyar ker ta hu' |
Sindhi
|
Aue
tava saa pyar kar ya ti ( female to male)
Aue tosa pyaar kar ya to ( male to female |
Tamil
|
NAN UNNAI KHADAL
LIKERAN
Naan
Unnai Khadalikkeren |
Telugu
|
1. "Nenu ninnu premisthunnaanu" (It represents the opposite person
in SINGULAR).
2. "Nenu mimmalni Premisthunnaanu" (It represents the opposite
person in PLURAL).
naanu ninnu premishthaanu (Nenu Ninnu Premisttu nanu)
Nenu
Ninnu Premisthunnanu
(nenne
nenu premistunnanu) |
Marathi
|
Mala tujhashi prem aahe.
Maza Tuzyavar Prem Ahe
Majha tujhyavar prem aahe
|
Indonesian |
Saya cinta padamu
Saya Cinta Kamu
Aku tjinta padamu
saya mengasihi saudari (formal expression from male to female)
saya mengasihi saudara (formal expression from female to male) |
Malay/Indonesian
|
Saya cintakan awak(awak=kamu=you)
Aku sayang engkau (engkau=kamu=you) |
Malay
|
Saya cintamu
Saya sayangmu (Saya
cintakan mu / Saya cinta mu ?) |
Niasan
(one of tribes in Indonesia)
|
omasido khou
|
Javanese language
(a tribe in Indonesia)
|
kulo tresno panjenengan (high languange)
aku tresno karo kowe (low languange) (Aku tresna kowe!)
in Java Indonesia: aku cinta kamu |
|
Irish |
taim i' ngra leat
|
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Italian |
Ti amo
|
|
Ivatan |
Ichaddaw
ko imo |
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Japanese |
Kimi o ai shiteru
(Anata
wa, dai suki desu ?) |
|
Javanese |
Kulo tresno
marang panjenengan (formal)
aku terno kowe (informal) |
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Karen
|
Ya Eh Na Arr Gyi Law. |
|
Kashmiri
|
meh chi chain maai |
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Kazakh |
Men seny jaksy kuremyn
|
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Kiswahili |
Nakupenda
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Konkani |
Hanv tukka preeti karta |
Korean |
Tangsinul sarang ha yo
(SA
LANG HAE / Na No Sa Lan Hei?) |
|
Koryese |
Ten� eretemar |
|
Kurdish |
Ez te hezdikhem
mn tom oxshawet or xoshm awet ??? |
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Hawrami |
Washem Grakani |
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Kyrgyz |
Men seni syuem |
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Lahu |
Nga naw hta ha ja. |
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Lao |
Khoi huk chau
|
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Laos |
Chanrackkun |
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Latin |
Te amo
(Ego te
amo ?)
Vos amo
Amo te |
Latvian |
Es Tevi milu
(Es m
lu Tevi ?) |
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Lingala |
Nalingi yo
|
|
Lithuanian |
að myliu tave
(As
Myliu Tave)
Aš tave myliu. [Ash tave myliu] |
|
Luganda
(from Uganda) |
nkwagala |
|
Luo |
Aheri
|
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Macedonian |
Te sakam
|
Madrid lingo |
Me molas, tronca
|
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Malaysian |
saya cinta awak or saya sayang awak |
|
Maldivian |
dhivehi - varah loabi vey |
|
Maltese |
Inħobbok
(Inħobbok
Ħafna: I love you very much!) |
|
Mandarian |
Wo ai ni |
Mapudungun
(a language spoken in central Chile and west central
Argentina by the Mapuche) |
Inchepoyeneimi |
|
Mohawk |
Konoronhkwa
|
|
Moldova (Moldovian) |
Te
iubesc
Craciun
fericit si un An Nou fericit! (Merry Christmas and a happy new year!) |
|
Mongolia |
Bi chamd khairtai |
|
Myanmar (Burma) |
Nga nint ko chit dae
Nga nint go chit tel. |
|
Navajo |
Ayor anosh'ni
|
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Ndebele |
Ngiyakuthanda |
Nepali |
Ma timlai maya/prem garchu |
Norwegian |
Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal)
Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk) |
Pashto
(National Language of Afghanistan) |
Za Tasara Meena Kawam
Za tha sara meena laram (Za la ta sara meena kawom) |
Persian |
Tora dost daram
(Tora
Doost Darem ?)
Duset daaram (informal
language)
Dustat daaram (more peotic)
\'a\' here sounds like \'a\' in
\'pat\' and \'aa\' sounds like \'u\' in \'umberlla\'. :)) |
|
Pilipino |
Mahal Kita
Iniibig Kita |
Polish |
Kocham cię
Ja Cie Kocham (Pronounced Yacha kocham)
Ja cię kocham (thats acurate spelling) is completly not in use.
\"Ja\" is \"I\" and in this type of sentence we just skip it.
|
|
Portuguese |
Eu amo-te
(continental)
Eu te amo (Brazilian) |
|
Punjabi
|
Main tenu pyar karda haan
Meno Tere Na Pyar Wa
Menu Twadey Naal Pyar Hai
me
tumse pyar ker ta hu' |
|
Romanian |
Te iubesc |
|
Russian |
Ya lyublyu tebya
Ya vas lyublyu
Ya
tebya liubliu |
Scot Gaelic |
Tha gra\dh agam ort
|
|
Serbian |
Volim te (most common), or
Ja te volim" (less common) |
|
Serbo-Croatian |
Volim te |
|
Shona |
Ndinokuda
|
|
Sinhalese |
Mama Oyata Aadarei |
|
Sioux |
Techihhila
|
Slovak |
lubim ta
|
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Slovenian (Slovene) |
Ljubim te |
|
Somalia Languages |
Waan kujeclahay |
|
Spanish |
Te quiero
Te amo
|
|
Swahili |
Naku penda
|
Swedish |
Jag
älskar dig (pronounces) jag aelskar dig |
|
Swiss-German |
Ch'ha di ga"rn
|
|
Tagalog |
Mahal kita
Iniibig
kita |
|
Taiwanese |
Gwa ai lee
|
Tamil |
NAN UNNAI KHADAL
LIKERAN
Naan
Unnai Khadalikkeren |
|
Thai |
Phom Rak Khun
Ch'an Rak Khun
Khao
Raak Thoe / chun raak ter |
|
Tibetan |
Nga Chola Gagai Yo. Nga Chola Tsewa Yo |
Tunisian |
NMOUT ALIK
Ha eh bak (ÃÍÈß - spelled AHEBAK) |
|
Turkish |
Seni seviyorum! |
Ukranian |
Ya tebya
kahayu
Ya tebe kohayu (Ya tebe kohau)
ya tebya lyublyu (Russian variant)
Yalleh
blutebeh
Ya lublu tebe (ryss variant) |
Urdu (Pakistan) |
MUJHAY TUM SAY MOHABBAT HAY or
Main tum say pyar karta hoon.
Mea tum se
pyaar karta hu (when a guy says it)
Mea tum se pyar karti hu (when a gal says it) |
|
Vietnamese |
Anh ye^u em (man to woman)
Em ye^u anh (woman to man)
Toi yeu em |
|
Vlaams
(Flemish) |
ik zie
je graag or ik hou van je
Ik heb je lief (in songs) |
|
Welsh |
'Rwy'n dy garu di.
Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi)
Rwy'n caru ti |
|
western Lombard |
mi
te voeuri ben
(Milan/Milano-Com/Como-Varez/Varese-Lodt/Lodi-Lech/Lecco-Pavia/Pavia-Nuara/Novara
and in Switzerland Tesin/Ticino and Graubunden/Grizun-for a
total population 12,000,000 and 80% mother tongues and bilingual
with Italian) |
|
xhosa |
ndiyakuthanda |
Yiddish |
Ikh hob dikh lib
|
Yoruba |
Mo ni ife re |
|
Zazi |
Ezhele hezdege (sp?)
|
Zuni |
Tom ho' ichema
|
*Ndebele -> Zimbabwe *Vlaams -> Belgian Dutch *Zazi -> Kurdic dialect * *Shona -> Zimbabwe *Luo -> Kenya *a" -> a with umlaut *e^ -> ^ above e
