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How to say "I Love You" from around the globe!


Afrikaans  Ek is lief vir jou
Albanian  Te Dua, Te dashuroj, Ti je zemta ime
Native American Apache - Sheth she~n zho~n (nasalized vowel sounds)

Cherokee - gvgeyvi

Cheyenne - Ne mohotatse

Chickasaw - Chiholloli (first 'i' nasalized)

Hopi - Nu' umi unangw'ta

Mohawk - Konoronhkwa

Navaho - Ayor anosh'ni

Sioux - Techihhila

Zuni - Tom ho' ichema
Arabic Ana behibak (female to male), Ana Behibek (male to female), Ana ahebik,
Ib'n hebbak, Ana ba-heb-bak, Nhebuk (spoken to someone important)
Armenian Yes kez guh seerem (Western dialect), Yes kez si'rumem (Eastern dialect)
Bangladeschi Ami tomake walobashi
Basque Nere maitea
Bengali Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi
Bolivian Quechua Qanta munani
Bosnian Volim te
Brazilian (Portuguese) Eu te amo (pronounced "eiu chee amu")
Bulgarian Obicham te, As te obeicham, As te obicham
Burmese Chit pa te
Cambodian Kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah
Canadian (French) Sh'teme (spoken), Je t'aime (I like you), Je t'adore (I love you)
Catalan (Spanish)  t'estimo
Chinese Cantonese - Ngo oi ney, Wo oi ney 

Mandarin - Wo ai ni, Wo ie ni, Wuo ai nee, Wo ay ni 
Creol Mi aime jou
Croation (familiar) Volim te (used in common speech)
Czech Miluji te
Danish Jeg elsker dig
Dutch Ik hou van je, Ik hou van jou
Equador Quechua Canda munani
English I love you, I adore you, I love thee (poetic)
Estonian Mina armastan sind, Ma armastan sind
Ethiopian Afgreki'
Farsi  Tora dost daram
Filipino Mahal ka ta, Iniibig kita, Mahal kita
Finnish ("Ma") rakastan sinua
French Je t'aime (I love you), Je t'adore (I love you - stronger between lovers)
Gaelic (Language of Ireland) Ta gra agam ort, Moo graugh hoo
German Ich liebe dich (classic & conservative), Ich hab dich lieb
Swiss (German) Ch'ha di ga"rn
Greek S'ayapo (spoken - s'agapo)
Greenlandic Asavakit
Hawaiian Aloha wau ia oi, Aloha wau ia oi nui loa (I love you very much)
Hebrew Ani ohevet otchah (female to male), Ani ohev otach (male to female)
Hindi-northern states of India  Mai tumase pyar karata hun (male to female),
Mai tumase pyar karati hun (female to male)
Hungarian Szeretlek
Icelandic Eg elska thig (pronounce "yeg l-ska thig")
Indonesia Saya cinta padamu, Saya cinta kamu, Saya kasih saudari
Italian Ti amo (lover or spouse), Ti voglio bene ( friends), Ti voglio (strong sexual meaning of desire)
Irish (see also Gaelic) Taim i' ngra leat
Japanese Kimi o ai shiteru, Aishiteru, Chuu shiteyo, Ore wa omae ga suki da, Watashi wa anata ga suki desu
Korean Dangsinul saranghee yo, Saranghee, Joahaeyo, Norul sarang hae
Kurdish Ez te hezdikhem
Lao Khoi hak jao
Latin Te amo
Latvian Es tevi milu (pronounced "es tevy meelu")
Lebanese Bahibak
Lithuanian Tave myliu (pronounced "ta-ve mee-lyu")
Luo (language of Kenya) Aheri
Luxembourgish Ech hun dech ga"r
Macedonian Te sakam (a bit stronger than "I like you"), Te ljubam (I really love you)
Malay (Indonesian) Saya cintakan kamu, Saya cinta pada mu (best and most commonly used)
Moroccan Kanbhik
Norwegian Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal), Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)
Pakistani Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai, Muje se mu habbat hai
Polish Kocham cie, Kocham ciebie, Ja cie kocham, Yacha kocham
Portuguese Eu te amo (pronounced "eiu chee amu")
Punjabi - N Punjab India Main tainu pyar karna, Nai taunu pyar karda
Romanian Te iubesc, Te ador
Russian Ya tyebya lyublyu
Samoan Ou te alofa outou
Serbian (familiar) Volim te
Serbocroation Volim te, Ljubim te
Slovak Lubim ta
Spanish Te amo, Te quiero, Te adoro (I adore you), Te deseo (I desire you), Me antojis (I crave you)
Srilankan Mama oyata arderyi
Swahili Nakupenda, Naku penda (followed by the person's name)
Swedish Jag a"lskar dig
Syrian/Lebanese Bhebbek (male to female), Bhebbak (female to male)
Tagalog (Philippine) Mahal kita
Tahitian Ua here au ia oe, Ua here vau ia oe
Thai  Khao raak thoe
Tunisian Ha eh bak
Turkish Seni seviyorum
Ukranian Ya tebe kokhayu, Ja pokokhav tebe
Urdu-Pakistan and India  Main tumse muhabbat karta hoon, Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai, Kam prem kartahai
Vietnamese Anh ye^u em (male to female), Em ye^u anh (female to male)
Welsh  Rwy'n dy garu di
Yiddish  Ikh hob dikh lib, Ich libe dich, Ich han dich lib
Yugoslavian Ja te volim
Zulu Mena tanda wena, Ngiyakuthanda

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