How to Say “I Love You” in a Foreign Language

October 3, 2023

How to Say “I Love You” in a Foreign Language

One of the best cute and creative ways to tell your partner your love them, is to say “I love you” in a new foreign language. It makes the same old message sound new and fresh all over again.

So instead of repeating the same words over and over again – which makes it less interesting over time – how about you try a new language for fun? Whether you show your love in Spanish, French, Italian… or even Japanese, your lover will sure appreciate your idea and enjoy the surprise.

So here you can see how to say “I love you” in many different foreign languages from all around the world…

Afrikaans : Ek Is Lief Vir Jou, Ek Het Jou Lief

Albanian : te dua : te dashuroj

Alentejano(Portugal) : Gosto de ti

Alsacien : Ich hoan dich gear

Amharic : Afekrishalehou

Arabic (formal) : Ooheboki (male to female) : Ooheboka (female to male)

Armenian : Es kez siroum em : Es zes siroum em : Es siroum em kez : Es siroum em zes

Assamese : Moi tomak bhal pau

Basque : Maite zaitut Batak : Holong rohangku di ho

Bavarian : I mog di narrisch gern Belorussian : Ya kahayu tabe

Bengali : Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi : Ami tomay bhalobashi : Ami tomake bahlobashi

Berber : Lakh tirikh Bicol : Namumutan ta ka

Bolivian Quechua : Qanta munani

Brazilian : Amo te

Bulgarian : Obicham te : As te obeicham : As te obicham

Burmese : Chit pa de

Cambodian : Kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah : Bon sro lanh oon

Canadian French : Sh’teme (spoken, sounds like this) : Je t’aime (“I like you”) : Je t’adore (“I love you”)

Catalan : T’estim (Mallorcan) : T’estime (Valencian) : T’estimo

Catalonian) : T’estim molt (“I love you a lot”)

Cebuano : Gihigugma ko ikaw

Chamoru (or Chamorro) : Hu guaiya hao Chichewa : Ndimakukonda

Chickasaw : Chiholloli (first ‘i’ nasalized)

Chinese : Wo Ai Ni (Manderin) : Wuo Ai Nee ( ” ) : Moi Oiy Neya (Cantonese) : Ngo Oi Lei ( ” )

Croatian : ljubim te

Czech : Miluji Te : MILUJU TE! (colloquial form)

Danish : Jeg elsker dig

Dutch : Ik Hou Van Jou

Ecuador Quechua : canda munani

English : I love you : I adore you

Estonian : Mina Armastan Sind

Esperanto : Mi amas sin

Farsi : Tora Dust Midaram : Asheghetam

Farsi (Persian) : Doostat Daram

Filipino : Mahal Kita : Iniibig ako

Finnish : Minä Rakastan Sinua

Flemish : Ik Hou Van Jou Ik Bemin Je Ik Heb U Lief

French : Je T’aime

Friesian : Ik Hou Fan Dei

Gaelic : Ta Gra Agam Ort

German : Ich liebe Dich

Greek : s’ayapo (spoken s’agapo, 3rd letter is lower case ‘gamma’)

Greek (old) : (Ego) Philo Su (ego, for emphasis)

Greenlandic : Asavakit

Gujrati : Hoon Tane Pyar Karoochhoon.

Hausa : Ina Sonki

Hawaiian : Aloha I’a Au Oe

Hebrew : Anee Oheivet Otkha (female to male) : Anee Oheiv Otakh (male to female) : Ani Ohev Otakh (male to female) : Ani Ohevet Otkha (female to male)

Hindi : Mai tumase pyar karata hun (male to female) : Mai tumase pyar karati hun (female to male) : Main Tumse Prem Karta Hoon : Mai Tumhe Pyar Karta Hoon : Main Tumse Pyar Karta Hoon. : Mai Tumse Peyar Karta Hnu. Hokkien : Wa Ai Lu Hopi : Nu’ Umi Unangwa’ta

Hungarian : Szeretlek Te’ged : Szeretlek

Icelandic : Eg elska thig Indi : Mai Tujhe Pyaar Kartha Hoo

Indonesian : Saya Cinta Padamu (Saya, commonly used) : Saya Cinta Kamu ( ” ) : Saya Kasih Saudari ( ” ) : Aku Tjinta Padamu (Aku, not often used) : Aku Cinta Padamu ( ” ) : Aku Cinta Kamu ( ” )

Italian : Ti Amo : Ti voglio

Iranian : Mahn doostaht doh-rahm

Irish : taim i’ ngra leat

Japanese : Kimi o ai shiteru : Aishiteru : Chuu shiteyo : Ora omee no koto ga suki da : Ore wa omae ga suki da : Suitonnen : Sukiyanen : Sukiyo : Watashi Wa Anata Ga Suki Desu : Watashi Wa Anata Wo Aishithe Imasu

Javanese : Kulo tresno

Kannada : Nanu Ninna Preetistini

Kiswahili : Nakupenda Klingon : Qabang : QaparHa’ (depends from where you are in the galaxy)

Korean : Tangsinul Sarang

Ha Yo : Nanun Dangsineul Mucheog Joahapnida : Nanun Dangsineul Saranghapnida : Nanun Gdaega Joa : Nanun Gdaereul Saranghapnida : Nanun Neoreul Saranghanda : Gdaereul Hjanghan Naemaeum Alji

Joahaeyo : Saranghae : Saranghaeyo : Saranghapanida

Kurdish : Ez Te Hezdikhem

Latin : Te Amo : Vos Amo Latin (old) : (Ego) Amo Te (ego, for emphasis)

Lao : Khoi Huk Chau Latvian : Es milu tevi Es tevi milu

Lebanese : Bahibak Lingala : Nalingi Yo

Lithuanian : TAVE MYLIU ( Ta-ve Mee-lyu )

Lojban : mi do prami Luo : Aheri Maiese : Wa Wa Malay : Saya cintamu : Saya sayangmu : Sayah Chantikan Awah : Aku Sayang Enkow

Malayalam : Ngan Ninne Snaehikkunnu

Malaysian : Saya Cintamu : Saya Sayangmu : Saya Cinta Kamu

Marathi : Mi tuzya var prem karato

Maltese : Inhobbok

Mohawk : Konoronhkwa

Navaho : Ayor Anosh’ni Ndebele : Niyakutanda

Norwegian : Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal) : Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk) : Ek ann thér (Old Norse) : Ej elska dej (Sunnmørsk) : Æ ælskår dæ (Sørlandsk) : Æ ælske dæ (Trøndersk) : E’ elska de’ (Ålesundsk) Op : Op Lopveop Yopuop Osetian : Aez Dae Warzyn

Pakistani : Mujhe Tumse Muhabbat Hai

Persian : Tora Dost Daram

Pig Latin : Ie Ovele Ouye

Philipino : see Filipino

Polish : Kocham Cie : Yacha kocham : Kocham Ciebie

Portuguese : Eu Te Amo (pronounced ‘eiu chee amu’) : Eu Te Adoro : Amo Te

Proto Germanic : Eka thez ann

Punjabi : Main Tainu Pyar Karna

Romanian : Te Iu Besc : Te Iubesc : Te Ador

Russian : Ya Vas Lyublyu : Y’a Liou-bliou Tibya : Ya Vac Loobyoo : Ya Tebya Loobyoo : Ya L’ubl’u T’ebya : Ju Ljublju Tebja! : LJUBLJU TEBJA! : Ya Lyublyu Tebya : Ya Polubeel S’tebya. : Ya Tebya Ljublju

Russian (malincaya) : Ya Tibieh Lublue.

Scot Gaelic : Tha Gradh Agam Ort

Serbian : ljubim te (I kiss you/love you, ‘lj’ pronounced like ‘ll’ in Spanish, one sound, ‘ly’ish)

Serbocroatian : Volim te : Ljubim te

Shona : Ndinokuda

Sioux : Techihhila Sinhalese : Mama Oyaata Aadareyi

Slovak : Lubim Ta

Slovene : Ljubim Te

Spanish : Te Amo : Te Quiero

Sranang Tongo : Mi Lobie You

Srilankan : Mama Oyata Arderyi

Swahili : Nakupenda