How To Say “I Love You” In 100 Different Languages

As Valentine is around the corner I started to wonder how people around the world say “I love you” and while love is a universal language it’s always interesting to see how people express it all around the world.

Of course, we all know how to say “I love you” in a few languages, from movies or TV shows or personal knowledge, why not learn how to say “I Love You” In 100 Different languages to spread the love? After extensive research, I compiled for you, precisely, 100 ways to say “I love you” from all over the world.

While most often people look for “How to say I love you in French” “How to say I love you in Japanese” or even “How to say I love you in Italian” there are way more ways to know that is just as romantic depending on where you are in the world!

It’s interesting to see the similarities between some languages.

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How To Say “I Love You” In 100 Different Languages

Last time we covered 100 ways to say ‘hello’ on the blog and during this time of the year I thought it’d be perfect to get onto something a little more romantic and share the love by learning how to say “I love you” in a 100 different languages.

This way, wherever you are in the world you’ll be ready. As after all one of the coolest things about travelling after the amazing memories you make is to learn a little of the language so you can communicate with the locals.

Of course, you may not need to use “I love you”, but, hey you never know!

#1 French – Je t’aime

#2 English – I love you

#3 Spanish – Te quiero

#4 Japanese – Suki

For this listing, I have broken down all the 100 ways to say “I love you” by continent.

ASIA

The most spoken language through Asia is Chinese with 1 billion speakers!

#5 Chinese Mandarin – Wǒ ài nǐ

#6 Cantonese – ngóh oi néih

#7 Burmese – mainnkohkyittaal

#8 Armenian – Yes sirum yem k’yez or Yes kez sirum em

#9 Hindi –  pyar or mohabbat

#10 Indonesian – aku cinta kamu or saya cinta kamu

#11 Cambodian – khnhom​ sralanh​ anak or Soro lahn nhee ah

#12 Georgian – mikvarhar

#13 Gujarati –Huṁ tanē prēma karuṁ chu

#14 Bengali – Āmi tōmāẏa bhālōbāsi

#15 Korean – saranghae

#16 Lao – Khoi huk chau

#17 Thai – Chan rak Khun (said by female) or P̄hm rạk khuṇ (said by a male)

#18 Punjabi – maiṁ tuhānū pi’āra karadā hāṁ

#19 Malay – Saya cinta padamu or Saya cinta awak or Saya sayang awak

#20 Kyrgiz – Men seni süyöm

#21 Pashto – za ta sara meena kawom

#22 Telugu – nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu

#23 Vietnamese –Em yeû anh (said by a female) or Anh yeû em (said by a male)

#24 Tagalog – Iniibig kita or Mahal kita

#25 Tibetan – nga rang la zeywa yue or nga rang la ga khi

#26 Uyghur – Män sızni söyümän

#27 Tatar – Min sini söyäm or Min sezne yaratam

#28 Nepali – Ma timīlā’ī māyā garchu

#29 Malayalam –ñān ninne snēhikkunnu or njan ninne premikunnu

#30 Mongolian – Bi chamd khairtai

#31 Sinhala – mama oyāṭa ādareyi

#32 Urdu – mein ap say muhabat karta hoon (said by a male) mein ap say pyaar karti hoon (said by a femaile)

#33 Uzbek – Men Seni Sevaman 

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AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST

The most spoken language in Africa is Swahili with between 100 – 150 million speakers!

The most spoken language in the Middle East is Arabic.

#34 Swahili – nakupenda (I love you in Swahili, used formally) or ninakupenda (a more informal way)

#35 Wolof – Dama la buga

#36 Afrikaans – Ek is lief vir jou or ek het jou lief.

#37 Kinyarwanda – Ndagukunda

#38 Lingala –  Nalingi yo

#39 Zulu – ngiyakuthanda

#40 Yoruba –  Mo ni fe re

#41 Tsonga Ndza ku rhandza

#42 Oromo –Sin jaalladha’

#43 Ndebele – Ngiyakuthanda

#44 Oromo – –Sin jaalladha’

#45 Arabic – ana ahibbak as a woman or ana ahibbik as a man

#46 Tswana – Ke a go rata

#47 Hebrew – Ani ohevet otcha (said by a male) Ani ohev otach (said by a female)

#48 Chichewa – Ndimakukonda or Ndimakukondani

#49 Amharic – iwedihalehu or afekrishalehou (for a man) Ewdeshalehu (for a woman) Ewedachihualehu
(for a group of people)

#50 Kurdish (Kurmanji) – Ez hej te dikim

#51 Igbo – a hụrụ m gị n’anya

#52 Hausa – Ina son ka

#53 Turkish – seni seviyorum

#54 Persian – Dooset dâram

#55 Luganda – nkwagala

#56 Malagasy – Tiako ianao

#57 Shona – Ndinokuda

#58 Tigrinya – Yefkrekiye (said to a female) Yefkrekaye (said to a male)

#59 Swati –Ngiyakutsandza

EUROPE

Read: Useful Easy French Words and Sentences To Know!

The most spoken language in Europe is Russian with rougly 140 millions of native speakers.

#60 Breton ( a dialect from France!) –  Karout a ran ac’hanout
– Da garout a ran
– Me az ka

#61 Basque – maite zaitut

#62 Irish ((Gaeilge)) – Taim i’ ngra leat

#63 Frisian – Ik hald fan dy

#64 Danish – Jeg elsker dig

#65 Luxembourgish – Ech hunn dech gär ( which means more I care about you/like you)

#66 Russian –ya lyublyu tebya

#67 Italian – Ti amo

#68 Greek – Se agapó

#69 Croatian – Volim te

#70 Bosnian – Volim te

#71 Czech –Miluji tě

#72 Serbian –Volim te

#73 Slovak – Ľúbim ťa

#74 Latvian – Es tevi mīlu

#75 Hungarian – Szeretlek

#76 Scottish Gaelic – Tá grá agam ort

#77 Dutch –  Ik hou van jou

#78 Icelandic – Eg elska þig

#79 Polish –  Kocham cię

#80 Slovenian – Ljubim Te

#81 Welsh – ‘Rwy’n dy garu di

#82 Swedish – Jeg elsker dig

#84 Finnish – Minä rakastan sinua

#85 Yiddish – Ikh hob dikh lib 

#86 Romanian – te iubesc

#87 Norwegian – Jeg elsker deg

#88 Lithuanian – að myliu tave

#89 Estonian – Ma armastan sind

#90 Catalan – T’estimo

#91 Bulgarian – Obicham te

#92 Portugese – Te amo or Amo te

OCEANIA

The most spoken language in Oceania is English although according to google Papaun languages represent 57% of speakers!

#93 Hawaiian – Aloha wau ia oe

#94 Tahitian – Ua Here Vau Ia Oe

#95 Maori – e aroha ana ahau ki a koe

#96 – Fijian – Au domoni iko or Au lomani iko

#97 Samoan – oute alofa ia te oe

#98 Tongan – Ofa Atu

#99 Palauan –A Kultoir er Kau

#100 Marshallese – Ij io̧kwe eok

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And that’s a wrap on those 100 ways to say “I love you” in different languages from all over the world, you are ready to tour the world and spread the love!

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✈ Best Travel Ressources To Plan Your Next Trip

If you need help planning your next trip, don’t worry. I’ve got you covered! Here are my favourite websites and apps to plan a trip!

✈ How To Find Flights?

My favourite website for booking flights is Skyscanner; it is a good comparator for finding the cheapest flights.
Google Flight is also a good help when it comes to comparing flights.

✈ Where To Book Accommodations?

The best sites to book accommodations are Booking.com or Expedia. They both allow you to collect points for a discount; it’s worth comparing the two as they often have different pricing for the same hotels.

Another perk of Booking.com and Expedia is that you can sometimes get bundle deals for flights and accommodations, which can help you save a lot of money.

✈ Best Sites To Book Activities

My go-to website when I need to book an activity is GetYourGuide when I can’t get a ticket directly on the website or if it’s easier to go through them.
I always check if the price is the same, though, as the whole point is for it to be easier but not more expensive.

You can also check out Klook if you need to book more than just activities and would like to get everything from the same website—(i.e. transport cards, car rental, hotel…).

✈ Other helpful travel resources

– Radical Storage: If you need a place to keep your luggage for an extended period when you travel, I recommend using them. It was a great help when we needed a place to keep our luggage safely while we left the city for a few days.
– TheTrainline: If you love to travel by train like me, then TheTrainline needs to be your go-to website for train travel in Europe. It is very reliant and easy to use.

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