{"id":4150,"date":"2024-01-05T14:32:47","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T19:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/?p=4150"},"modified":"2025-01-24T01:14:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T06:14:15","slug":"i-love-you-in-different-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/learn\/i-love-you-in-different-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Say I Love You in 86 Different Languages [With Audio]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many say that love knows no linguistic boundaries\u2014but it’s expressed differently as you travel around the globe. Whether you’re a seasoned traveler, a hopeless romance or just curious about how love is expressed around the world, you may be curious to know how to say “I love you” in different languages.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Today you’ll learn how to say it in 86 languages, from the romantic cadence of French to the rhythmic poetry of Japanese and many more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I Love You” in Different Languages<\/h2>\n

Here’s how to say “love” in 86 different languages. Some have built-in audio pronunciation while for others, you can click on the link to hear the pronunciation on Forvo or from a native speaker on YouTube.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Language<\/th>Word<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
English<\/td> I love you <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spanish<\/td> Te amo<\/i> <\/a>\n \/ Te quiero<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
French<\/td> Je t'aime<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Italian<\/td> Ti amo<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
German<\/td> Ich liebe dich<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Portuguese<\/td> Eu te amo<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dutch<\/td> Ik hou van jou<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Russian<\/td> \u042f \u0442\u0435\u0431\u044f \u043b\u044e\u0431\u043b\u044e <\/a>\n (ya tebya lyublyu)<\/i>
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Chinese (Cantonese)<\/td> \u6211\u611b\u4f60 <\/a>\n (ngo5 oi3 Nei5)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chinese (Mandarin)<\/td> \u6211\u7231\u4f60 <\/a>\n (w\u01d2 \u00e0i n\u01d0 )<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Japanese<\/td> \/\u611b\u3057\u3066\u308b\u3088 <\/a>\n (aishiteru yo)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Korean<\/td> \uc0ac\ub791\ud574 <\/a>\n (saranghae)<\/i>
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Arabic<\/td> \u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0623\u062d\u0628\u0643 <\/a>\n (ana uhibbuka)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turkish<\/td> Seni seviyorum<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Swedish<\/td> Jag \u00e4lskar dig<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Finnish<\/td> Min\u00e4 rakastan sinua<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Polish<\/td> Kocham ci\u0119<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Norwegian<\/td> Jeg elsker deg<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Danish<\/td> Jeg elsker dig<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Romanian<\/td> Te iubesc<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Icelandic<\/td> \u00c9g elska \u00feig<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Welsh<\/td> Rwy'n dy garu di<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Catalan<\/td> T'estimo<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hindi<\/td>Male speaker: \u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0924\u0941\u092e\u0938\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0901 <\/a>\n (main tumse pyaar karta hoon)<\/i>
\nFemale speaker: \u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0924\u0941\u092e\u0938\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0942\u0901 <\/a>\n (main tumse pyaar karti hoon)<\/i> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vietnamese<\/td>anh y\u00eau em<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belarusian<\/td>\u042f \u0446\u044f\u0431\u0435 \u043a\u0430\u0445\u0430\u044e<\/a> (ya tsiabe kahaiu)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ukrainian<\/td>\u042f \u0442\u0435\u0431\u0435 \u043b\u044e\u0431\u043b\u044e<\/a> (ya tebe lyublyu)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Persian<\/td>\u062f\u0648\u0633\u062a\u062a\u0627\u0646 \u062f\u0627\u0631\u0645<\/a> (doostetaan daaram)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greek<\/td>\u03a3' \u03b1\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03ce<\/a> (s' agap\u00f3)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hebrew<\/td>\u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d5\u05d4\u05d1 \u05d0\u05d5\u05ea\u05da<\/a>\u00a0(ani ohev otakh)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bengali<\/td>\u0986\u09ae\u09bf \u09a4\u09cb\u09ae\u09be\u0995\u09c7\/\u09a4\u09cb\u09ae\u09be\u09a6\u09c7\u09b0 \u09ad\u09be\u09b2\u09cb\u09ac\u09be\u09b8\u09bf<\/a> (ami tomake bhalobashi)<\/i>
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Urdu<\/td>Male speaker: \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u062a\u0645 \u0633\u06d2 \u0645\u062d\u0628\u062a \u06a9\u0631\u062a\u06cc \u06c1\u0648\u06ba<\/a> (main tumse muhabbat karta hoon)<\/i>
\nFemale speaker: \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u062a\u0645 \u0633\u06d2 \u0645\u062d\u0628\u062a \u06a9\u0631\u062a\u0627 \u06c1\u0648\u06ba (main tumse muhabbat karti hoon)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indonesian<\/td>Aku cinta padamu<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Swahili<\/td>Nakupenda<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Punjabi<\/td>Male speaker: \u0a2e\u0a48\u0a02 \u0a24\u0a48\u0a28\u0a42\u0a70 \u0a2a\u0a3f\u0a06\u0a30 \u0a15\u0a30\u0a26\u0a3e \u0a39\u0a3e\u0a02<\/a> (mai twanu pyar karda han)<\/i>
\nFemale speaker: \u0a2e\u0a48\u0a02 \u0a24\u0a48\u0a28\u0a42\u0a70 \u0a2a\u0a3f\u0a06\u0a30 \u0a15\u0a30\u0a26\u0a40 \u0a39\u0a3e\u0a02<\/a> (mai twanu pyar kardi han)<\/i>
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Yoruba<\/td>Mo n\u00edf\u00e8\u0323\u00e9\u0323 r\u1eb9<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Filipino\/Tagalog <\/td>Mahal kita<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Czech<\/td>Miluji t\u011b<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Slovak<\/td>\u013d\u00fabim \u0165a<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lithuanian<\/td>A\u0161 tave myliu<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bulgarian<\/td>\u041e\u0431\u0438\u0447\u0430\u043c \u0442\u0435<\/a> (obicham te)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Slovenian<\/td>Ljubim te<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Estonian<\/td>Ma armastan sind<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Georgian<\/td>\u10db\u10d8\u10e7\u10d5\u10d0\u10e0\u10ee\u10d0\u10e0<\/a> (miq\u2019varkhar)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hungarian<\/td>Szeretlek<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Icelandic<\/td>\u00c9g elska \u00feig<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maltese<\/td>In\u0127obbok<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Serbian<\/td>\u0412\u043e\u043b\u0438\u043c \u0442\u0435<\/a> (volim te)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bosnian\/Croatian<\/td>Volim te<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Albanian<\/td>Un\u00eb t\u00eb dua<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Basque<\/td>Maite zaitut<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Macedonian<\/td>\u0422\u0435 \u0441\u0430\u043a\u0430\u043c<\/a> (te sakam)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kurdish<\/td>Ez ji te hez dikim<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luxembourgish<\/td>Ech hunn dech g\u00e4r<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mongolian<\/td>\u0411\u0438 \u0447\u0430\u043c\u0434 \u0445\u0430\u0439\u0440\u0442\u0430\u0439<\/a> (bi chamd khairtai)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hawaiian<\/td>Aloha wau i\u0101 \u02bboe<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burmese<\/td>\u1001\u103b\u1005\u103a\u1010\u1032\u1037<\/a> (chit tae)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Afrikaans<\/td>Ek het jou lief<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Malagasy<\/td>Tiako ianao<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Somali<\/td>Waan ku jecelahay<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thai<\/td>\u0e09\u0e31\u0e19\u0e23\u0e31\u0e01\u0e04\u0e38\u0e13<\/a> (C\u0304h\u1ea1n r\u1ea1k khu\u1e47)<\/i> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kyrgyz<\/td>\u041c\u0435\u043d \u0441\u0435\u043d\u0438 \u0441\u04af\u0439\u04e9\u043c<\/a> (men seni s\u00fcy\u00f6m)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cheyenne<\/td>Nemehotatse<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Inuktitut<\/td>\u14c7\u14a1\u14d5\u148b\u1559\u148b\u1466<\/a> (nagligivaget)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telugu<\/td>\u0c28\u0c47\u0c28\u0c41 \u0c28\u0c3f\u0c28\u0c4d\u0c28\u0c41 \u0c2a\u0c4d\u0c30\u0c47\u0c2e\u0c3f\u0c38\u0c4d\u0c24\u0c41\u0c28\u0c4d\u0c28\u0c3e\u0c28\u0c41<\/a> (n\u0113nu ninnu pr\u0113mistunn\u0101nu)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marathi<\/td>Male speaker: \u092e\u0940 \u0924\u0941\u091d\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0935\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u092e \u0915\u0930\u0924\u094b<\/a> (M\u012b tujhy\u0101vara pr\u0113ma karat\u014d)<\/i>
\nFemale speaker: \u092e\u0940 \u0924\u0941\u091d\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0935\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u092e \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 (m\u012b tujhy\u0101vara pr\u0113ma karat\u0113)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nepali<\/td>\u092e \u0924\u093f\u092e\u0940\u0932\u093e\u0908 \u092e\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0917\u0930\u094d\u091b\u0941<\/a> (ma tim\u012bl\u0101'\u012b m\u0101y\u0101 garchu)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tajik<\/td>\u041c\u0430\u043d \u0442\u0443\u0440\u043e \u0434\u04ef\u0441\u0442 \u043c\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0440\u0430\u043c<\/a> (man turo d\u016bst medoram)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zulu<\/td>Ngiyakuthanda<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fijian<\/td>Au domoni iko<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amharic<\/td>\u12a5\u12c8\u12f5\u1203\u1208\u1201<\/a> (ewedehalehu)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tamil <\/td>\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd<\/a> (n\u0101\u1e49 u\u1e49\u1e49ai k\u0101talikki\u1e5f\u0113\u1e49)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shona<\/td>Ndinokuda<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nyanja<\/td>Ndimakukondani<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Xhosa<\/td>Ndiyakuthandana<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chichewa<\/td>Ndimakukonda<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kinyarwanda<\/td>Ndagukunda<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maori<\/td>Aroha ana ahau ki a koe<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Igbo<\/td>A hurum gi n'anya<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hausa<\/td>Ina son ku sosai<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Setswana<\/td>Kea go rata<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ewe<\/td>Mel\u0254\u0303 w\u00f2<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Akan (Twi)<\/td>Med\u0254 wo<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fulfulde<\/td>Mi yidi ma<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bambara<\/td>N b'i f\u025b<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ijaw<\/td>\u00c9mene tari emi\/Ye tari emi<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

More Ways to Say “I Love You”\u00a0<\/h2>\n

For more romantic phrases, check out our in-depth posts on ways to say “I love you” in the following languages:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Chinese<\/a>
\n\u2022 English<\/a>
\n\u2022 French<\/a>
\n\u2022 German<\/a>
\n\u2022 Italian<\/a>
\n\u2022 Japanese<\/a>
\n\u2022 Korean<\/a>\u00a0
\n\u2022 Portuguese<\/a>\u00a0
\n\u2022 Russian<\/a>
\n\u2022 Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n

And for a compilation of ways to say “I love you” in 60 different languages, check out this video:\u00a0<\/p>\n

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