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Different ways to say I love you

Learn different ways to say I love you, some with audio files, highlighted in Pink, just to help you get the pronunciation just right.

English

I Love You

Albanian

Arabic (Egyptian)

                                                                                                                                                            >m – (ana baħibbak) ٲنَا بحِبَّك
>f – (ana baħibbik) ٲنَا بَحِبِّك

Arabic (Modern Standard)

                                                                                                                                                                   (uḥibbuk) أحبك

Belarusian

Я цябе кахаю (Ja ciabe kakhaju)

Bengali

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi) – frm
আমি তোমাকে ভালোবাস (ami tomake bhalobashi) – inf
আমি তোকে ভালোবাস (ami toke bhalobashi) – vinf

Bulgarian

Обичам те (Običam te) – inf
Любя те (Ljubja te) – inf
Аз те обичам (Az te običam) – inf
Обичам Ви (Običam vi) – frm
Любя Ви (Ljubja vi) – frm

Chinese (Cantonese)
Chinese (Mandarin)
Chinese (Shanghainese)
Chinese (Taiwanese)

我愛你 [我爱你] (ngóh oi néih)
我愛你 [我爱你] (wǒ ài nǐ)
侬爱你 (nguh eh non)
我愛你 (góa ài lì)

Czech

Miluji tě – between partners
Mám tě rád (jako kamaráda) – between friends

Dutch

Ik hou van je (inf)
Ik hou van jou / Ik hou van u (frm) – used only by lovers

Finnish

Mä rakastan sua (inf)
Minä rakastan sinua (frm)

Greek (Modern)

Σ΄αγαπώ (S’agapó) – inf / Σας αγαπώ (Sas aghapó) – frm

Gujarati

હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)

Hebrew

(Ani Ohev Otach – to woman) אני אוהב אותך
(Ani Ohevet Otcha – to man) אני אוהבת אותך

Hungarian

Irish

Gráím thú (I love you)
Tugaim cion duit (I give you affection)
Tá cion agam ort (I have affection for you)
Tá mé ceanúil ort (I have affection for you)
Tá grá agam duit (I have love for you)
Táim i ngrá leat (I’m in love with you)
Tá mo chroí istigh ionat (My heart is within you)
Adhraím thú (I adore you)

Italian

Ti amo

Japanese

好きです (suki desu)
好きだ (suki da)
好きだよ (suki dayo)
好きよ (suki yo) f
大好きです (daisuki desu)
愛してるよ (aishiteru yo)
愛してるわ (aishiteru wa) >f

Lithuanian

Norwegian

Jeg elsker deg (BM)
Eg elskar deg (NN)

Polish

Portuguese (European)

Portuguese(Brazilian)

Amo-o (frm>m)
Amo-a (frm>f)
Adoro-te (inf)
Adoro-o (frm>m)
Adoro-a (frm>f)
Amo-te, Eu te amo, Eu gosto de você, Eu amo você
Eu adoro você (I adore you)
Eu tenho carinho por você (I have affection for you)

Romanian

Russian

Я тебя люблю! (Ja teb’a l’ubl’u!) – inf
Я вас люблю! (Ja vas l’ubl’u!) – frm

Shona

Ndinokuda

Slovakian

Spanish

Swahili

Ninakupenda

Swedish

Swiss German

Ich liib dich / I ha Di gärn

Tagalog

Iniibig kita / Mahal Kita / Minamahal Kita
Iniirog kita (old fashioned)

Tamil

நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (nān unnai kādhalikkiren)

Thai

ผมรักคุณ (pŏm rák kun) – m
ฉันรักคุณ (chăn rák kun) – f

Turkish

Urdu

میں آپ سے محبت کَرتا ہوں m (mein ap say muhabat karta hoon)
میں آپ سے محبت کرتی ہوں f (mein ap say muhabat karti hoon)

Vietnamese

Yiddish

                                                                                                                                           (Ikh hob dikh lieb) איך האָב דיך ליב
(Ikh libe dikh) איך ליבע דיך

Special Thanks to Simon Ager, www.omniglot.com