Amor mundo afora...

I love you in 100 different languages

As someone who traveled to many countries and met people from all around the world, it never ceases to amaze me how different cultures and different languages express love differently.

In some places, such as Latin America, people tend to be very loving in nature. It probably explains why the Spanish language has many ways of expressing love, such as “te amo” or “te quiero.”

On the other hand, some languages have a limited vocabulary when it comes to love. For example, in Persian, the phrase for “I love you” is “Dooset Daram,” which - translated literally - means “I know you as a friend.”

Similarly, in Navajo, the phrase used to mean “I love you” is “Ayóó anííníshní.” Yet, none of the words in this phrase actually mean “love.” When translated literally, “Ayóó anííníshní” can mean “I adore you” or “I have a regard for you.”

But regardless of the vocabulary limitations of a given language, people will always find ways to express their feelings towards their loved ones. So, here’s how to say “I love you” in 100 different languages. We also included the word “love” in different languages.

I love you in different languages.

Language Love I love you

Afrikaans Liefde Ek het jou lief

Albanian Dashuri Unë të dua

Amharic ፍቅር (Fik’iri) እወድሻለሁ (iwedishalehu)

Arabic (Alhubu) الحب أحبك (uhibek)

Armenian Սեր (ser) Ես քեզ սիրում եմ (Yes k’ez sirum yem)

Aymara Munaña Munsmawa

Azerbaijani Sevgi Mən səni sevirəm

Basque Maitasuna Maite zaitut

Belarusian Каханне (kahannie) я цябе кахаю (ja ciabie kahaju)

Bengali ভালবাসা (Bhālabāsā) আমিতোমায়ভালোবাসি (Ami tomake bhalobashi)

Bosnian Ljubav Volim te

Bulgarian Любов (Lyubov) Обичам те (Obicham te)

Burmese အချစ် (Aahkyit) မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (Mainnkohkyittaal)

Cantonese 愛 (ngoi) 我愛你 (Ngo oiy ney a)

Catalan Amor T'estimo

Cebuano Gugma Gihigugma tika

Chichewa Chikondi Ndimakukondani

Corsican Amore Ti tengu caru

Croatian Ljubav Volim te

Czech Láska Miluji tě

Danish Kærligheden Jeg elsker dig

Dutch Liefde Ik houd van je

English Love I love you

Estonian Armastus Ma armastan sind

Ewe lɔ̃ Melɔ̃ wò

Farsi (Persian) (eshgh) عشق ( dooset daram) دوستت دارم

Fijian Loloma Au domoni iko

Filipino Pag-ibig Mahal kita

Finnish Rakkaus Minä rakastan sinua

French Amour Je t’aime

Gaelic (Irish) Grá Is breá liom tú

Galician Amor Quérote

Georgian Სიყვარული (siq’varuli) Მიყვარხარ (Miq’varkhar)

German Liebe Ich liebe dich

Greek Αγάπη (agápi) Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó)

Guarani Mborayhu Rohayhu

Haitian Creole Lanmou Mwen renmen ou

Hawaiian Aloha Aloha wau iā ʻoe

Hebrew אהבה (ahava) אני אוהב אותך (ani ohev otkha)

Hindi प्यार (pyaar) मैं आपसे प्यार करती हूँ (main aapase pyaar karatee hoon)

Hmong Kev hlub Kuv hlub koj

Hungarian Szeretet Szeretlek

Icelandic Ást Ég elska þig

Igbo Ihunanya A hụrụ m gị n'anya

Ilocano Ayat Ay-ayaten ka

Indonesian Cinta Aku mencintaimu

Italian Amore Ti amo

Japanese 愛 (ai) 愛してます (Aishitemasu)

Kazakh Махаббат (maxabbat) Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)

Khmer សេចក្ដីរសលាញ់ (sechakdei rsa lea nh) ខ្ញុំ​ស្រលាញ់​អ្នក (khnhom​ sralanh​ anak)

Kinyarwanda Urukundo Ndagukunda

Korean 사랑 (salang) 사랑해요 (salanghaeyo)

Kurdish Evîn Ez hej te dikim

Lao ກາມາຣົມ (kamarom) ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Latin Amor Te amo

Latvian Mīlestība Es mīlu Tevi

Lithuanian Meilė Aš tave myliu

Luxembourgish Léift Ech hunn dech gär

Malagasy Fitiavana Tiako ianao

Malay Cinta Saya sayang awak

Maltese Imħabba Inħobbok

Mandarin 爱情 (Àiqíng) 我愛你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)

Maori Aroha Aroha ana ahau ki a koe

Mongolian Хайртай (khairtai) Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)

Nahuatl Tlazohtiliztli Nimitztlazohtla Nimitznequi

Navajo Ánííníshní’ Ayóó'ánííníshní

Nepali माया (māyā) म तिमीलाई माया गर्छु (Ma timīlā'ī māyā garchu)

Norwegian Kjærlighet Jeg elsker deg

Pashto (meena) مينه (zaa sta are meena laram) زه ستا سره مینه لرم

Polish Miłość Kocham cię

Portuguese Amor Te amo

Punjabi ਪਿਆਰ (pi'āra) ਮੈਂ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ (Maiṁ tuhānū pi'āra karadā hāṁ)

Oromo Jaalala Sin jaalladha

Quechua Kuyay Kuyaykim

Romanian Dragoste Te iubesc

Russian Любовь (lyubov') Я тебя люблю (Ya tebya lyublyu)

Samoan Alofa Oute alofa ia oe

Sepedi Lerato Ke a go rata

Serbian Љубав (ljubav) Волим те (Volim te)

Sesotho Lerato Kea u rata

Slovak Láska Ľúbim ťa

Slovenian Ljubezen Ljubim te

Somali Jacaylka Waan ku jeclahay

Spanish Amor Te amo

Swahili Upendo Nakupenda

Swedish Kärlek jag älskar dig

Tagalog Pag-ibig Mahal kita

Tahitian Here Uua here vau ia oe

Taiwanese 愛情(ai cheng) 我愛你 (góa ài li)

Tamil அன்பு (Aṉpu) நான் உன்னை நேசிக்கிறேன் (Nāṉ uṉṉai nēcikkiṟēṉ)

Thai รัก (rak) ฉันรักคุณ (C̄hạn rạk khuṇ)

Tibetan དགའ་པོ (dga' po) ང་ཁྱོད་ལ་དགའ། (Nga cheo la ga)

Tongan ʻOfa Oku ou 'ofa au 'ia koe

Tsonga Rirhandzu Ndza ku rhandza

Turkish Aşk Seni seviyorum

Ukrainian Любов (lyubov) я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)

Uzbek Sevgi Men sizni sevaman

Vietnamese Yêu và quý Tôi yêu bạn

Welsh Cariad Rwy'n dy garu di

Xhosa Uthando Ndiyakuthanda