Saturday, January 15, 2005

"I love you" in various languages

Language --------------- Translation
-------- ------------------- -----------
Afrikaans : Ek het jou liefe
Afrikaans : Ek is lief vir jou
Albanian : te dua
Albanian : te dashuroj
Alentejano(Portugal) : Gosto De Ti, Porra!
Alsacien : Ich hoan dich gear
Amharic : Afekrishalehou
Arabic : Ana Behibak (to a male)
Arabic : Ana Behibek (to a female)
Arabic : Ib'n hebbak.
Arabic : Ana Ba-heb-bak
Arabic : nhebuk
Arabic : Ohiboke (male to female)
Arabic : Ohiboka (female to male)
Arabic : Ohibokoma (male or female to two males or two females)
Arabic : Nohiboke (more than one male or female to female)
Arabic : Nohiboka (male to male or female to male)
Arabic : Nohibokoma (m. to m. or f. to two males or two females)
Arabic : Nohibokom (m. to m. or f. to more than two males)
Arabic : Nohibokon (m. to m. or f. to more than two females)
Arabic(not standard) : Bahibak (female to male)
Arabic(not standard) : Bahibik (male to female)
Arabic(not standard) : Benhibak (more than one male or female to male)
Arabic(not standard) : Benhibik (male to male or female to female)
Arabic(not standard) : Benhibkom (m. to m. or female to more than one male)
Assamese : Moi tomak bhal pau
Basc : Nere Maitea
Batak : Holong rohangku di ho
Bavarian : I mog di narrisch gern
Bengali : Ami tomAy bhAlobAshi
Bengali : Ami tomake bhalobashi
Berber : Lakh tirikh
Bicol : Namumutan ta ka
Bolivian Quechua : Qanta munani
Bulgarian : Obicham te
Burmese : Chit pa de
Cambodian : Bon sro lanh oon
Cambodian : Kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah
Canadian French : Sh'teme (spoken, sounds like this)
Cantonese : Moi oiy neya
Cantonese : Ngo oi ney
Catalan : T'estim (mallorcan)
Catalan : T'estim molt (I love you a lot)
Catalan : T'estime (valencian)
Catalan : T'estimo (catalonian)
Cebuano : Gihigugma ko ikaw
Ceqli : Go pyar zi
Chickasaw : Chiholloli (first "i" nasalized)
Chinese : (see the entries for mandarin or cantonese!)
Corsican : Ti tengu cara (to female)
Corsican : Ti tengu caru (to male)
Croatian : Ja volim tebe
Czech : Miluji te
Czech : MILUJU TE! (colloquial form)
Danish : Jeg elsker dig
Dutch : Ik hou van jou
Dutch : Ik ben verliefd op je
Ecuador Quechua : Canda munani
English : I love you
English : I adore you
Esperanto : Mi amas vin
Estonian : Mina armastan sind
Estonian : Ma armastan sind
Farsi : Tora dust midaram
Farsi : Asheghetam
Farsi (Persian) : Doostat dAram
Filipino : Mahal ka ta
Filipino : Iniibig Kita
Finnish Mina" : rakastan sinua
Flemish : Ik zie oe geerne
French : Je t'aime
French : Je t'adore
Friesian : Ik hald 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 is only needed for emphasis)
Greenlandic : Asavakit
Gujrati : Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon.
Hausa : Ina sonki
Hawaiian : Aloha I'a Au Oe
Hebrew : Ani ohev otach (male to female)
Hebrew : Ani ohev otcha (male to male)
Hebrew : Ani ohevet otach (female to female)
Hebrew : Ani ohevet otcha (female to male)
Hindi : Mai tumase pyar karata hun (male to female)
Hindi : Mai tumase pyar karati hun (female to male)
Hindi : Main Tumse Prem Karta Hoon
Hindi : Mai Tumhe Pyar Karta Hoon
Hindi : Main Tumse Pyar Karta Hoon
Hindi : Mai Tumse Peyar Karta Hnu
Hindi : Mai tumse pyar karta hoo
Hokkien : Wa ai lu
Hopi : Nu' umi unangwa'ta
Hungarian : Szeretlek
Hungarian : Szeretlek te'ged
Icelandic : Eg elska thig
Indi : Mai Tujhe Pyaar Kartha Ho
Indonesian : Saya cinta padamu (Saya, commonly used)
Indonesian : Saya cinta kamu ( " )
Indonesian : Saya kasih saudari ( " )
Indonesian : Aku tjinta padamu (Aku, not often used)
Indonesian : Aku cinta padamu ( " )
Indonesian : Aku cinta kamu ( " )
Iranian : Mahn doostaht doh-rahm
Irish : Taim i' ngra leat
Italian : Ti amo (if it's a relationship/lover/spouse)
Italian : Ti voglio bene (if it's a friend, or relative)
Japanese : Kimi o ai shiteru
Japanese : Aishiteru
Japanese : Chuu shiteyo
Japanese : Ora omee no koto ga suki da
Japanese : Ore wa omae ga suki da
Japanese : Suitonnen
Japanese : Sukiyanen
Japanese : Sukiyo
Japanese : Watashi Wa Anata Ga Suki Desu
Japanese : Watashi Wa Anata Wo Aishithe Imasu
Japanese : Watakushi-wa anata-wo ai shimasu
Japanese : Suki desu (used at 1st time, like for a start,
when you are not yet real lovers)
Javanese : Kulo tresno
Kannada : Naanu Ninnanu Preethisuthene
Kannada : Naanu Ninnanu Mohisuthene
Kiswahili : Nakupenda
Klingon : bangwI' SoH
Klingon : qamuSHa'
Klingon : qaparHa'
Korean : No-rul sarang hae (man to woman in casual relation)
Korean : Tangsinul sarang ha yo
Korean : Tangshin-ul sarang hae-yo
Korean : Tangsinul Sarang Ha Yo
Korean : Tangshin-i cho-a-yo (i like you, in a romantic way)
Korean : Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida
Korean : Nanun Dangsineul Mucheog Joahapnida
Korean : Nanun Dangsineul Saranghapnida
Korean : Nanun Gdaega Joa
Korean : Nanun Gdaereul Saranghapnida
Korean : Nanun Neoreul Saranghanda
Korean : Gdaereul Hjanghan Naemaeum Alji
Korean : Joahaeyo
Korean : Saranghae
Korean : Saranghaeyo
Korean : Saranghapanida
Kurdish : Ez te hezdikhem (?)
Lao : Koi muk jao
Lao : Khoi huk chau
Latin : Te amo
Latin : Vos amo
Latin(old) : (Ego) amo te (ego, for emphasis)
Latvian : Es milu tevi (Pronounced "Ess tevy meeloo")
Lebanese : Bahibak
Lëtzebuergesch : Ech hunn dech gär
Lingala : Nalingi yo
Lisbon lingo : gramo-te bue', chavalinha
Lithuanian : TAVE MYLIU (ta-ve mee-lyu)
Lojban : mi do prami
Luo : Aheri
Macedonian : SAKAM TE!
Madrid lingo : Me molas, tronca
Malay : Saya cintakan mu
Malay : Saya sayangkan mu
Malay/Indonesian : Saya sayangkan engkau
Malay/Indonesian : Saya cintakan awak
Malayalam : Njyaan Ninne' Preetikyunnu
Malayalam : Njyaan Ninne' Mohikyunnu.
Malayalam : Ngan Ninne Snaehikkunnu
Malaysian : Saya Cintamu
Malaysian : Saya Sayangmu
Malaysian : Saya Cinta Kamu
Mandarin : Wo ai ni (Wo3 ai4 ni3 in tonal notation)
Marathi : me tujhashi prem karto (male to female)
Marathi : me tujhashi prem karte (female to male)
Marathi : Mi tuzya var prem karato
Mohawk : Konoronhkwa
Navaho : Ayor anosh'ni
Ndebele : Niyakutanda
Norwegian : Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)
Norwegian : Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal) (pronouncedyai elske dai)
Op : Op Lopveop Yopuop
Osetian : Aez dae warzyn
Pakistani : Mujhe Tumse Muhabbat Hai
Persian : Tora dost daram
Pig Latin : Ie Ovele Ouye
Polish : Kocham Cie
Polish : Ja cie kocham
Polish : Yacha kocham
Polish : Kocham Ciebie
Portuguese : Amo-te
Portuguese (brazilian) : Eu te amo
Punjabi : Mai taunu pyar karda
Punjabi : Main Tainu Pyar Karna
Quenya : Tye-mela'ne
Romanian : Te iu besc
Romanian : Te Ador
Russian : Ya vas liubliu
Russian : Ya tebya liubliu
Russian : Ya polubeel s'tebya
Russian(malincaya) : Ya Tibieh Lublue
Sanskrit : tvayi snihyaami
Scot Gaelic : Tha gra\dh agam ort
Serbian : ljubim te (I kiss you/love you,
'lj' pronounced like 'll' in Spanish, one sound, 'ly'ish)
Serbocroatian : Volim te
Serbocroatian : Ljubim te
Shona : Ndinokuda
Sinhalese : Mama oyata adarei
Sioux : Techihhila
Slovak : lubim ta
Slovene : ljubim te
Spanish : Te quiero
Spanish : Te amo
Srilankan : Mama Oyata Arderyi
Swahili : Naku penda (followed by the person's name)
Swedish : Jag a"lskar dig
Swiss-German : Ch'ha di ga"rn
Syrian/Lebanese : BHEBBEK (to a female)
Syrian/Lebanese : BHEBBAK (to a male)
Tagalog : Mahal kita
Tahitian : Ua Here Vau Ia Oe
Tamil : Ni yaanai kaadli karen (You love me)
Tamil : n^An unnaik kAthalikkinREn (I love you)
Tamil : Naan Unnai Kadalikiren
Tcheque : MILUJI TE^
Telugu : Neenu ninnu pra'mistu'nnanu
Telugu/india : Nenu Ninnu Premistunnanu
Thai : Phom Rak Khun (formal, male to female)
Thai : Ch'an Rak Khun (formal, female to male)
Thai : Khao Raak Thoe (affectionate, sweet, loving)
Thai : Phom Rak Khun
Tunisian : Ha eh bak *
Turkish : Seni seviyo*rum (o* means o)
Turkish : Seni Seviyurum
Turkish : Seni Seviyorum
Ukrainian : ja tebe koKHAju (real true love)
Ukrainian : ja vas koKHAju
Ukrainian : ja pokoKHAv tebe
Ukrainian : ja pokoKHAv vas
Urdu : Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai
Urdu : Main Tumse Muhabbat Karta Hoon
Vietnamese : Em ye^u anh (woman to man)
Vietnamese : Toi yeu em
Vietnamese : Anh ye^u em (man to woman)
Vlaams : Ik hue van ye
Vulcan : Wani ra yana ro aisha
Volapük : Löfob oli.
Welsh : 'Rwy'n dy garu di.
Welsh : Yr wyf i yn dy garu di.
Welsh : Yr wyf i yn eich caru chwi.
Yiddish : Ich libe dich
Yiddish : Ich han dich lib
Yiddish : Ikh Hob Dikh Lib
Yugoslavian : Ya te volim
Zazi : Ezhele hezdege (sp?)
Zulu : Mena Tanda Wena
Zulu : Ngiyakuthanda!
Zuni : Tom ho' ichema

Posted by 壁虎 at 1:32:00 PM

2 Comments

  1. Anonymous Anonymous posted at 1/15/2005 7:07 PM  
    hey hey....wah wah....so many language...u mus learn all hor....den can sae...wahaha..now got chance to sae liao hor????????????????????????????????

    wahahaha...interesting post...i like it...
  2. Anonymous Benjamin posted at 11/27/2011 6:54 AM  
    This will not have effect as a matter of fact, that's what I suppose.
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