How to Say I Love You in 86 Different Languages [With Audio]
Many say that love knows no linguistic boundaries—but 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.
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.
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“I Love You” in Different Languages
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.
| Language | Word |
|---|---|
| English | I love you |
| Spanish | Te amo / Te quiero |
| French | Je t'aime |
| Italian | Ti amo |
| German | Ich liebe dich |
| Portuguese | Eu te amo |
| Dutch | Ik hou van jou |
| Russian | Я тебя люблю
(ya tebya lyublyu) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 我愛你 (ngo5 oi3 Nei5) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 我爱你 (wǒ ài nǐ ) |
| Japanese | /愛してるよ (aishiteru yo) |
| Korean | 사랑해
(saranghae) |
| Arabic | أنا أحبك (ana uhibbuka) |
| Turkish | Seni seviyorum |
| Swedish | Jag älskar dig |
| Finnish | Minä rakastan sinua |
| Polish | Kocham cię |
| Norwegian | Jeg elsker deg |
| Danish | Jeg elsker dig |
| Romanian | Te iubesc |
| Icelandic | Ég elska þig |
| Welsh | Rwy'n dy garu di |
| Catalan | T'estimo |
| Hindi | Male speaker: मैं तुमसे प्यार करता हूँ
(main tumse pyaar karta hoon) Female speaker: मैं तुमसे प्यार करती हूँ (main tumse pyaar karti hoon) |
| Vietnamese | anh yêu em |
| Belarusian | Я цябе кахаю (ya tsiabe kahaiu) |
| Ukrainian | Я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu) |
| Persian | دوستتان دارم (doostetaan daaram) |
| Greek | Σ' αγαπώ (s' agapó) |
| Hebrew | אני אוהב אותך (ani ohev otakh) |
| Bengali | আমি তোমাকে/তোমাদের ভালোবাসি (ami tomake bhalobashi) |
| Urdu | Male speaker: میں تم سے محبت کرتی ہوں (main tumse muhabbat karta hoon) Female speaker: میں تم سے محبت کرتا ہوں (main tumse muhabbat karti hoon) |
| Indonesian | Aku cinta padamu |
| Swahili | Nakupenda |
| Punjabi | Male speaker: ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ (mai twanu pyar karda han) Female speaker: ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦੀ ਹਾਂ (mai twanu pyar kardi han) |
| Yoruba | Mo nífẹ̀ẹ́ rẹ |
| Filipino/Tagalog | Mahal kita |
| Czech | Miluji tě |
| Slovak | Ľúbim ťa |
| Lithuanian | Aš tave myliu |
| Bulgarian | Обичам те (obicham te) |
| Slovenian | Ljubim te |
| Estonian | Ma armastan sind |
| Georgian | მიყვარხარ (miq’varkhar) |
| Hungarian | Szeretlek |
| Icelandic | Ég elska þig |
| Maltese | Inħobbok |
| Serbian | Волим те (volim te) |
| Bosnian/Croatian | Volim te |
| Albanian | Unë të dua |
| Basque | Maite zaitut |
| Macedonian | Те сакам (te sakam) |
| Kurdish | Ez ji te hez dikim |
| Luxembourgish | Ech hunn dech gär |
| Mongolian | Би чамд хайртай (bi chamd khairtai) |
| Hawaiian | Aloha wau iā ʻoe |
| Burmese | ချစ်တဲ့ (chit tae) |
| Afrikaans | Ek het jou lief |
| Malagasy | Tiako ianao |
| Somali | Waan ku jecelahay |
| Thai | ฉันรักคุณ (C̄hạn rạk khuṇ) |
| Kyrgyz | Мен сени сүйөм (men seni süyöm) |
| Cheyenne | Nemehotatse |
| Inuktitut | ᓇᒡᓕᒋᕙᒋᑦ (nagligivaget) |
| Telugu | నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu) |
| Marathi | Male speaker: मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō) Female speaker: मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करते (mī tujhyāvara prēma karatē) |
| Nepali | म तिमीलाई माया गर्छु (ma timīlā'ī māyā garchu) |
| Tajik | Ман туро дӯст медорам (man turo dūst medoram) |
| Zulu | Ngiyakuthanda |
| Fijian | Au domoni iko |
| Amharic | እወድሃለሁ (ewedehalehu) |
| Tamil | நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (nāṉ uṉṉai kātalikkiṟēṉ) |
| Shona | Ndinokuda |
| Nyanja | Ndimakukondani |
| Xhosa | Ndiyakuthandana |
| Chichewa | Ndimakukonda |
| Kinyarwanda | Ndagukunda |
| Maori | Aroha ana ahau ki a koe |
| Igbo | A hurum gi n'anya |
| Hausa | Ina son ku sosai |
| Setswana | Kea go rata |
| Ewe | Melɔ̃ wò |
| Akan (Twi) | Medɔ wo |
| Fulfulde | Mi yidi ma |
| Bambara | N b'i fɛ |
| Ijaw | Émene tari emi/Ye tari emi |
More Ways to Say “I Love You”
For more romantic phrases, check out our in-depth posts on ways to say “I love you” in the following languages:
• Chinese
• English
• French
• German
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Portuguese
• Russian
• Spanish
And for a compilation of ways to say “I love you” in 60 different languages, check out this video:
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Now you can show someone how much you love them by telling them in their native language!
To continue learning the language of love, check out these ways to say “love” in 100 different languages next.
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