I love you in many languages

How to express your love and affection in many different languages.

Language	I love you
Afrikaans	ek het jou lief / ek's lief vir jou
Albanian	të dua
Aleut	Txin Yaktakuq
Alsatian	Ich hàb dich gär / Ich hàb lieb fir dich
Amharic	እወድሻለሁ (ɨwəddɨʃalləhu - to a man) እወድሃለሁ (ɨwəddɨhalləhu - to a woman)
Arabic (Modern Standard)	to a man (uħib:ukato) أُحِبُّكَ to a woman - (uħib:uki) أُحِبُّكِ
Arabic (Egyptian Colloquial)	to a man - (ana uħibbuk) ٲنَا ٱحِبُّك to a woman - (ana baħibbik) ٲنَا بَحَِّك
Armenian (Eastern)	Սիրում եմ քեզ: (Sirum em kez)
Aromanian	ti voi
Asturian	quiérote
Avallaen	(vüväloiek dü quuo)
Azerbaijani	Mən səni sevirəm
Basque	maite zaitut
Belarusian	Я цябе кахаю (Ja ciabe kakhaju)
Bengali	আমি তোমাকে ভালোবাসি (āmi tomāke bhālobāshi)
Breton	karout a ran ac'hanout, da garout a ran, me az kar
Bulgarian	обичам те (običam te)
Catalan	t'estimo
Cebuano	gihigugma ko ikaw
Chamorro	Hu guiaya hao
Cherokee	ᎬᎨᏳᎯ (gvgeyuhi)
Chinese	我愛你 [我爱你] ngóh oi néih (Cantonese) ngai² ai ngi² (Hakka) wǒ ài nǐ (Mandarin) ngu² eh nong² (Shanghainese) gua² ai³ li² (Taiwanese)
Cimbrian	Ich liibe-dich
Cornish	My a'th kar
Corsican	amu tè / ti tengu caru
Croatian	volim te
Czech	miluji tě
Danish	jeg elsker dig
Dutch	Ik hou van je (inf) Ik hou van jou / Ik hou van u (frm)
Efik	Mmema fi
Esperanto	mi amas vin
Estonian	ma armastan sind
Faroese	Eg elski teg
Fijian	Au lomani iko, Au lomani iko vakalevu
Finnish	Rakastan sinua
Frisian	Ick heb di leev
Frisian (Saterfrisian)	Iek hääb die ljoo
Frisian (West)	Ik hâld fan dy
Finnish	minä rakastan sinua
French	Je t'aime, Je t'adore
Friulian	Ti vuei ben
Galician	ámote / quérote
Georgian	მიყვარხარ (mikʼvarxar)
German (Standard)	Ich liebe Dich
German (Bayerisch)	I lieb di
German (Bernisch)	Ig liebe di
German (Hessisch)	Isch habb disch libb
German (Kölsch)	Isch han dich leev
German (Pfäzisch)	Isch liewe disch
German (Schwyzerdütsch)	Ich liäbä Dich
German (Vorarlbergerisch)	I liab di!
Greek	Σ᾿ ἀγαπῶ (Saghapó) - inf Σᾶς ἀγαπῶ (Sas aghapó) - frm
Greenlandic	Asavakit
Guaraní	rojhayhû
Hawaiian	Aloha Au Ia ʻOe, Aloha No Au Ia ʻOe
Hebrew	(Ani Ohev Otach - to woman) אני אוהב אותך (Ani Ohevet Otcha - to man) אני אוהבת אותך
Hindi	मैं तुम्हैं बहुत चाहता हुँ (Maiṅ tumhaiṅ bahut cāhatā hūṅ) said by men मैं तुम्हैं प्यार करता हुँ (Maiṅ tumhaiṅ pyār kartā hūṅ) said by men मैं तुमसे बहुत चाहती हुँ (Maiṅ tumse bahut cāhatī hūṅ) said by women मैं तुमसे प्यार करती हुँ (Maiṅ tumse pyār kartī hūṅ) said by women
Hungarian	Szeretlek
Icelandic	Ég elska þig
Ilocano	Ay-ayatenka, Ipatpategka
Indonesian	Saya mencintaimu
Inuktitut	ᓇᒡᓕᒋᕙᒋᑦ Nagligivagit/Nalligivagit
Iñupiaq	Piqpavagin
Irish (Gaelic)	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) Ádhraím 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) 大好きです (daisuki desu) 愛してるよ (aishiteru yo) 好きよ (suki yo) 愛してるわ (aishiteru wa) - said by women only hear these phrases
Javanese	aku tresnasliramu
Jèrriais	J't'aime / J't'adouthe
Kazakh	Мен сені сүйемін (Men seni süyemin) Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin) - inf
Kirundi/Kinyarwanda	Ndagukunda
Klamath	moo ?ams ni stinta
Klallam	nəsƛ̕éʔ cxʷ
Korean	사랑해 (sarang hae)
Kurdish	Ez di hesdikm / Xoş tem dewê
Ladino	(Te amo) טי אמו
Latin	Te amo / Amo te
Latvian	Es tevi mīlu
Lithuanian	aš myliu tave
Lojban	mi do prami
Low Saxon	ik hou van di
Luo	aheri
Luxembourgish	Ech hunn dech gär / Ech si frou mat dir
Macedonian	Те сакам (Te sakam), Те љубам (Te lyubam) - inf Ве сакам (Ve sakam), Ве љубам (Ve lyubam) - frm
Malay	Saya sayang kamu / Aku cintakan kau
Malayalam	ഞാന് നിന്നെ പ്രേമിക്കുന്നു (nyān ninne prēmikkunnu)
Maltese	Inħobbok / Inħobbok hafna
Manchu	Bi shimbe hairambi
Manx	Ta graih aym ort
Māori	Kei te aroha au i a koe
Marathi	माझ तुइयावर प्रेम आहे (Mājha tuiyāvar prem āhe)
Mi'kmaq	kesalul
Mongolian	Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Ndebele	Ngiyakuthanda
Northern Sotho	ke a go rata
Norwegian	Jeg elsker deg (Bokmål) Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)
Occitan	T'aimi. T'estimi
Old English	ic lufie þe (West Saxon) ic lufie þec (Northumbrian)
Persian	(ʻasheghetam) عاشقتم (dūset dāram - used in poetry and songs) دوست دارم
Polish	kocham cię
Portuguese	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	te iubesc
Russian	я тебя люблю (ja teb'a l'ubl'u)
Samoan	Ou te alofa ia te oe / Ou te alofa i oe
Scots	Ah loove ye
Scottish Gaelic	tha gaol agam ort
Serbian	Волим те (Volim te)
Sesotho	Ke a o rata
Shona	Ndinokuda!
Slovak	Milujem ťa
Slovenian	Ljubim te (m/f), Rad te imam (m) Rada te imam (f)
Somali	waan ku jecelahay
Setswana	ke a go rata
Shona	ndinokuda
Sioux	techihhila
SiSwati	ngiyakutsandza
Spanish	Te amo / Te quiero
Swahili	ninakupenda
Swedish	Jag älskar dig
Tagalog	Iniibig kita / Mahal Kita / Minamahal Kita Iniirog kita (old fashioned)
Thai	ผมรักคุณ (phom rak khun - male speaker) ฉันรักคุณ (chan rak khun - female speaker)
Tibetan	ང་ཁྱེད་རང་ལ་དགའ་པོ་ཡོད་ (nga kayrâng-la gawpo yö)
Tok Pisin	Mi lavim yu
Tsez	Даьр ми йетих (Där mi yetix) >f Даьр ми этих (Där mi etix) >m
Tshivenḓa	ngiyakutsandza
Turkish	seni seviyorum
Ukrainian	я тебе кохаю (ja tebe koxaju)
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 karte hoon)
Uzbek	Men seni sevaman
Vietnamese	Em yêu anh (f>m) Anh yêu em (m>f)
Volapük	läfob oli
Walloon	dji t'veû vol'tî
Welsh	dw i'n dy garu di rwy'n dy garu di
Xhosa	Ndiya kuthanda
Xitsonga	ndza ku rhandza
Yiddish	(Ikh hob dikh lieb) איך האָב דיך ליב (Ikh libe dikh) איך ליבע דיך
Zulu	Ngiyakuthanda

Notes

This phrase is rarely used in Japan, though is becoming more common. For details see: http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa021101a.htm

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