On this day dedicated to love and romance, consider the gift of a poem.
Here are ways to say “I Love You” in many languages. See below to find out how I know this.
Happy Valentine’s Day.Afrikaans : Ek is lief vir jou Ek het jou lief
Albanian : Te dua
Arabic : Ana Behibak (to a male) Ana Behibek (to a female)
Cambodian : kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah Bon sro lanh oon
Chinese : Wo ie ni (Manderin, Cantonese)
Croatian : Volim te (most common), or Ja te volim (less common)
Danish : Jeg elsker dig
Dutch : Ik hou van jou
Estonian : Mina armastan sind
Esperanto : Mi amas vin
Flemish : Ik zie oe geerne
Finnish : Mina” rakastan sinua
Gaelic : Ta gra agam ort
German : Ich liebe Dich I mog Di ganz arg! (Suebian: South German dialekt.)
Greek : S’ ayapo
Gujarati : (a dialect of India) “Tane Prem Karoo Choo”
Hebrew : aNEE oHEIVET oTKHA (female to male) aNEE oHEIV otAKH (male to female) Ani ohev at (man to woman) Ani ohevet atah (woman to man)
Hindi: Mein Tumse Pyar Karta Hoon
Hopi : Nu’ umi unangwa’ta
Hungarian : Szeretlek te’ged
Icelandic : ?g elska ßig
Indonesian : Saya cinta padamu Saya Cinta Kamu Aku tjinta padamu Saja kasih saudari
Iranian (Persian -Farsi) : Tora dust midaram
Japanese : Kimi o ai shiteru
Korean : Tangsinul sarang ha yo
Kurdish : Ez te hezdikhem
Latin : Te amo Vos amo
Latvian : Es Tev milu
Lithuanian: Ash miliu tave
Mohawk : Konoronhkwa
Navajo : Ayor anosh’ni
Norwegian : Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal) Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)
Pakistani : Muje se mu habbat hai
Philipino : Mahal Kita Iniibig Kita
Polish : Ja Cie Kocham or Kocham Cie (Pronounced Yacha kocham)
Portuguese : Eu te amo
Romanian : Te iu besc
Russian : Ya lyublyu tebya Ya vas lyublyu
Serbian : Volim te (most common), or Ja te volim” (less common)
Sioux : Techihhila
Slovak : lubim ta
Spanish : Te amo
Swahili : Nakupenda
Swedish : Jag a”lskar dig
Swiss-German : Ch’ha di ga”rn
Taiwanese : Gwa ai lee
Thai : Phom Rak Khun
Tunisian : Ha eh bak
Turkish : Seni seviyorum!
Urdu : Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai (Entry by Magsemail@aol.com)
Vietnamese : Anh ye^u em (man to woman) Em ye^u anh (woman to man) Toi yeu em
Welsh : ‘Rwy’n dy garu di. Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi)
Yiddish : Ikh hob dikh lib
Zuni : Tom ho’ ichema
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