Love may be a universal language — but how can you be sure your partner is understanding you? In the “Language of Love,” we explore how to prevent your expression from getting lost in translation. In this article, we look at ways to say “I love you” in 50 different languages.
Summing up so much passion and adoration in three little words hardly does your feelings for your sweetheart justice. So, if you really want to tell the object of your affection that you love them ’til the end of time, say it in more than one language!
Whether you add it to a Valentine’s Day card or just send them a text letting them know you’re thinking of them, saying “I love you” in different languages adds a unique twist to this romantic saying.
Here’s how to say “I love you” in 50 different languages.
Speak the language of love in 50 different ways
- Albanian: “Te dua”
- Arabic: “Ana behibak” (male) or “Ana behibek” (female)
- Armenian: “Yes k’yez sirum yem”
- Bulgarian: “Ubicham te”
- Cambodian: “Soro lahn nhee ah”
- Croatian: “Volim te”
- Czech: “Miluji te”
- Danish: “Jeg elsker dig”
- Dutch: “Ik hou van je”
- Filipino: “Mahal kita”
- Finnish: “Mina rakastan sinua”
- French: “Je t’aime” or “Je t’adore”
- German: “Ich liebe dich”
- Greek: “S’agapo”
- Hawaiian: “Aloha au ia ‘oe”
- Hebrew: “Ani ohev otah” (female) or “Ani ohevet othah” (male)
- Hindi: “Maim tumase pyara karata hum”
- Hungarian: “Szeretlek”
- Indonesian: “Aku cinta kamu”
- Irish Gaelic: “Taim i’ngra leat”
- Italian: “Ti amo”
- Japanese: “Aishiteru” or “Anata ga daisuki desu”
- Korean: “Sarang hapnida”
- Latin: “Te amo”
- Latvian: “Es milu tevi”
- Lebanese: “Bahibak”
- Lithuanian: “As tave myliu”
- Mandarin: “Wo ai ni”
- Moroccan: “Ana moajaba bik”
- Navajo: “Ayor anosh’ni”
- Norwegian: “Jeg elsker deg”
- Polish: “Kocham cie”
- Portuguese: “Eu te amo”
- Romanian: “Te iubesc”
- Russian: “Ya tebya lyublyu”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Tha gaol agam ort”
- Serbian: “Volim te”
- Spanish: “Te quiero” or “Te amo”
- Swahili: “Ninakupenda”
- Swedish: “Jag alskar dig”
- Swiss: “Ch’ha di ga’rn”
- Syrian: “Bhebbek” (female) or “Bhebbak” (male)
- Tahitian: “Ua here vau la ie”
- Taiwanese: “Gwa ai lee”
- Turkish: “Seni seviyorum”
- Ukrainian: “Ta tebe kahayu”
- Vietnamese: “Toi yeu ban”
- Welsh: “Fi cariad eich”
- Yiddish: “Ikh hob dikh”
- Yugoslavian: “Ya te volim”
