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Just in case you’ve been fancying a foreigner (or you just can’t communicate that well with your immigrant grandmother), we’ve taken it upon ourselves to provide you with a lengthy list of “I love you” translations. So whether you’re in Barcelona or South Africa, you’ll be able to speak the language of love without dropping your pants.
| Afrikaans | Ek is lief vir jou! |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Te dua! |
| Amharic | Afekrishalehou! |
| Arabic | Ohiboke / Nohiboka |
| Armenian | Yes kez si’rumem! |
| Basque | Maite zaitut! |
| Bengali | Ami tomake bahlobashi! |
| Bosnian | Volim te! |
| Bulgarian | Obicham te! |
| Catalan | T’estimo! |
| Creole | Mi aime jou! |
| Croatian | Volim te! |
| Czech | Miluji tev! |
| Danish | Jeg elsker dig! |
| Dutch | Ik hou van je! |
| English | I love you! |
| Esperanto | Mi amas vin! |
| Estonian | Mina armastan sind! |
| Farsi | Tora dost daram! |
| Filipino | Iniibig kita! |
| Finnish | (Mä) rakastan sua! |
| French | Je t’aime! |
| Frisian | Ik hald fan dei! |
| Galician | Querote! |
| German | Ich liebe dich! |
| Greek | S’ayapo! |
| Gujarati | Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon! tane chaahuN chhuN! |
| Hawaiian | Aloha wau ia ‘oe! |
| Hebrew | Anee ohev otakh / Anee ohevet otkha / Anee ohev otkha / Anee ohevet otakh |
| Hindi | Mai tumase pyar karata hun / Mai tumase pyar karati hun |
| Hungarian | Szeretlek! |
| Icelandic | Eg elska thig! |
| Indonesian | Saya cinta padamu! |
| Irish | t’a gr’a agam dhuit! |
| Italian | Ti amo! |
| Japanese | Kimi o ai shiteru! |
| Korean | Dangsinul saranghee yo! |
| Latin | Te amo! |
| Latvian | Es tevi milu! |
| Lithuanian | As tave myliu! |
| Malaysian | Saya cintamu! |
| Mandarin | Wo ai ni! |
| Marshallese | Yokwe Yuk! |
| Norwegian | Jeg elsker deg! |
| Polish | Kocham ciebie! |
| Portuguese | Eu te amo! |
| Romanian | Te iubesc! |
| Russian | Ya tyebya lyublyu! |
| Sanskrit | twayi snihyaami |
| Serbian | Volim te! |
| Sesotho | Kiyahurata! |
| Slovak | Lubim ta! |
| Slovenian | Ljubim te! |
| Spanish | Te amo! |
| Swahili | Nakupenda! |
| Swedish | Jag älskar dig! |
| Tagalog | Mahal kita! |
| Thai | Phom rug khun / Chan rug khun |
| Turkish | Seni seviyorum! |
| Ukrainian | Ya tebe kokhayu! |
| Urdu | Main tumse muhabbat karta hoon! |
| Vietnamese | Anh yeu em / Em yeu an |
| Welsh | Rwy’n dy garu di! |
| Yiddish | Kh’hob dikh lib! |
| Zulu | Ngiyakuthanda! |
