I’ve always believed that the language you choose defines the emotion you deliver. Say it in French and it feels like silk. Say it in Korean and it suddenly has this confident, heartbeat-steady charm. Say it in your partner’s mother tongue and suddenly three little words feel bigger, deeper, almost sacred.
We spend so much time trying to say the right thing, but sometimes all you need is the right translation to make someone lean in a little closer. And honestly, learning to say I love you in different languages feels like opening tiny doors into other people’s worlds.
Maybe it’s just me, but I think the world gets a bit softer when you hear these words spoken in a tongue you didn’t grow up with.
It’s like sending a message that says, “I thought about you long enough to step outside my own language.” There’s something weirdly powerful about that.
So if you’ve ever wished you could say I love you in 100 languages or in a way that hits deeper or lands sweeter, you’re in the right place. Let’s wander through the world a little and find the version that fits the moment sitting in your heart.
Now let’s get to the good stuff. Here’s how to say I love You in 100 langauges:
Language | Love | I Love You | Pronunciation |
English | Love | I love you | eye luv yuu |
French | Amour | Je t’aime | zhuh tem |
Spanish | Amor | Te amo | teh ah-mo |
Italian | Amore | Ti amo | tee ah-mo |
Portuguese | Amor | Eu te amo | ay-oo chee ah-mo |
German | Liebe | Ich liebe dich | eekh lee-buh dihkh |
Dutch | Liefde | Ik hou van jou | ik how van yau |
Swedish | Kärlek | Jag älskar dig | yahg el-skar day |
Norwegian | Kjærlighet | Jeg elsker deg | yay el-sker die |
Danish | Kærlighed | Jeg elsker dig | yai el-sker dai |
Finnish | Rakkaus | Rakastan sinua | rah-kah-stahn sih-noo-ah |
Russian | Lyubov | Ya lyublyu tebya | yah lyoo-blyoo tee-byah |
Ukrainian | Lyubov | Ya tebe lyublyu | yah teh-beh lyoo-blyu |
Polish | Miłość | Kocham cię | koh-ham chyeh |
Czech | Láska | Miluji tě | mee-loo-yi tyeh |
Slovak | Láska | Ľúbim ťa | lyoo-beem tya |
Greek | Agápi | S’agapó | sah-gah-po |
Turkish | Aşk | Seni seviyorum | seh-nee seh-vee-yo-room |
Arabic | Hubb | Uhibbuka/Uhibbuki | oo-heb-boo-ka / oo-heb-boo-kee |
Hebrew | Ahava | Ani ohev otach | ah-nee oh-hev oh-takh |
Hindi | Pyaar | Main tumse pyaar karta hoon | meh tum-se pyaar kar-ta hoon |
Bengali | Bhalobasha | Ami tomake bhalobashi | ami toh-ma-ke bhalo-bashi |
Urdu | Muhabbat | Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai | moo-jay tum-say muh-hub-bat hai |
Mandarin Chinese | 爱 | 我爱你 | wo ai ni |
Cantonese | 愛 | 我愛你 | ngo oi nei |
Japanese | 愛 | 愛してる | ai-shee-teh-roo |
Korean | 사랑 | 사랑해 | sa-rang-hae |
Thai | ความรัก | ฉันรักคุณ | chan rak khun |
Vietnamese | Tình yêu | Anh yêu em | anh yew em |
Filipino/Tagalog | Pag-ibig | Mahal kita | ma-hal kee-ta |
Swahili | Upendo | Nakupenda | nah-koo-pen-dah |
Zulu | Uthando | Ngiyakuthanda | ngee-ya-koo-than-dah |
Xhosa | Uthando | Ndiyakuthanda | ndee-ya-koo-than-dah |
Afrikaans | Liefde | Ek het jou lief | ek het yoh leaf |
Amharic | Fikir | Ewedihalehu | eh-weh-dee-ha-leh-hu |
Somali | Jacayl | Waan ku jeclahay | wan koo jeck-la-high |
Yoruba | Ife | Mo nifẹ rẹ | moh nee-feh reh |
Igbo | Ịhụnanya | A hụrụ m gị n’anya | ah hoo-roo m gee n-an-ya |
Hausa | Kauna | Ina son ka/ki | ee-na son kah/kee |
Farsi (Persian) | Eshgh | Dooset daram | doos-et dah-ram |
Kurdish | Evîn | Ez te hezdikim | ez teh hez-de-keem |
Armenian | Ser | Yes kez sirum em | yes kez see-room em |
Georgian | Siyvaruli | Mikvarxar | meek-var-khar |
Albanian | Dashuri | Te dua | teh doo-ah |
Romanian | Dragoste | Te iubesc | teh yoo-besk |
Hungarian | Szerelem | Szeretlek | seh-ret-lek |
Croatian | Ljubav | Volim te | voh-leem teh |
Serbian | Ljubav | Volim te | voh-leem teh |
Bosnian | Ljubav | Volim te | voh-leem teh |
Slovenian | Ljubezen | Ljubim te | lyoo-beem teh |
Maltese | Imħabba | Inħobbok | in-hob-bok |
Icelandic | Ást | Ég elska þig | yeh el-ska thig |
Irish Gaelic | Grá | Taim i’ ngra leat | tom ee ng-raw lat |
Scottish Gaelic | Gradh | Tha gaol agam ort | ha ge-ul ag-am ors |
Welsh | Cariad | Rwy’n dy garu di | roo-een duh ga-ree dee |
Hawaiian | Aloha | Aloha wau iā ‘oe | ah-loh-ha vow ee-ah oh |
Samoan | Alofa | Ou te alofa ia te oe | ooh teh ah-loh-fah ee-ah teh oh-eh |
Maori | Aroha | Kei te aroha au ki a koe | kay teh ah-roh-ha oh kee ah koy |
Indonesian | Cinta | Aku cinta kamu | ah-koo chin-tah kah-moo |
Malay | Cinta | Saya cinta padamu | sah-yah chin-tah pah-dah-moo |
Burmese | Chit | Main nkoh chit tal | mine koh chit-tal |
Lao | Hak | Khoy hak chao | khoi hak chow |
Khmer | Sneh | Khnhom sralanh nak | k’nom sra-lanh nak |
Nepali | Maya | Ma timilai maya garchu | ma tee-mee-lie ma-ya gar-chu |
Sinhala | Adare | Mama oyata adarei | mama oy-ah-ta ah-da-ray |
Tamil | Kadhal | Naan unnai kaadhalikkiren | naan oon-nai kaa-da-li-kir-en |
Telugu | Prema | Nenu ninnu premistunnanu | nay-noo nin-noo pre-mis-toon-na-noo |
Kannada | Preeti | Naanu ninna preeti maaduttene | naa-noo nin-na pree-tee maa-doo-tay-nay |
Malayalam | Snehum | Njan ninne snehikkunnu | nyan nin-nay snay-hee-koo-noo |
Marathi | Prem | Mi tujha prem karto | mee too-jha prem kar-to |
Gujarati | Prem | Hu tane prem karu chu | hoo ta-nay prem kah-roo choo |
Punjabi | Pyaar | Main tenu pyaar karda haan | meh te-noo pyaar kar-da haan |
Mongolian | Khair | Bi chamd khairtai | bee chamd khair-tai |
Tibetan | Tsewa | Nga khyed rang la tsewa yod | nga khyed-rang-la tse-wa yod |
Uzbek | Sevgi | Men seni sevaman | men sen-ee sev-ah-man |
Kazakh | Makhabbat | Men seni jaqsy koremin | men sen-ee jak-sy ko-re-men |
Turkmen | Soygi | Men seni söýýärin | men sen-ee soy-yar-in |
Tajik | Muhabbat | Man turor dust medoram | man too-roh doost me-dor-am |
Pashto | Meena | Za ta sara meena laram | zah tah sah-rah mee-na la-ram |
Haitian Creole | Lanmou | Mwen renmen ou | mwen ren-men oo |
Haitian | Lanmou | Mwen renmen ou | mwen ren-men oo |
Navajo | Ayóó Ánííníshní | Ayóó Ánííníshní | ah-yoh ah-nee-nish-nee |
Quechua | Munay | Kuyayki | koo-yay-kee |
Nahuatl | Tlasojtlalistli | Nimitztlazohtla | nee-meetz-tla-soh-tla |
Cherokee | Unadoda | Gvgeyu | guh-gay-yoo |
Malagasy | Fitiavana | Tiako ianao | tee-ah-koo ee-now |
Shona | Rudo | Ndinokuda | ndee-noh-koo-dah |
Sesotho | Lerato | Kea u rata | kay-ah oo rah-tah |
Basque | Maitasuna | Maite zaitut | my-teh zai-tut |
Catalan | Amor | T’estimo | tes-tee-mo |
Galician | Amor | Quérote | keh-roh-teh |
Afrikaans – Ek het jou lief
Albanian – Te dua
Amharic – Ewedihalehu
Arabic – Uhibbuka / Uhibbuki
Armenian – Yes kez sirum em
Basque – Maite zaitut
Bengali – Ami tomake bhalobashi
Bosnian – Volim te
Burmese – Main nkoh chit tal
Cantonese – 我愛你
Catalan – T’estimo
Cherokee – Gvgeyu
Chinese (Mandarin) – 我爱你
Croatian – Volim te
Czech – Miluji tě
Danish – Jeg elsker dig
Dutch – Ik hou van jou
English – I love you
Farsi (Persian) – Dooset daram
Filipino / Tagalog – Mahal kita
Finnish – Rakastan sinua
French – Je t’aime
Galician – Quérote
Georgian – Mikvarxar
German – Ich liebe dich
Greek – S’agapó
Gujarati – Hu tane prem karu chu
Haitian Creole – Mwen renmen ou
Hausa – Ina son ka / Ina son ki
Hebrew – Ani ohev otach
Hindi – Main tumse pyaar karta hoon
Hungarian – Szeretlek
Icelandic – Ég elska þig
Igbo – A hụrụ m gị n’anya
Indonesian – Aku cinta kamu
Irish Gaelic – Taim i’ ngra leat
Italian – Ti amo
Japanese – 愛してる
Kannada – Naanu ninna preeti maaduttene
Kazakh – Men seni jaqsy koremin
Khmer – Khnhom sralanh nak
Korean – 사랑해
Kurdish – Ez te hezdikim
Lao – Khoy hak chao
Malay – Saya cinta padamu
Malayalam – Njan ninne snehikkunnu
Maltese – Inħobbok
Maori – Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Marathi – Mi tujha prem karto
Mongolian – Bi chamd khairtai
Nepali – Ma timilai maya garchu
Navajo – Ayóó Ánííníshní
Norwegian – Jeg elsker deg
Pashto – Za ta sara meena laram
Polish – Kocham cię
Portuguese – Eu te amo
Punjabi – Main tenu pyaar karda haan
Quechua – Kuyayki
Romanian – Te iubesc
Russian – Ya lyublyu tebya
Scottish Gaelic – Tha gaol agam ort
Serbian – Volim te
Sesotho – Kea u rata
Shona – Ndinokuda
Sinhala – Mama oyata adarei
Slovak – Ľúbim ťa
Slovenian – Ljubim te
Somali – Waan ku jeclahay
Spanish – Te amo
Swahili – Nakupenda
Swedish – Jag älskar dig
Tagalog – Mahal kita
Tamil – Naan unnai kaadhalikkiren
Telugu – Nenu ninnu premistunnanu
Thai – ฉันรักคุณ
Tibetan – Nga khyed rang la tsewa yod
Turkish – Seni seviyorum
Turkmen – Men seni söýýärin
Ukrainian – Ya tebe lyublyu
Urdu – Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai
Uzbek – Men seni sevaman
Vietnamese – Anh yêu em
Welsh – Rwy’n dy garu di
Xhosa – Ndiyakuthanda
Yoruba – Mo nifẹ rẹ
Zulu – Ngiyakuthanda
Other Languages: How to say I Love You in Different Languages of the World
Didn’t find what you were looking for? No worries! This section gathers everything else so you can explore I love you in different languages of the world without missing a single corner of the map.
Language | Love | I Love You | Pronunciation |
Fijian | Loloma | Au domoni iko | ow doh-moh-nee ee-koh |
Tongan | ‘Ofa | ‘Oku ou ‘ofa ‘ia koe | oh-koo oh oh-fah ee-ah koy |
Marshallese | Io̧kwe | Iọkwe eok | yok-way ee-ok |
Palauan | Mengai | Ak mo mesisiich el kirel | ack mo meh-see-seech el kee-rel |
Chamorro | Guaiya | Hu guaiya hao | hoo gwai-yah how |
Cebuano | Gugma | Gihigugma tika | gee-hee-goog-ma tee-kah |
Ilocano | Ayat | Ay-ayaten ka | aye-aye-ah-ten kah |
Hmong | Kev hlub | Kuv hlub koj | koo hloob koh |
Karen | Naw mu law | Ya ta mu law | yah ta moo law |
Dzongkha (Bhutan) | དགའ་བ | ང་ཁྱེད་ལ་དགའ་བ་ཡོད་ | nga-khyed-la ga-wa-yö |
Greenlandic | Asavakkit | Asavakkit | ah-sah-vah-kit |
Inuktitut | ᓇᒡᓕᒋᕙᒋᑦ | ᓇᒡᓕᒋᕙᒋᑦ | nag-li-gi-va-kit |
Samoan (Tokelau dialect) | Alofa | Fakamalū atu | fah-kah-mah-loo ah-too |
Kirundi | Urukundo | Ndagukunda | n-da-goo-koon-dah |
Kinyarwanda | Urukundo | Ndagukunda | n-da-goo-koon-dah |
Chichewa | Chikondi | Ndimakukonda | ndee-mah-koo-kon-dah |
Tigrinya | ፍቕሪ | ወድካ / ወድኪ | wed-kha / wed-kee |
Wolof | Mëngu | Nopp naa la | nop nah lah |
Fula/Fulani | Njaarama | Mi yidi ma | mee yee-dee mah |
Twi (Akan) | Ɔdɔ | Me dɔ wo | meh daw wo |
Lingala | Bolingo | Nalingi yo | nah-ling-gee yo |
Kikuyu | Warĩa | Ningwendete | nin-gwen-de-teh |
Luo | Herá | Aheri | ah-hay-ree |
Oromo | Jaalala | Siin jaaladha | seen jaa-la-dha |
Malagasy (Sakalava dialect) | Fitiavagna | Tiako anao | tee-ah-koo an-ow |
Belarusian | Kakhannye | Ya tabe kakhayu | yah tah-be ka-kha-yoo |
Latvian | Mīlestība | Es tevi mīlu | es teh-vee mee-loo |
Lithuanian | Meilė | Aš tave myliu | ash tah-veh mee-lyu |
Estonian | Armastus | Ma armastan sind | ma ar-mas-tan sind |
Luxembourgish | Léift | Ech hu dech gär | ekh hoo dekh gair |
Faroese | Kærleiki | Eg elski teg | egg el-skee tay |
Manx | Graih | Ta mee graih ayd | tah mee gry-id |
Cornish | Kerensa | My a’th kar | muh ath kar |
Breton | Karout | Me az kar | meh az kar |
Urdu (Pashto variant) | Muhabbat | Zma sta sara meena da | zmah stah sah-rah mee-nah da |
Sanskrit | Prema | Tvām priyāmi | twam pree-yah-mee |
Gujarati (Kathiyawadi dialect) | Prem | Hu tane chaahu chu | hoo ta-nay chaa-hoo choo |
Ladakhi | Jam | Nga ched nga jam yin | nga ched nga jam yin |
Uyghur | Mähäbbät | Men seni söyimen | men sen-ee soy-men |
Aymara | Munasiña | Nayat munta | nai-yat moon-tah |
Fula (Pulaar) | Hiite | Mi yidi ma | mee yee-dee mah |
Kpelle | Kolo | Mɛ ɓɔ kɛ́ | meh baw keh |
Yoruba (Ijebu dialect) | Ifẹ | Mo nife e | moh-nee-feh-eh |
Ndebele | Uthando | Niyakuthanda | nee-ya-koo-than-da |
Setswana | Lorato | Ke a go rata | kay ah go rah-tah |
Mapudungun | Ayüwn | Inche tañi ayün | een-chay tahn-ee ah-yoon |
Kwanyama/Oshiwambo | Omushilo | Ohandi ku hole | oh-han-dee koo ho-lay |
Tahitian | Here | Ua here vau ia oe | oo-ah heh-re vow ee-ah oh |
Rapa Nui | Aroha | Hanga au i te aroha | hang-ah ow ee teh ah-roh-ha |
Farsi (Tajiki script) | Муҳаббат | Дӯст медорам | doost me-do-ram |
Sinhala (Jaffna Tamil mix) | Anbu | Enakku unnai nesikkiren | ehn-ah-koo oon-nai nay-sik-ki-ren |
Romani | Amarre | Me mangav tut | meh man-gav toot |
Kashmiri | Muhabbat | Bi chuyaav naav | bee chu-yav nav |
Dari | Ishq | Tura dost daaram | too-rah dost dah-ram |
Chuvash | Yarat | Ep san khiçne | ep san khich-neh |
Igala | Ife | Mi lu mi | mee loo mee |
Bemba | Ubufi | Nshalikutemwa | n-sha-lee-koo-tem-wah |
Tsonga | Rirhandzu | Ndza ku rhandza | n-dzah koo ran-da |
Venda | Lufuno | Ndi a ni funa | ndee ah nee foo-nah |
Fijian Hindi | Prem | Hum tumse pyaar karte | hum tum-se pyaar kar-te |
Tibetan (Amdo dialect) | Tsewa | Ngo tshoran nga | ngo tso-ran nga |
Assamese | Prem | Moi tumak bhal pao | moy too-mak bhal pow |
Konkani | Mog | Tumka mog korta | tum-kah mog kor-ta |
Sylheti | Bhalobasha | Ami toeare bhalobashi | ah-mee tow-rah bhalo-bashi |
Oromo (Borana) | Jaalala | Si jaaladha | see jaa-la-dha |
Balinese | Tresna | Tiang tresna ragane | tee-ang tres-na rah-gah-nay |
Akan (Twi) – Me dɔ wo
Aymara – Nayat munta
Balinese – Tiang tresna ragane
Basque – Maite zaitut
Belarusian – Ya tabe kakhayu
Bemba – Nshalikutemwa
Breton – Me az kar
Chamorro – Hu guaiya hao
Chichewa – Ndimakukonda
Chuvash – Ep san khiçne
Cornish – My a’th kar
Dzongkha – Nga khyed la ga wa yö
Faroese – Eg elski teg
Fijian – Au domoni iko
Fijian Hindi – Hum tumse pyaar karte
Fula/Fulani – Mi yidi ma
Greenlandic – Asavakkit
Haitian Creole – Mwen renmen ou
Hmong – Kuv hlub koj
Igala – Mi lu mi
Ilocano – Ay ayaten ka
Inuktitut – Nagligivagit
Karen – Ya ta mu law
Kashmiri – Bi chuyaav naav
Kazakh – Men seni jaqsy köremin
Kikuyu – Ningwendete
Kinyarwanda – Ndagukunda
Kirundi – Ndagukunda
Kpelle – Mɛ ɓɔ kɛ́
Ladakhi – Nga ched nga jam yin
Lao – Khoy hak chao
Lingala – Nalingi yo
Luo – Aheri
Madagascar (Sakalava) – Tiako anao
Malagasy – Tiako ianao
Manx – Ta mee graih ayd
Mapudungun – Inche tañi ayün
Marshallese – Iọkwe eok
Navajo – Ayóó Ánííníshní
Ndebele – Niyakuthanda
Oromo – Siin jaaladha
Palauan – Ak mo mesisiich el kirel
Pashto – Za ta sara meena laram
Quechua – Kuyayki
Rapa Nui – Hanga au i te aroha
Romani – Me mangav tut
Samoan (Tokelau dialect) – Fakamalū atu
Sanskrit – Tvām priyāmi
Setswana – Ke a go rata
Shona – Ndinokuda
Sylheti – Ami toeare bhalobashi
Tahitian – Ua here vau ia oe
Tibetan – Nga khyed rang la tsewa yod
Tibetan (Amdo) – Ngo tshoran nga
Tigrinya – Wed-kha / Wed-kee
Tongan – ‘Oku ou ‘ofa ‘ia koe
Tsonga – Ndza ku rhandza
Uyghur – Men seni söyimen
Venda – Ndi a ni funa
Wolof – Nopp naa la
Yoruba (Ijebu) – Mo nife e
Zulu – Ngiyakuthanda
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Final Thoughts
Learning how to say I love you in different languages isn’t really about the words. It’s about the effort behind them. Every translation in this list carries its own history, its own rhythm, and its own way of softening a moment. When you try even one new phrase, you’re telling someone that your care isn’t stuck in autopilot. You showed up with intention. And that alone hits differently.
So take whatever version feels right and let it live in your conversations. Keep one in your pocket for the quiet nights, another for the big romantic moments, and maybe one more for no reason at all.