Last Updated on: 7th November 2023, 04:58 pm
How many times have you fallen in love while traveling? Solo travelers know how important it is to be able to say I love you in the language of their local date.
Expressing love and affection to someone special in their own language can be profoundly meaningful, just like being able to say thank you, please, and hello in the language of the country you’re currently visiting.
This article provides translations for the phrase “I love you” in 100 different languages from around the world. Share these romantic words with your loved one on a special occasion or just because.
If you’re interested in connecting to other people during your travels, you may want to check out my other articles about saying thank you in Portuguese, please in Italian, or thank you in Turkish.
Romantic Translations of Love in 100 Languages & Dialects
1. English – I love you (ai luv yoo) – Spoken in the United Kingdom, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand
2. Spanish – Te amo (te ah-moh) – Spoken in Spain, most of South America
3. French – Je t’aime (zhuh tuh-meh) – Spoken in France, Canada, parts of Africa, Vietnam
4. German – Ich liebe dich (ish lee-buh dikh) – Spoken in Germany, Austria, Switzerland
5. Italian – Ti amo (tee ah-moh) – Spoken in Italy, Switzerland
6. Portuguese – Eu te amo (eh-ooh che ah-moo) – Spoken in Portugal, Brazil
7. Russian – Ya tebya lyublyu (ya tee-bya lyoo-blyoo) – Spoken in Russia, countries of the former Soviet Union
8. Japanese – Aishiteru (ah-eesh-teh-roo) – Spoken in Japan
9. Mandarin Chinese – Wo ai ni (wuh eye knee) – Spoken in China, Taiwan
10. Cantonese Chinese – Ngo oi nei (noi oi nay) – Spoken in Hong Kong, parts of Southern China
11. Korean – Saranghae (sa-rahn-ghae) – Spoken in Korea
12. Vietnamese – Anh ye^u em (anh yeah oo em) – Spoken in Vietnam
13. Thai – Chan rak ther (chaan rahk tehr) – Spoken in Thailand
14. Hindi – Mai̱n tumse pyÄr kartÄ hÅ«Ì„n (muhn toom-seh pyaar kur-taa hoon) – Spoken in India
15. Arabic – Ana behibak (ana beh-ee-bak) – Spoken in the Middle East, North Africa
16. Irish – Tá grá agam duit (taw grah ah-gum dit) – Spoken in Ireland
17. Greek – S’agapo (sah-gah-poh) – Spoken in Greece, Cyprus
18. Swedish – Jag älskar dig (yahg el-skar deh) – Spoken in Sweden, Finland
19. Norwegian – Jeg elsker deg (yay el-skeh deh) – Spoken in Norway
20. Danish – Jeg elsker dig (yay el-ska dee) – Spoken in Denmark
21. Finnish – Mä rakastan sinua (mah rah-kahs-tan see-noo-ah) – Spoken in Finland
22. Turkish – Seni seviyorum (seh-nee seh-vee-yo-room) – Spoken in Turkey
23. Indonesian – Saya cinta padamu (sa-ya chin-ta pa-da-moo) – Spoken in Indonesia
24. Malay – Saya sayang awak (sa-ya sa-yang a-wak) – Spoken in Malaysia, Brunei
25. Swahili – Ninapenda wewe (nee-na-pen-da weh-weh) – Spoken in East Africa
26. Yoruba – Mo ni fe si o (moh nee fay see oh) – Spoken in West Africa
27. Hausa – Ina son ki (eenah sohn kee) – Spoken in West Africa
28. Lithuanian – Tave myliu (tah-veh mee-lyoo) – Spoken in Lithuania
29. Latvian – Es tevi mÄ«lu (es teh-vee mee-loo) – Spoken in Latvia
30. Icelandic – Ég elska þig (yehg els-ka thig) – Spoken in Iceland
31. Dutch – Ik hou van jou (ik how van yoh) – Spoken in The Netherlands, Belgium
32. Afrikaans – Ek is lief vir jou (ehk iss leef feer yoh) – Spoken in South Africa, Namibia
33. Albanian – Te dua (teh doo-ah) – Spoken in Albania
34. Basque – Maite zaitut (mah-ee-teh zah-ee-toot) – Spoken in Northern Spain, Southwest France
35. Belarusian – Ya kahayu cÑбе (ya ka-ha-yu ts-yah-be) – Spoken in Belarus
36. Bulgarian – Obicham te (o-bee-cham teh) – Spoken in Bulgaria
37. Catalan – T’estimo (tehs-tee-moh) – Spoken in Spain
38. Croatian – Volim te (vo-leem teh) – Spoken in Croatia
39. Czech – Miluji tÄ› (mee-loo-yee tyeh) – Spoken in Czech Republic
40. Estonian – Ma armastan sind (mah ahr-mah-stan seen) – Spoken in Estonia
41. Filipino – Mahal kita (ma-hahl kee-tah) – Spoken in the Philippines
42. Georgian – Me var var (meh vahr vahr) – Spoken in Georgia
43. Welsh – ‘Rwy’n dy garu di (Roo-un deh gar-ee dee) – Spoken in Wales
44. Haitian Creole – Mwen renmen ou (mwehn rehn-mehn oo) – Spoken in Haiti
45. Hebrew – Ani ohev otach (ah-nee oh-hev oh-tahkh) – Spoken in Israel
46. Hindi – मैं तà¥à¤®à¤¸à¥‡ पà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤° करता हूठ(main tumse pyaar karta hoon) – Spoken in India
47. Hmong – Kuv hlub koj (koov hloob koy) – Spoken in China, Southeast Asia
48. Hungarian – Szeretlek (seh-reht-lehk) – Spoken in Hungary
49. Igbo – Ị na-adá»rá» gị (ee nah-ah-doh-roh gee) – Spoken in Nigeria
50. Samoan – ‘Ua’u ia oe (oo-ah-oo ee-ah oh-eh) – Spoken in Samoa
51. Kazakh – Мен Ñізді жақÑÑ‹ көремін (men sizdi zhaksy koryomin) – Spoken in Kazakhstan
52. Khmer – Bong somlanh knhom (bong sohm-lahn knohm) – Spoken in Cambodia
53. Kyrgyz – Мен Ñени Ñүйөм (men seni syuyom) – Spoken in Kyrgyzstan
54. Lao – Koi hak sid nyee (koy hahk sid nyee) – Spoken in Laos
55. Malagasy – Tiako ianao (tee-ah-koh ee-ah-now) – Spoken in Madagascar
56. Maltese – Inħobbok (een-hohb-ohk) – Spoken in Malta
57. Maori – E aroha ana au i a koe (eh ah-roh-hah ah-nah ah-ooh ee ah koe) – Spoken in New Zealand
58. Mongolian – Би хайртай (bee khair-tay) – Spoken in Mongolia
59. Burmese – Chein phyu yay phu nge (chain phyu yay phoo ngeh) – Spoken in Myanmar
60. Nepali – Ma tapÄ’Ä«lÄ’Ä« premagaram (mah ta-paa-ee-laa-ee preh-mah-ga-ruhm) – Spoken in Nepal
61. Punjabi – MaiÍ‚ taiÍ‚nu pyÄra karadÄ haÍ‚ (main tainu pyaara kurdaa han) – Spoken in India, Pakistan
62. Romanian – Te iubesc (te yoo-besk) – Spoken in Romania
63. Serbian – Volim te (vo-leem teh) – Spoken in Serbia, Montenegro
64. Slovak – Ľúbim Å¥a (lyoo-beem tya) – Spoken in Slovakia
65. Slovenian – Ljubim te (lyoobim teh) – Spoken in Slovenia
66. Somali – Waan ku jeclahay (waan koo jec-la-hay) – Spoken in Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia
67. Sundanese – Urang cinta maraneh (oo-rang chin-tah mah-rah-neh) – Spoken in Indonesia
68. Ukrainian – Ya tebe kokhayu (ya teh-beh koh-khah-yoo) – Spoken in Ukraine
69. Urdu – میں آپ سے Ù…Øبت کرتا ÛÙˆÚº (main aap se muhabbat karta hoon) – Spoken in Pakistan, India
70. Xhosa – Ndiyakuthanda (in-dee-ya-koo-than-da) – Spoken in Southern Africa
71. Yiddish – ×יך ליב דיך (ikh lib dikh) – Spoken by Jewish communities globally
72. Zulu – Ngiyakuthanda (in-jee-yah-kooth-an-dah) – Spoken in Southern Africa
73. Amharic – Afeker alehu (ah-feh-ker ah-leh-hoo) – Spoken in Ethiopia
74. Azerbaijani – MÉ™n sÉ™ni sevirÉ™m (muh-n suh-nee seh-vee-ruhm) – Spoken in Azerbaijan
75. Belarusian – Я цÑбе кахаю (ya tsya-be ka-ha-yu) – Spoken in Belarus
76. Bosnian – Volim te (vo-leem teh) – Spoken in Bosnia and Herzegovina
77. Cebuano – Gihigugma ko ikaw (gi-hee-goog-mah koh ee-kou) – Spoken in the Philippines
78. Fijian – Au sa lomani iko (ah-oo sah loh-mah-nee ee-koh) – Spoken in Fiji
79. Galician РQu̩rote (keh-roh-teh) РSpoken in Galicia region of Spain
80. Ganda – Nkwagala (in-kwa-ga-la) – Spoken in Uganda
81. Gujarati – હà«àª‚ તમને પà«àª°à«‡àª® કરà«àª‚ છà«àª‚ (hoon tamne prem karoo choo) – Spoken in India
82. Hawaiian – Aloha au ia ‘oe (ah-loh-hah ah-oo ee-ah oh-eh) – Spoken in Hawaii
83. Ilocano – Ayayaten ka (ah-yah-yah-tehn kah) – Spoken in the Philippines
84. Javanese – Aku tresna sliramu (ah-koo trehs-nah slee-rah-moo) – Spoken in Indonesia
85. Kannada – ನಾನೠನಿನà³à²¨à²¨à³à²¨à³ ಪà³à²°à³€à²¤à²¿à²¸à³à²¤à³à²¤à³‡à²¨à³† (naanu ninnannu preethisuttene) – Spoken in India
86. Kazakh – Мен Ñізді жақÑÑ‹ көремін (men sizdi zhaksy koryomin) – Spoken in Kazakhstan
87. Luxembourgish – Ech hu dech gär (ehk hoo desh gar) – Spoken in Luxembourg
88. Macedonian – Te sakam (teh sah-kahm) – Spoken in North Macedonia
89. Maltese – Inħobbok (een-hohb-ohk) – Spoken in Malta
90. Marathi – मी तà¥à¤à¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤µà¤° पà¥à¤°à¥‡à¤® करतो (mee tujhyaavar prem karto) – Spoken in India
91. Oriya – ମàଠତàମକà à¬à¬² ପାଉଛି (moin tumaku bhala pauchhi) – Spoken in India
92. Pashto – زه تاسو نه مینم (zÉ™ha tÄsÅ« nÉ™ mÄ“nam) – Spoken in Afghanistan, Pakistan
93. Persian – من عاشق تو هستم (man aashegh-e to hastam) – Spoken in Iran, Afghanistan
94. Quechua – Qanta munani (kahn-tah moo-nah-nee) – Spoken in the Andes region of South America
95. Sesotho – Ke a o rata (keh ah oh rah-tah) – Spoken in Lesotho, South Africa
96. Sinhala – මම ඔබව ආදරය කරනව෠(mama obawÄ Ädaraya karanaá¹vÄ) – Spoken in Sri Lanka
97. Sundanese – Kula nuhun panimbang (koo-lah noo-hoon pah-neem-bang) – Spoken in Indonesia
98. Swati – Ngiyakuthandaza (in-jee-yah-kooth-an-jah-zah) – Spoken in Eswatini, South Africa
99. Tamil – நான௠உனà¯à®©à¯ˆ காதலிகà¯à®•à®¿à®±à¯‡à®©à¯ (naan unnai kaathalikiren) – Spoken in India, Sri Lanka
100. Telugu – నేనౠనినà±à°¨à± à°ªà±à°°à±‡à°®à°¿à°¸à±à°¤à±à°¨à±à°¨à°¾à°¨à± (nenu ninnu premistunnanu) – Spoken in India
There are so many beautiful ways to express love in languages across the world.
Even if you won’t be able to remember the words for I love you in all of these 100 languages, you may only recall 10 languages, 20, languages, 50 languages, or as many as the countries and territories you intend to visit.
I checked my international romance skills and knowledge. I came up with the correct phrases for I love you in 15 languages or so.
I promise to improve before I get to travel to Japan and Indonesia, countries that are high on my priorities list. Also, I might need to return to Thailand, as I had no clue how to say I love you in their local languages by the time I’ve been to Bangkok and Pattaya.
As you travel, share these affectionate phrases with those who mean something to you, wherever you may roam.
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