English – I love you
Afrikaans – Ek het jou lief
Albanian – Te dua – Per Answers.com: “The literal meaning of “Te dua” is “I want you” since “Dua” is “Want”. The whole phrase (te dua) however, is used for (I love you). Sometimes you might find it as “Te dua shume” that means “I love you very much”
Arabic – Ana behibak (to male)
Arabic – Ana behibek (to female) – This language looks to have (from my quick search to verify this is the correct phrase) as if it has different “levels” of love. None of which I could read.
Armenian – Yes kez sirumem
Bulgarian – Obicham te
Cambodian – Soro lahn nhee ah
Cherokee – Tsi ge yu i
Cheyenne – Ne mohotatse
Chichewa – Ndimakukonda
Chinese: Cantonese – Ngo oiy ney a Mandarin – Wo ai ni
Comanche – U kamakutu nu
Corsican – Ti tengu caru (to male)
Cree – Kisakihitin
Creole – Mi aime jou
Croatian – Volim te
Czech – Miluji te
Danish – Jeg Elsker Dig
Dutch – Ik hou van jou
Elvish – Amin mela lle (from The Lord of The Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien)
Estonian – Ma armastan sind
Farsi – Doset daram
Filipino – Mahal kita
Finnish – Mina rakastan sinua
French – Je t’aime, Je t’adore
Gaelic – Ta gra agam ort
German – Ich liebe dich
Greek – S’agapo
Hawaiian – Aloha Au Ia`oe
Hebrew: To female – “ani ohev otach” (said by male) “ohevet Otach” (said by female)
To male – “ani ohev otcha” (said by male) “Ohevet ot’cha” (said by female)
Hindi – Hum Tumhe Pyar Karte hae
Hmong – Kuv hlub koj
Hungarian – Szeretlek
Icelandic – Eg elska tig
Indonesian – Saya cinta padamu
Italian – Ti amo
Japanese – Aishiteru or Anata ga daisuki
Klingon – qamuSHa’
Korean – Sarang Heyo or Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida
Latin – Te amo
Lebanese – Bahibak
Lithuanian – Tave myliu
Mohawk – Kanbhik
Moroccan – Ana moajaba bik
Persian – Doo-set daaram
Pig Latin – Iay ovlay ouyay
Polish – Kocham Cie
Portuguese – Eu te amo
Romanian – Te iubesc
Russian – Ya tebya lyublyu
Sindhi – Maa tokhe pyar kendo ahyan
Sioux – Techihhila
Slovak – Lu`bim ta
Spanish – Te quiero / Te amo
Swahili – Ninapenda wewe
Swedish – Jag alskar dig
Swiss-German – Ich lieb Di
Tagalog – Mahal kita
Taiwanese – Wa ga ei li
Thai – Phom rak khun
Tunisian – Ha eh bak
Turkish – Seni Seviyorum
Ukrainian – Ya tebe kahayu
Vietnamese – To female – Anh ye^u em
Welsh – ‘Rwy’n dy garu di
Yiddish – Ikh hob dikh
This list originated from JourneyWoman.com. I did a quick “verification” of the phrases. It seems like there are a lot of ways to say I love you. There are a lot of ways to show it, too. Today I was lucky enough to share it with many of my loves. We enjoyed a relaxing day and a wonderful dinner. I hope you have people in your life you feel it for. I hope you have people in your life you say it to often. I hope many people say it to you often. Feel it, say it, show it, enjoy it. It is wonderful. You are lucky if you have it.
This weekend is my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. Congratulations.
Anyone can be your Valentine. Did you have a nice day?
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