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When you go on a holiday, student exchange, business trip etc. you might have to speak another language. With my friends of AFS (American Field Service – a worldwide student exchange organisation), I’ve put together this list of translation to the world’s most popular sentence: “I love you”. Personally, I only speak German, French, Dutch and English, so I was glad that so many people helped me to put together this long list. Thanks folks!
| Language | Translation |
| Afrikaans | Ek is lief vir jou |
| Albanian | te dua |
| Arabic | Ana Ahebak / Ana Bahibak |
| Armenian | yes kez shat em siroom |
| Assyr | Az tha hijthmekem |
| Australian | ‘ave a beer 🙂 |
| Bahasa Malayu (Malaysia) | Saya cinta mu |
| Bavarian | I mog di |
| Bisaya | Nahigugma ko nimo |
| Bosnian | Ja te volim (formally) or volim-te |
| Bulgarian | Obicham te |
| Cantonese | Ngo Oi Nei |
| Chinese | gnoy oy na Goi Oi Lei (Hongkong) Wa Ai Li (Taiwan) |
| Danish | Jeg elsker dig |
| Dutch | Ik hou van jou |
| English | I love you |
| Esperanto | Mi amas vim |
| Estonian | Ma armastan sind / Mina armastan sind (formal) |
| Finnish | Minä rakastan sinua |
| French | Je t’aime |
| Gaelic | Tá mé i ngrá leat |
| German | Ich liebe Dich |
| Greek | S’agapw |
| Hawaiian | Aloha wau ia ‘oe |
| Hebrew | Ani ohevet ota |
| Hindi | Main tumsey pyaar karta hoon / Maine Pyar Kiya |
| Hmong | Kuv Hlub Koj |
| Hungarian | Szeretlek |
| Icelandic | Eg elska thig |
| Indonesian | Saya cinta padamu |
| Italian | ti amo |
| Japanese | Anata wa, dai suki desu |
| Javanese | Kulo tresno marang panjenengan (formal) aku terno kowe (informal) |
| Kapangpangan | Kaluguran daka. |
| Korean | SA LANG HAE / Na No Sa Lan Hei |
| Kurdish | Khoshtm Auyt |
| Laos | Chanrackkun |
| Latin | Ego te amo (I used to have Latin in my 1st year at highschool) |
| Latvian | Es mÓlu Tevi |
| Lithuanian | As Myliu Tave |
| Macedonian | Te sakam |
| Malay | Saya cintakan mu / Saya cinta mu |
| Malteese | Inhobbok hafna |
| Mandarin | Wo Ai Ni |
| Norwegian | Jeg elsker deg |
| Persian | Tora Doost Darem |
| Pig Latin | I-yea Ove-lea Ou-yea |
| Polish | Kocham Cie |
| Portuguese | Eu te amo (Brazilian) Eu amo-te (continental) |
| Punjabi | me tumse pyar ker ta hu’ |
| Romanian | Te iubesc |
| Russian | Ya tebya liubliu |
| Serbo-Croatian | Volim te |
| Sign language | Spread hand out so no fingers are touching. Bring in middle & ring fingers and touch then to the palm of your hand. |
| Slovenian | ljubim te |
| Spanish | Te quiero / te amo / yo amor tu |
| Swahili | Naku penda |
| Swedish | Jag älskar dig |
| Swiss German | Ch-ha di gärn |
| Tagalog | Mahal Kita / Iniibig kita |
| Tamil | Naan Unnai Khadalikkeren |
| Telugu | Nenu Ninnu Premisthunnanu |
| Thai | Khao Raak Thoe / chun raak ter |
| Turkish | seni seviyorum |
| Ukranian | Yalleh blutebeh / ya tebe kohayu |
| Urdu | Mea tum se pyaar karta hu ( when a guy says it) Mea tum se pyar karti hu (when a gal says it) |
| Vietnamese | Toi yeu em |
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