I love you

English

English phrasebook

This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.

For other English entries on this topic, see Love.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aɪ ˈlʌv juː/
Audio (California): (file)

Phrase

I love you

An affirmation of affection or deep caring, especially to a family member.
"I love you, Mom," said Candace.
- 2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.3, at p.73:
  I love you, Lolly: I should have been saying it at the end of every one of those goddamn Sunday-evening calls. Should have been calling her. I love you: Why did that simple three-syllable sentence always get stuck in my throat?
An affirmation of romantic feeling to a lover or spouse.
"I love you, Camille," said Dan.
A platonic expression of strong inclination or liking to a friend.
I love you, man, but you need some professional help.

Synonyms

143 (pager slang)
ILY (initialism)

Translations

affirmation of affection or deep caring

Adangme: i suɔ mo
Albanian: të dua (sq) (Tosk); ^{(please verify)} t' due (Gheg)
Alutiiq: qunukamken
American Sign Language: ILY@Side-PalmForward
Amharic: አፈቅርሻለሁ (ʾäfäḳrəšalähu) (to a female) ; አፈቅርሀለሁ (ʾäfäḳrəhälähu) (to a male)
Arabic: أُحِبُّكَ (ʔuḥibbuka) (to a male); أُحِبُّكِ (ʔuḥibbuki) (to a female)
Egyptian Arabic: بحبك (baḥebbak) (to a male), بحبك (baḥebbik) (to a female)

Gulf Arabic: اَحِبِّكْ (əḥibbik) (to a male), اَحِبِّچْ (əḥibbič) (to a female)

Hijazi Arabic: أحبك (aḥubbak) (to a male), أحبك (aḥubbik) (to a female)
Assamese: মই তোমাক মৰম কৰোঁ (moi tümak morom korü̃)
Asturian: te quiero, quiérote
Azerbaijani: səni sevirəm
South Azerbaijani: من سنی سئویرم (mən səni sevirəm)
Belarusian: я цябе́ каха́ю (ja cjabjé kaxáju)
Bikol Central: namumutan taka
Breton: da garan, da garout a ran (br), me da gar (br)
Bulgarian: оби́чам те (obíčam te)
Catalan: t'estimo, t'estime, t'estim
Cebuano: nahigugma ko nimo, gihigugma ti ka
Chichewa: ndimakukonda
Chinese:
Cantonese: 我愛你 / 我爱你 (ngo⁵ oi³ nei⁵) (formal, written), 我好鍾意你 / 我好钟意你 (ngo⁵ hou² zung¹ ji³ nei⁵) (colloquial)

Hakka: 𠊎愛你 / 𠊎爱你 (ngài oi ǹ)

Hokkien: 我疼汝 (goá thiàⁿ lí / góa thiàⁿ lír / góa thiàⁿ lú / óa thiàⁿ lí / óa thiàⁿ lír)

Mandarin: 我愛你 / 我爱你 (zh) (wǒ ài nǐ)

Wu: 我愛儂 / 我爱侬 (⁶ngu ⁵e ⁶non)
Cornish: my a'th kar
Czech: miluji tě (cs)
Danish: jeg elsker dig
Dutch: ik hou van je (nl), (both romantic and platonic) ik hou van jou (nl)
Erzya: вечктян (večkťan), мон тонь вечктян (mon toń večkťan)
Esperanto: mi amas vin (eo)
Estonian: mina armastan sind, ma armastan sind (et)
Faroese: eg elski teg
Finnish: minä rakastan sinua (fi), rakastan sinua
Franco-Provençal: jo t'amo ben, jo vos amo ben
French: je t’aime (fr) (informal singular), je vous aime (formal or plural)
Galician: quérote, quérovos pl, ámote, ámovos pl
Georgian: მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me šen miq̇varxar), მიყვარხარ (miq̇varxar)
German: ich mag dich, ich liebe dich (de), ich habe dich lieb
Greek: σε αγαπώ (se agapó), σ' αγαπώ (el) (s' agapó)
Ancient: ἀγαπῶ σε (agapô se)
Greenlandic: asavakkit
Gujarati: હું તમને પ્રેમ કરું છું (hũ tamne prem karũ chũ) (formal or plural), હું તને પ્રેમ કરું છું (hũ tane prem karũ chũ) (singular and informal)
Hebrew: (male to female) אֲנִי אוֹהֵב אוֹתָךְ (aní ohév otákh), (female to male) אֲנִי אוֹהֵבֵת אוֹתְךָ (aní ohévet otkhá), (male to male) אֲנִי אוֹהֵב אוֹתְךָ (aní ohév otkhá), (female to female) אֲנִי אוֹהֵבֵת אוֹתָךְ (aní ohévet otákh)
Hiligaynon: palangga ta ka
Hindi: मैं तुमसे प्यार करता हूँ m (ma͠i tumse pyār kartā hū̃), मैं तुमसे प्यार करती हूँ f (ma͠i tumse pyār kartī hū̃), मैं तुझसे प्यार करता हूँ m (ma͠i tujhse pyār kartā hū̃), मैं तुझसे प्यार करती हूँ f (ma͠i tujhse pyār kartī hū̃)
Hungarian: szeretlek (hu), (én) szeretlek téged
Icelandic: ég elska þig (is)
Ido: me amas tu
Indonesian: aku sayang kamu, aku menyayangimu, aku mengasihimu, aku cinta padamu
Ingrian: miä suvvaan sinnua
Interlingua: io te adora, io vos adora
Irish: tá grá agam duit, tá grá agam dhuit
Italian: (informal singular) ti voglio bene, (plural or formal) Vi voglio bene
Japanese: 大好き (ja) (だいすき, daisuki)
Kabyle: (to a male) Hamlaγk, (to a female) Hamlaγkem
Kapampangan: kaluguran daka, palsintan daka, pangaibugan daka, pakamalan daka, pangairugan daka
Karo Batak: keleng ateku kam
Korean: 사랑해요 (saranghaeyo) (casual polite)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: من تۆم خۆش ئەوێ (min tom xoş ewê)
Kyrgyz: мен сени сүйөм (men seni süyöm)
Latin: tē amō
Lithuanian: aš tave myliu
Lombard: te vòj ben, te veuli ben
Luxembourgish: ech hunn dech gär (lb)
Macedonian: те сакам (te sakam), те љубам (te ljubam) (less common)
Malay: aku sayang akan engkau
Maltese: inħobbok
Mi'kmaq: kesalul
Nahuatl: nimitztlazohtla
Navajo: ayóóʼánííníshʼní
Nepali: मलाई तिम्रो माया लाग्छ (malāī timro māyā lāgcha) (I care for you), (I like you) मलाई तिमी मन पर्छ (malāī timī man parcha)
Northern Sami: mun ráhkistan dū
Norwegian:
Bokmål: jeg er glad i deg
Ojibwe: gizaagi'in
Old English: iċ lufiġe þē
Old Norse: ek elska þik, ek ann þér
Old Tupi: oroaûsub, ixé oroaûsub
Oneida: kunolúkhwa'
Persian: دوستت دارم (dustat dâram), دورت بگردم (doret begardam, literally “I'll circumambulate you”)
Sistani Persian: دل می‌باله ترا (del me-bâle torâ)
Pipil: nimetztasujta
Polish: kocham cię
Portuguese: (eu) adoro-te (Portugal), (eu) te amo (Brazil), (eu) amo você
Quechua: munayki
Romanian: te iubesc, te ador
Romansch: jau hai tai gugent
Russian: я тебя́ люблю́ (ru) (ja tebjá ljubljú)
Samoan: ʻou te alofa iate ʻoe
Sanskrit: त्वयि प्रेम करोमि (tvayi prema karomi)
Scots: A loue ye
Scottish Gaelic: (singular) tha gaol agam ort, (plural) tha gaol agam oirbh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: волим те, ја те волим

Roman: vȍlīm te, ja te volim
Simalungun Batak: holong do uhurhu bamu
Slovene: (male speaker) rad te imam, (female speaker) rada te imam, (male speaker, two listeners) rad vaju imam, (female speaker, two listeners) rada vaju imam, (male speaker, more than two listeners) rad vas imam, (female speaker, more than two listeners) rada vas imam
Sotho: ke a go rata
Spanish: te adoro (informal singular), te amo (informal singular), os adoro (informal plural), os amo (informal plural), los amo (informal plural masculine or mixed), los adoro (informal plural masculine or mixed)
Sranan Tongo: mi lobi yu
Sundanese: abdi nyaah ka anjeun
Swahili: ninakupenda
Swazi: ngiyakutsandza (ss)
Swedish: jag älskar dig (sv)
Sylheti: ꠝꠥꠁ ꠔꠥꠝꠣꠞꠦ ꠝꠣꠄꠀ ꠇꠞꠤ (mui tumare maea xori) / ꠀꠝꠤ ꠔꠥꠝꠣꠞꠦ ꠝꠣꠄꠀ ꠇꠞꠤ (ami tumare maea xori), ꠝꠥꠁ ꠔꠞꠦ ꠝꠣꠄꠀ ꠇꠞꠤ (mui tore maea xori), ꠀꠝꠤ ꠔꠞꠦ ꠝꠣꠄꠀ ꠇꠞꠤ (ami tore maea xori)
Tagalog: mahal kita, iniibig kita
Thai: ฉันรักเธอ (chǎn rák təə)
Toba Batak: holong do rohangku tu ho
Turkish: seni seviyorum (tr), sana aşığım
Udmurt: мон тонэ яратӥсько (mon tone jaratiśko)
Ukrainian: я тебе́ коха́ю (ja tebé koxáju)
Uzbek: men sizni sevaman
Vietnamese: (pronoun for speaker) + thương (vi) + (pronoun for listener), e.g., bố thương con (father to child), con thương bố (child to father), mẹ thương con (mother to child), con thương mẹ (child to mother), ông thương cháu (grandfather to grandchild), cháu thương ông (grandchild to grandfather), bà thương cháu (grandmother to grandchild), cháu thương bà (grandchild to grandmother), anh thương em (older brother to younger sibling), em thương anh (younger sibling to older brother), chị thương em (older sister to younger sibling), em thương chị (younger sibling to older sister), tớ thương cậu (informal, to a male friend)
Welsh: rydw i'n dy garu di
Xhosa: ndiyakuthanda
Yakut: Мин эйигин таптыыбын (Min eyigin taptııbın)
Yoruba: mo nífẹ̀ẹ́ yín (honorific or plural), mo nífẹ̀ẹ́ rẹ (casual)
Yup'ik: kenkamken
Zazaki: Ez to sinena
Zulu: ngiyakuthanda

affirmation of romantic feeling

Adangme: i suɔ mo
Afrikaans: ek het jou lief, ek is lief vir jou
Akan: mo dow (Fanti)
Albanian: të dua (sq), të dashuroj (sq)
Alemannic German: ich lieb dich, i liäbä di, i ha di gärn, ich han dich gärn
Alutiiq: qunukamken
American Sign Language: ILY@Side-PalmForward
Amharic: (to a man) እወድሻለሁ (ʾəwädšalähu), (to a woman) እወድሃለሁ (ʾəwädhalähu)
Ancient Greek: σὲ φιλῶ (sè philô), σὲ ἀγαπῶ (sè agapô), ἐγὼ σὲ φιλῶ (egṑ sè philô), ἐγὼ σὲ ἀγαπῶ (egṑ sè agapô)
Arabic: أُحِبُّكَ (ʔuḥibbuka) (to a male), أُحِبُّكِ (ʔuḥibbuki) (to a female)
Egyptian Arabic: بحبك (baḥebbak) (to a male), بحبك (baḥebbik) (to a female)

Moroccan Arabic: كنبغيك (kanebḡīk), كنحبك (kanḥabbak)

North Levantine Arabic: ^{(please verify)} بحبك (bḥebbek)
Aragonese: te quiero
Armenian: ես քեզ սիրում եմ (es kʻez sirum em), ես սիրում եմ քեզ (es sirum em kʻez), (Western Armenian) ես քեզ կը սիրեմ (es kʻez kə sirem), (Western Armenian) ես կը սիրեմ քեզ (es kə sirem kʻez)
Assamese: মই তোমাক ভাল পাওঁ (moi tümak bhal paü̃)
Asturian: te quiero, quiérote
Azerbaijani: səni sevirəm
Bashkir: мин һине яратам (min hine yaratam)
Basque: (informal) maite haut, maite zaitut, (plural) maite zaituztet
Belarusian: (informal) я цябе́ каха́ю (ja cjabjé kaxáju), (formal) я вас каха́ю (ja vas kaxáju), (informal) я цябе́ люблю́ (ja cjabjé ljubljú), (formal) я вас люблю́ (ja vas ljubljú)
Bengali: আমি তোমাকে ভালোবাসি (ami tōmake bhalōbaśi)
Bhojpuri: ^{(please verify)} हमके तोहसे लगाव हो गइल बा (hamᵊkē tōhᵊsē lagāv hō gail bā)
Bikol Central: padaba taka, padangat taka
Breton: me da gar (br), me 'gar ac'hanout
Bulgarian: оби́чам те (obíčam te)
Burmese: ခင်ဗျားချစ်တယ် (hkangbya:hkyactai) (said by a man), ရှင်ကိုချစ်တယ် (hrangkuihkyactai) (said by a woman), နင်ကိုငါချစ်တယ် (nangkui-ngahkyactai) (generic, informal), ချစ်ပါတယ် (hkyacpatai)
Buryat: би шамдаа дуратайб (bi šamdaa duratajb)
Caló: te camelo
Catalan: t'estimo, t'estime, t'estim
Cebuano: gihigugma ko ikaw
Chechen: (to female) суна хьо еза (suna ḥʳo jeza), (to male) суна хьо веза (suna ḥʳo veza)
Cherokee: ᎬᎨᏳᎯ (gvgeyuhi)
Chichewa: ndimakukonda
Chickasaw: chiholloli
Chinese:
Cantonese: 我愛你 / 我爱你 (ngo⁵ oi³ nei⁵) (formal, written), 我好鍾意你 / 我好钟意你 (ngo⁵ hou² zung¹ ji³ nei⁵) (colloquial)

Dungan: вә нэ ни (və ne ni)

Hakka: 𠊎愛你 / 𠊎爱你 (ngài oi ǹ)

Hokkien: 我疼汝 (goá thiàⁿ lí / góa thiàⁿ lír / góa thiàⁿ lú / óa thiàⁿ lí / óa thiàⁿ lír), 我愛汝 / 我爱汝 (góa ài lí / góa ài lír / góa ài lú / óa ài lí / óa ài lír)

Mandarin: 我愛你 / 我爱你 (zh) (wǒ ài nǐ)

Wu: 我愛儂 / 我爱侬 (ngu e non)
Chittagonian: আঁই তুয়ানরে বেশি গোম লাগে (ām̐i tuẏānarē bēśi gōma lāgē)
Chukchi: гымнан гыт ы’ԓгу тыԓгыркынигыт (ɣəmnan ɣət əʔɬɣu təɬɣərkəniɣət)
Chuvash: эпӗ сана юрататӑп (ep̬ĕ s̬ana jurat̬at̬ăp)
Cia-Cia: indau pe'elu iso'o
Cornish: My a'th kar
Corsican: (to female) ti tengu cara, (to male) ti tengu caru
Czech: miluji tě (cs), (colloquial) miluju tě (cs), (formal) miluji vás, miluju vás
Danish: jeg elsker dig
Dhivehi: ^{(please verify)} ކަލާ ދެކެ ވރަހ ލޯބިވޭ (kalā deke vrah lōbivē)
Dolgan: мин энигин таптыыбын (min enigin taptııbın)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} ik houd van je (nl), ^{(please verify)} ik hou van je (nl), ^{(please verify)} ik houd van jou (nl), (emphasizes you) ^{(please verify)} ik hou van jou (nl), (poetic) ^{(please verify)} ik heb je lief, ^{(please verify)} ik zie je graag (nl), (Flemish) ^{(please verify)} ik zie u graag (nl) , (Flemish) ^{(please verify)} ik hou van u
Egyptian: (male to female)

(mr .j ṯn), (female to female)

(mr .j ṯn), (male to male)

(mr .j ṯw), (female to male)

(mr .j ṯw)
Erzya: вечктян (večkťan), мон тонь вечктян (mon toń večkťan)
Esperanto: mi amas vin (eo)
Estonian: mina armastan sind, ma armastan sind (et)
Ewondo: ma ding wa
Faroese: eg elski teg
Finnish: minä rakastan sinua (fi), rakastan sinua
Franco-Provençal: jo t'amo, jo vos amo
French: je t’aime (fr) (informal singular), je vous aime (formal and plural), je t’adore (informal singular), je vous adore (formal and plural)
Old French: je t'aim
Galician: ámote
Georgian: ^{(please verify)} მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me šen miq̇varxar), ^{(please verify)} მე თქვენ მიყვარხართ (me tkven miq̇varxart) (plural), მიყვარხარ (miq̇varxar), მიყვარხართ (miq̇varxart)
German: ich liebe dich (de), ich habe dich lieb, (plural) ich liebe euch, (plural) ich habe euch lieb, (formal, sg and pl) ich liebe Sie, ich habe Sie lieb
Alsace: ich hoan dich gear

Bavaria: ^{(please verify)} i mog di narrisch gern

Cologne: isch han dich leev, isch han dich jään

High Saxonian: isch hab dsch gerne

Swabian: i mog di, i han di oifach gern
Greek: σε αγαπώ (se agapó)
Greenlandic: asavakkit
Guaraní: rohayhu
Haitian Creole: mwen renmen ou
Hausa: ina sonki
Hawaiian: aloha wau iāʻoe
Hebrew: (male to female) אֲנִי אוֹהֵב אוֹתָךְ (aní ohév otákh), (female to male) אֲנִי אוֹהֵבֵת אוֹתְךָ (aní ohévet otkhá), (male to male) אֲנִי אוֹהֵב אוֹתְךָ (aní ohév otkhá), (female to female) אֲנִי אוֹהֵבֵת אוֹתָךְ (aní ohévet otákh)
Hiligaynon: ginahigugma ko ikaw, palangga ta ka
Hindi: मैं तुमसे प्यार करता (ma͠i tumse pyār kartā) (informal, male speaker), मैं तुमसे प्यार करती हूँ (ma͠i tumse pyār kartī hū̃) (informal, female speaker), मैं तुम्हैं बहुत चाहता हूँ m (ma͠i tumha͠i bahut cāhtā hū̃), मैं तुम्हैं बहुत चाहती हूँ f (ma͠i tumha͠i bahut cāhtī hū̃)
Hopi: nu’ umi unangwa’ta
Hungarian: szeretlek (hu), (én) szeretlek téged, (formal) (én) szeretem önt/magát
Ibaloi: pipiyam taka
Icelandic: ég elska þig (is)
Ido: me amoras tu
Igbo: afulu m gi na anya, Ahuru m gi na anya
Inari Sami: mun rähistâm tuu
Indonesian: aku cinta kamu, aku sayang kamu, aku suka sama kamu, (polite, formal) saya cinta kamu, (poetic) aku cinta padamu, (poetic) aku cinta kepadamu; gua suka sama lu (Jakarta, slang), aku mencintaimu
Interlingua: io te ama
Inuktitut: ᓇᒡᓕᒋᕙᒋᑦ (naclicifacit)
Irish: tá grá agam duit, tá grá agam dhuit, mo ghrá thú
Italian: (informal singular) ti amo, (plural or formal) vi amo
Jamaican Creole: mi love yuh, mi check fi yuh
Japanese: 大好き (ja) (daisuki), 君を愛している (kimi o ai-shite iru), 愛してる (ai-shiteru), 俺はお前のことが好きだ (ore wa omae no koto ga suki da) (man to his wife), 俺はお前が好きだ (ore wa omae ga suki da) (man to his wife), 好きよ (suki yo) (girlish), 私はあなたが好きだ (watashi wa anata ga suki da), アイ・ラブ・ユー (ai-rabu-yū)
(Kansai)+: 好いとんねん (suitonnen), 好きやねん (sukiyanen)
Javanese: kula tresna sampeyan, aku tresna sampeyan
Jingpho: nang hpe ngai tsaw ra ai
Kabardian: фӏыуэ узолъагъу (fʼəwɛ wuzolˢağʷu)
Kabyle: (to a male) Hamlaγk, (to a female) Hamlaγkem
Kalmyk: би чамд дуртав (bi çamd durtav)
Kankanaey: laylaydek sik-a
Kannada: ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (nānu ninnannu prītisuttēne), ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಇಷ್ಟಪಟ್ಟಿರುವೆ (nānu ninnannu iṣṭapaṭṭiruve)
Kapampangan: kaluguran daka, palsintan daka
Karachay-Balkar: мен сени сюеме (men seni süyeme)
Karelian: minä armastan sindai
Kashmiri: مےٚ چھِ چٲنؠ ماے (me chi cạ̄n' māy)
Kazakh: мен сені сүйемін (men senı süiemın), мен сені жақсы көремін (men senı jaqsy köremın), мен саған ғашықпын (men sağan ğaşyqpyn)
Khakas: мин сағаа хынчам (min sağaa xınçam), мин сағаа кӧӧленчем
Khmer: (man to woman) បងស្រឡាញ់អូន (bɑɑng srɑlañ ʼoun), (woman to man) អូនស្រឡាញ់បង (ʼoun srɑlañ bɑɑng), ខ្ញុំស្រលាញ់អ្នក (khñom srɑlañ nĕək) (gender neutral)
Komi-Zyrian: ме тэнӧ радейта (me tenö raďejta)
Korean: 좋아해요 (joahaeyo), 사랑해 (ko) (saranghae), 사랑해요 (saranghaeyo), 사랑합니다 (ko) (saranghamnida)
Koryak: гымнан гыччи ылӈу тыкулӈыги (ɣəmnan ɣəčči əlŋu təkulŋəɣi)
Kristang: Em t' amo'b
Kumyk: мен сени сюемен (men seni süyemen)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: من حەزم لێتە (min ḧezm lête), من عاشقی تۆم (min 'aşqî tom), من عاشقتم (min 'aşqtim)

Northern Kurdish: te dievînim (ku), hez ji te dikim (ku), ez ji te hez dikim (ku), evîndarê te me (ku) m, evîndara te me (ku) f, min tu divê (ku), aşiqê te me (ku) m, aşiqa te me (ku), ez ji te hez dikim (ku), ez hez ji te dikim (ku), ez hej te dikim (ku)
Kyrgyz: мен сени сүйөм (men seni süyöm)
Lao: ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khǭi hak chao)
Latin: (singular) te amo, (plural) vos amo, (old) amo te, (old, emphasis) ego amo te
Latvian: es mīlu tevi, es tevi mīlu
Lezgi: заз вун кӏанзава (zaz vun ḳanzava)
Lingala: nalingí yɔ̌
Lithuanian: aš tave myliu, aš myliu tave, myliu tave
Lombard: ^{(please verify)} tə vöri bén, ^{(please verify)} të vöri bén
Louisiana Creole French: mo laime toi
Low German:
German Low German: ik leev di, ik heff di geern, ik heff di leef
Luo: aheri
Lushootseed: ʔəsx̌aƛ̕tubicid čəd
Luxembourgish: Ech hunn dech gär (lb)
Macedonian: те сакам (te sakam), те љубам (te ljubam) (less common)
Malay: saya cintakan mu, saya sayangkan mu, saya sayangkan engkau, saya cintakan awak, saya cintamu, saya sayangmu, saya cinta kamu, aku cinta padamu
Malayalam: ഞാൻ നിന്നെ പ്രേമിക്കുന്നു (ñāṉ ninne prēmikkunnu), ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñāṉ ninne snēhikkunnu)
Maltese: inħobbok
Manx: ta graih aym ort
Maori: kei te aroha au i a koe
Marathi: माझं तुझ्यावर प्रेम आहे (mājha tujhyāvar prem āhe)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: мый тыйым йӧратем (myj tyjym jöratem)
Mohawk: konoronhkwa
Moksha: келькте (keľkťe), мон тонь келькте (mon toń keľkťe)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: би чамд хайртай (bi čamd xajrtaj)
Moore: mam nonga fo
Navajo: ayóóʼánííníshʼní
Neapolitan: ti amo
Nepali: (I love you) म तिमीलाई माया गर्छु। (ma timīlāī māyā garchu.)
Northern Sami: mun ráhkistan du
Norwegian:
Bokmål: jeg elsker deg (no) (Bokmål, Riksmål, romantic)

Nynorsk: eg elskar deg (Nynorsk, romantic)
Occitan: t'aimi, que t'aimi, t'estimi
Odia: ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲପାଏ (mũ tumaku bhalapāe)
Ojibwe: gizaagi'in
Old English: iċ lufiġe þē
Old Tupi: oroaûsub, ixé oroaûsub
Pangasinan: inaro taka
Papiamentu: Mi stima bo
Pashto: تا سره مينه کوم (tā sara mina kawəm)
Persian: عاشقتم ('âšeqetam), دوستت دارم (dustat dâram)
Phuthi: Giyakutshadza
Pipil: nimetztasujta, nimetzneki
Polish: kocham cię
Portuguese: amo-te, (eu) te amo, (eu) amo você (Brazil)
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ (maĩ tainū̃ piāra kardā hā̃) (male speaker), ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦੀ ਹਾਂ (maĩ tainū̃ piāra kardī hā̃) (female speaker)

Shahmukhi: میں تُہانوں پیار کردا ہاں (ma͠i tuhānũ pyār karda hā̃) (male speaker), میں تُہانوں پیار کردی ہاں (ma͠i tuhānũ pyār kardī hā̃) (female speaker)
Quechua: (Bolivia) qanta munani, (Ecuador) Canda munani
Romanian: te iubesc
Romansch: jau hai tai gument
Russian: я вас люблю́ (ja vas ljubljú) (formal or plural), я люблю тебя (ru) (ja ljublju tebja) я тебя́ люблю́ (ru) (ja tebjá ljubljú) (intimate, informal)
Sanskrit: त्वयि स्निह्यामि (tvayi snihyāmi)
Scots: A luive ye
(Dundee): Eh loe ye
Scottish Gaelic: (intimate) tha gràdh agam dhut, (intimate) tha gaol agam ort, (formal, plural) tha gràdh agam dhuibh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: во̏лӣм те, ја те во̏лӣм

Roman: vȍlīm te, ja te volim
Shona: Ndinokuda
Shor: мен саға кӧленчам (men sağa kölençam)
Sindhi: ^{(please verify)} (man tokhe prem karyan to) (to female), ^{(please verify)} (man tokhe prem karyan ti) (to male)
Sinhalese: මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi), මම ඔබට ආදරෙයි (mama obaṭa ādareyi)
Skolt Sami: mon rääʹǩǩstam tuu
Slovak: ľúbim ťa, milujem ťa, mám ťa rád, mám ťa rada
Slovene: ljubim te, ljubim vaju, ljubim vas
Somali: Waan ku jeclahay
Sotho: ke a go rata
Southern Altai: мен сени сӱӱп јадым (men seni süüp ǰadïm)
Spanish: (often romantic) te quiero, (usually romantic) te amo
Sumerian: ^{(please verify)} 𒆠 𒈬𒊏𒉘𒂗 (ki murag̃en)
Sundanese: Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Swahili: nakupenda, ninakupenda
Swedish: jag älskar dig (sv)
Sylheti: ꠝꠥꠁ ꠔꠥꠝꠣꠞꠦ ꠜꠣꠟꠣ ꠙꠣꠁ (mui tumare bála fai), ꠀꠝꠤ ꠔꠥꠝꠣꠞꠦ ꠜꠣꠟꠣ ꠙꠣꠁ (ami tumare bála fai)
Tabasaran: узуз уву ккунжазуз (uzuz uvu k̄unžazuz)
Tagalog: mahal kita, iniibig kita, iniirog kita
Tahitian: ua here vau ia oe
Tajik: ман туро дӯст медорам (man turo düst medoram), туро нағз мебинам (turo naġz mebinam), дӯстат дорам (düstat doram), ошиқатам (ošiqatam)
Tamil: நான் உன்னைக் காதலிக்கிறேன் (nāṉ uṉṉaik kātalikkiṟēṉ), நான் உன்னைக் காதலிக்கின்றேன் (nāṉ uṉṉaik kātalikkiṉṟēṉ)
Tatar: мин сине яратам (min sine yaratam)
Telugu: నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Thai: ผมรักคุณ (th) (pǒm rák kun) (informal, male to female), ฉันรักคุณ (th) (chǎn rák kun) (informal, female to male), ฉันรักเธอ (chǎn rák təə) (generic, colloquial), รักนะ (informal)
Tok Pisin: mi lavim yu
Tswana: ke a go rata
Tumbuka: nkhukutemwa
Turkish: seni seviyorum (tr)
Turkmen: men seni söýýärin
Udmurt: мон тонэ яратӥсько (mon tone jaratiśko)
Ukrainian: я тебе́ коха́ю (ja tebé koxáju) (intimate), я вас коха́ю (ja vas koxáju) (formal, plural), я тебе́ люблю́ (ja tebé ljubljú), я вас люблю́ (ja vas ljubljú)
Urdu: مجھے تمسو محبت ہے (mujhe tumse mohabbat hai), میں تمسے محبت کرتا ہوں (ma͠i tumse mohabbat kartā hū̃)
Uzbek: men seni sevaman, men seni yaxshi koʻraman
Venetan: te amo, te vojo ben
Vietnamese: (pronoun for speaker) + yêu (vi) + (pronoun for listener), e.g., em yêu anh (wife to husband, girlfriend to boyfriend), anh yêu em (husband to wife, boyfriend to girlfriend), tớ yêu cậu (to a male friend), mình yêu bạn (somewhat impersonal), ngộ ái nị (slang, humorous)
Volapük: Löfob oli
Welsh: 'Rwy'n dy garu di, Yr wyf i yn dy garu di, Yr wyf i yn dy garu di chwi, Dw i'n dy garu
West Frisian: ik hâld fan dy
White Hmong: kuv hlub koj
Xhosa: ndiyakuthanda
Yakut: мин эйиги́н тапты́ыбын (min eyigín taptı́ıbın)
Yiddish: איך ליבע דיך (ikh libe dikh), איך האָב דיך ליב (ikh hob dikh lib)
Yoruba: mo nífẹ̀ẹ́ yín (honorific or plural), mo nífẹ̀ẹ́ rẹ (casual)
Yup'ik: kenkamken
Zazaki: ez to sinena
Zulu: ngiyakuthanda

platonic expression of inclination or liking

Albanian: të kam xhan
American Sign Language: ILY@Side-PalmForward
Basque: Maite haut, (plural) Maite zaituztet
Catalan: t'estimo, t'estime, t'estim
Chinese:
Cantonese: 我鐘意你 / 我钟意你 (ngo⁵ zung¹ ji³ nei⁵)

Hokkien: 我愛汝 / 我爱汝 (góa ài lí / góa ài lír / góa ài lú / óa ài lí / óa ài lír)

Mandarin: 我很喜歡你 / 我很喜欢你 (wǒ hěn xǐhuan nǐ)
Danish: jeg kan godt lide dig
Dutch: (Flemish) ik heb u graag
Esperanto: mi amas vin (eo)
Estonian: sa meeldid mulle
Finnish: minä rakastan sinua (fi), rakastan sinua
Greek: σε αγαπώ (se agapó)
Ido: me amas vu
Irish: tá mé go maith duit, tá cion agam ort, is breá liom thú
Italian: (singular informal) ti voglio bene, (plural or formal) vi voglio bene
Kapampangan: buri daka, buri raka
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: تۆم خۆش ئەوێ (tom xoş ewê)
Mauritian Creole: mo kontan twa
Navajo: ayóóʼánííníshʼní
Norwegian:
Bokmål: jeg er glad i deg
Old Tupi: oroaûsub, ixé oroaûsub
Persian: دوستت دارم (dustat dâram)
Polish: kocham cię
Portuguese: (eu) gosto de ti (Portugal), (eu) gosto de você
Romanian: te ador
Russian: ты мне нра́вишься (ty mne nrávišʹsja) (informal), вы мне нра́витесь (vy mne nrávitesʹ) (formal)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: волим те, ја те волим

Roman: vȍlīm te, ja te volim
Sotho: ke a go rata
Spanish: me caes bien, me gustas
Swedish: jag gillar dig, jag tycker om dig
Yup'ik: kenkamken
Zazaki: ez to ra hes kena

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Acholi: ^{(please verify)} amari
Akan: ^{(please verify)} me dor wo
Alas-Kluet Batak: ^{(please verify)} holong do rohangku tu ho
Angkola Batak: ^{(please verify)} holong do rohangku tu ho
Antillean Creole: ^{(please verify)} men ainmainw
Awadhi: ^{(please verify)} मइँ तोहसे पिरेम करत हउँ (ma͠i tohse pirem karat ha͠u)
Aymara: ^{(please verify)} mûnsmawa
Baluchi: ^{(please verify)} tu mana doost biyeh
Bambara: ^{(please verify)} né bi fè
Bari: ^{(please verify)} man nyanyar do
Bemba: ^{(please verify)} nalikutemwa
Bulu (Cameroon): ^{(please verify)} ma nye'e wo
Central Dusun: ^{(please verify)} siuhang oku dia
Chakma: ^{(please verify)} 𑄟𑄪𑄭 𑄖𑄧𑄬𑄢 𑄇𑄮𑄌𑄴 𑄛𑄋𑄴 (mui tare koc pāṅ)
Chamorro: ^{(please verify)} hu guaiya hao
Dairi Batak: ^{(please verify)} holong do rohangku tu ho
Duala: ^{(please verify)} muléma
Dutch Low Saxon: ^{(please verify)} ik hol van die (Gronings)
Franco-Provençal: ^{(please verify)} jhe t'âmo, ^{(please verify)} t'ame, ^{(please verify)} ti vouòli ben
Friulian: ^{(please verify)} o ti vuei ben
Fula: ^{(please verify)} mbe de yid ma (Pulaar dialect)
Gujarati: ^{(please verify)} હૂન તુનૈ છઊન છહૂન (hūn tunai chaūna chahūn)
Ibaloi: ^{(please verify)} pip-piyan taha
Ik: ^{(please verify)} tsamia bi
Ilocano: ^{(please verify)} ipatpategka
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} aku suka kamu
Kongo: ^{(please verify)} mono ke zola nge, ^{(please verify)} ni kou zololo (San Salvador Kongo), ^{(please verify)} na lingui yo
Kpelle: ^{(please verify)} iwalikana
Ladin: ^{(please verify)} te ei gen
Ligurian: ^{(please verify)} mi te amo
Luba-Kasai: ^{(please verify)} ndi musua wewe
Luganda: ^{(please verify)} nkuyagala
Maithili: ^{(please verify)} हम तोहरा सँ प्रेम करै छि (ham tohara sã prem karai chi)
Malagasy: ^{(please verify)} tiako ianao
Mandailing Batak: ^{(please verify)} holong do rohangku tu ho
Maore Comorian: ^{(please verify)} n'game handzo
Neapolitan: ^{(please verify)} io t'ammo
Northern Ndebele: ^{(please verify)} niyakutanda
Northern Sami: mun ráhkistan dū
Oromo: ^{(please verify)} Sinjaldha
Ossetian: ^{(please verify)} ӕз дӕ варзын (æz dæ varzyn)
Q'eqchi: ^{(please verify)} nactinra
Romani: ^{(please verify)} kamav tut
Rukiga: ^{(please verify)} Ninkukunda iwe
Rwanda-Rundi: ^{(please verify)} Ndagukunda
Réunion Creole French: ^{(please verify)} mi aime a ou
Santali: ^{(please verify)} ᱫᱩᱞᱟᱲ ᱢᱮ ᱚ ᱤᱝ (dulaṛ me ô iṅ)
Sinhalese: ^{(please verify)} මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Southern Ndebele: ^{(please verify)} Niyakutanda
Swahili: (followed by a name) ^{(please verify)} naku penda
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Tibetan: ^{(please verify)} ང་ཁྱེད་རང་ལ་དགའ་པོ་ཡོད (nga khyed rang la dga' po yod)
Tupuri: ^{(please verify)} ndi damo
Uyghur: ^{(please verify)} مەن سئىزنئى سئۆيئىمەن (men s'izn'i s'öy'imen)
Walloon: ^{(please verify)} dji vs voe voltî
Wolof: ^{(please verify)} nob nala
Zhuang: ^{(please verify)} gou gyaez mwngz

I love you

English

Pronunciation

Phrase

Synonyms

Translations

See also

Further reading

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia