Afrikaans : Ek is lief vir jou
                   : Ek het jou lief

Akan (Ghana) : Me dor wo

Albanian : Te dua
              : Te dashuroj
              : Ti je zemra ime

Alentejano(Port.) : Gosto de ti, porra!

Alsacien (Elsass) : Ich hoan dich gear

Amharic (Aethio.) : Afekrishalehou
                            : Afekrischalehou
                            : Ewedishalehu (male/female to female)
                            : Ewedihalehu (male/female to male)
 

Apache : Sheth she~n zho~n (nasalized vowels like French, '~n' as in French 'salon')

Arabic (formal) : Ohiboke (male to female)
                         : Ohiboki (male to female)
                         : Ohibokoma (male or female to two males or two females)
                         : Nohiboke (more than one male or female to female)
                         : Nohiboka (male to male or female to male)
                         : Nohibokoma (male to male or female to two males or two females)
                         : Nohibokom (male to male or female to more than two males)
                         : Nohibokon (male to male or female to more than two females)

Arabic (proper) : Ooheboki (male to female)
                         : Ooheboka (female to male)

Arabic : Ana behibak (female to male)
           : Ana behibek (male to female)
           : Ahebich (male to female)
           : Ahebik (female to male)
           : Ana ahebik
           : Ib'n hebbak
           : Ana ba-heb-bak
           : Bahibak (female to male)
           : Bahibik (male to female)
           : Benhibak (more than one male or female to male)
           : Benhibik (male to male or female to female)
           : Benhibkom (male to male or female to more than one male)
           : Nhebuk (spoken to someone of importance)

Arabic (Umggs.) : Ana hebbek

Armenian : Yes kez si'rumem
                 : Yes kez gesirem (eastern Armenian dialect)

Assamese(Indien) : Moi tomak bhal pau


Basque : Nere maitea (means: my love)
             : Maite zaitut (means: I love you)


Bassa : Mengweswe

Batak (Nordsumatra) : Holong rohangku di ho

Bavarian : I mog di narrisch gern
               : I mog di (right answer: i di a)

Bemba : Ndikufuna

Bengali : Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi
             : Ami tomay bhalobashi
             : Ami tomake bahlobashi
             : Ami tomake walobashi
             : Ami tomake vhalobashi

Berber : Lakh tirikh

Bicol (Philippinen) : Namumutan ta ka

Bolivian Quechua : Qanta munani

Bosnian : Volim te

Braille : :..:| ..:| |..-.. .::":.., :.:;

Brazilian/Portuguese : Eu te amo (pronounced 'eiu chee amu')
                                  : Amo-te

Bulgarian : Obicham te
                 : As te obicham
                 : Obozhavam te ("I love you very much")

Burmese : Chit pa de

Cambodian : Kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah
                   : Bon sro lanh oon

Canadian French : Sh'teme (spoken, sounds like this)
                            : Je t'aime ("I like you")
                            : Je t'adore ("I love you")

Catalan : T'estimo (Catalonian)
             : T'estim (Mallorcan)
             : T'estime (Valencian)
             : T'estim molt ("I love you a lot")

Cebuano (Philippi.) : Gihigugma ko ikaw.

Chamoru (or Chamorro) : Hu guaiya hao

Cheyenne : Nemehotatse

Chichewa : Ndimakukonda

Chickasaw (USA) : Chiholloli (first 'i' nasalized)

Chinese : Goa ai li (Amoy dialect)
              : Ngo oi ney (Cantonese dialect)
              : Wo oi ni (Cantonese dialect)
              : Ngai oi gnee (Hakka dialect)
              : Ngai on ni (Hakka dialect)
              : Wa ai lu (Hokkien dialect)
              : Wo ai ni (Mandarin dialect)
              : Wo ie ni (Mandarin dialect)
              : Wuo ai nee (Mandarin dialect)
              : Wo ay ni (Mandarin dialect)
              : Wo ai ni (Putunghua dialect)
              : Ngo ai nong (Wu dialect)

Comorien : Ni sou hou vendza.

Corsican : Ti tengu cara (male to female)
               : Ti tengu caru (female to male)

Creol : Mi aime jou

Croatian (familiar) : Ja te volim (used in proper speech)
                              : Volim te (used in common speech)

Croatian (formal) : Ja vas volim (used in proper speech)
                            : Volim vas (used in common speech)
                            : Ljubim te (in todays useage, "I kiss you", 'lj' pronounced like 'll' in Spanish, one sound, 'ly'ish)

Croatian (old) : Ljubim te (may still be found in poetry)

Czech : Miluji te (a downwards pointing arrowhead on top of the 'e' in te, which is pronounced 'ye')
           : Miluju te! (colloquial form)
           : Mám te (velmi) rád (male speaker, "I like you (very much)", often used and prefered)
           : Mám te (velmi) ráda (female speaker)

Danish : Jeg elsker dig (see also dialect Friesian)

Davvi Samegiella : Mun rahkistin dú.

Dusun : Siuhang oku dia

Dutch : Ik hou van je
          : Ik hou van jou
          : Ik bemin je (old fashioned)
          : Ik bemin jou (old fashioned)
          : Ik ben verliefd op je
          : Ik ben verliefd op jou
          : Ik zie je graag
          : Ik hol van die (Gronings a Hollands dialect)

Ecuador Quechua : Canda munani

English : I love you
             : I adore you
             : I love thee (used only in Christian context)

Esperanto : Mi amas vin

Estonian : Mina armastan sind
              : Ma armastan sind

Ethiopian : Afgreki' (one of the Ethipians dialects, there are over 80 - see also under "Amharic")

Farsi (old) : Tora dust mi daram

Farsi : Tora dost daram ("I love you")
         : Asheghetam
         : Doostat daram ("I'm in love with you")
         : Man asheghetam ("I'm in love with you")

Filipino : Mahal ka ta
             : Iniibig kita

Finnish (formal) : Minä rakastan sinua
                          : Rakastan sinua
                          : Minä pidän sinusta ("I like you")

Finnish : (Mä) rakastan sua
             : (Mä) tykkään susta ("I like you")

French (formal) : Je vous aime

French : Je t'aime ("I love you")
            : Je t'adore ("I love you", stronger meaning between lovers)
            : J' t'aime bien ("I like you", meant for friends and family, not for lovers)

Friesian : Ik hou fan dei (sp?)
              : Ik hald fan dei

Gaelic : Ta gra agam ort
           : Moo graugh hoo

Galician : Querote
              :Queroche Amote

Ghanaian (Akan, Twi) : Me dor wo.

Georgien (Caucasus) : Me shen mikvarkhar

German (formal) : Ich liebe Sie (rarely used)

German : Ich liebe dich
              : Ich hab dich lieb (not so classic and conservative)

Greek : S'ayapo (spoken "s'agapo", 3rd letter is lower case 'gamma')
           : Eime eroteumenos mazi sou ("I'm in love with)
           : Eime eroteumenos me 'sena(you", male to female)
           : Eime eroteumeni mazi sou ("I'm in love with)
           : Eime eroteumeni me 'sena (you", female to male)
           : Se latrevo ("I adore you")
           : Se thelo ("I want you", denotes sexual desire)

Greek (old) : (Ego) Philo su ('ego', for emphasis)

Greek (Arhea/Ancient) : Philo se

Greenlandic : Asavakit

Guarani' : Rohiyu (ro-hai'-hyu)

Gujrati (Pakistan) : Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon.
                            : Hoon tuney chaoon chhoon ('n' is nasal, not pronounced)

Hausa (Nigeria) : Ina sonki

Hawaiian : Aloha wau ia 'oe
                : Aloha wau ia 'oe nui loa ("I love you very much")

Hebrew : Anee ohev otakh (male to female)
             : Anee ohevet otkha (female to male)
             : Anee ohev otkha (male to male)
             : Anee ohevet otakh (female to female) ('kh' pronounced like Spanish 'j', Dutch 'g', or similiar to French 'r')

Hindi : Mai tumase pyar karata hun (male to female)
         : Mai tumase pyar karati hun (female to male)
         : Mai tumse pyar karta hoon
         : Mai tumse peyar karta hnu
         : Mai tumse pyar karta hoo
         : Mai tujhe pyaar kartha hoo
         : Mae tumko peyar kia
         : Main tumse pyar karta hoon
         : Main tumse prem karta hoon
         : Main tuze pyar karta hoon ('n' is nasal, not pronounced)

Hokkien : Wa ai lu

Hopi : Nu'umi unangwáta

Hungarian : Szeretlek
                  : Te'gedet szeretlek ("It's you I love and no one else")
                  : Szeretlek te'ged ("It's you I love, you know, you", a reinforcement)
                  (**The above two entries are never heard in a normal context.)

Ibaloi (Phil.) : Pip-piyan taha Pipiyan ta han shili (I like/love you very much)

Imazighan : Hamlagh kem

Indi : Mai Tujhe Pyaar Kartha Ho

Interglossa : Mi esthe philo tu.

Icelandic : Eg elska thig (pronounced 'yeg l-ska thig')

Ilocano : Ay-ayaten ka

Indonesian : Saya cinta padamu ('Saya', commonly used)
                   : Saya cinta kamu ('Saya', commonly used)
                   : Saya kasih saudari ('Saya', commonly used)
                   : Saja kasih saudari ('Saya', commonly used)
                   : Aku tjinta padamu ('Aku', not often used (tjinta is the old written version influenced by Netherlands)
                   : Aku cinta padamu ('Aku', not often used)
                   : Aku cinta kamu ('Aku', not often used) (cinta is the modern written version since 1972; same for saya and saja)

Italian : Ti amo (relationship/lover/spouse)
           : Ti voglio bene (between friends)
           : Ti voglio (strong sexual meaning, "I want you referred to the other person's body)

Irish : Taim i' ngra leat

Irish-Gaelic : t'a gr'a agam dhuit

Japanese : Kimi o ai shiteru
                : Aishiteru
                : Chuu shiteyo
                : Ora omee no koto ga suki da
                : Ore wa omae ga suki da
                : Suitonnen
                : Sukiyanen
                : Sukiyo
                : Watashi wa anata ga suki desu
                : Watashi wa anata wo aishithe imasu
                : Watashi wa anata o aishitemasu
                : A-i-shi-te ma-su
                : Watakushi-wa anata-wo ai shimasu
                : Suki desu (used at the first time, like for a start, when you are not yet real lovers)

Javanese : Kulo tresno

Kankana-ey (Phil.) : Laylaydek sik-a

Kannada (Indien) : Naanu Ninnanu Preethisuthene Naanu Ninnanu Mohisuthene

Kikongo : Mono ke zola nge (mono ke' zola nge')

Kiswahili : Nakupenda
               : Nakupenda wewe
               : Nakupenda malaika ("I love you, (my) angel")

Klingon : bangwI' SoH ("You are my beloved")
             : qamuSHá ("I love you")
             : qamuSHáqu' ("I love you very much")
             : qaparHá ("I like you")
             : qaparHáqu' ("I like you very much!") (words are often unnecessary as the thought is most often conveyed nonverbally with special growlings)


Korean : Dangsinul saranghee yo ("I love you, dear")
             : Saranghee
             : Nanun dangsineul joahapnida ("I like you")
             : Nanun dangsineul mucheog joahapnida ("I like you very much")
             : Nanun dangsineul saranghapnida
             : Nanun dangsineul mucheog saranghapnida ("I love you very much")
             : Nanun gdaega joa ("I like him" or "I like her")
             : Nanun gdaereul saranghapnida ("I love him" or "I love her")
             : Nanun neoreul saranghanda
             : Gdaereul hjanghan naemaeum alji (You know how much I love him/her.)
             : Joahaeyo ("I like you")
             : Saranghaeyo (more formal)
             : Saranghapanida (more respectful)
             : Norul sarang hae (male to female in casual relationship)
             : Tangsinul sarang ha o
             : Tangshin-ul sarang hae-yo
             : Tangshin-i cho-a-yo ("I like you, in a romantic way")
             : Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida

Kpele : I walikana

Kurdish : Ez te hezdikhem
             : Min te xushvet
             : Min te xoshwet (Southern dialect)

Lao : Khoi hak jao
       : Khoi hak chao
       : Khoi mak jao lai ("I like you very much")
       : Khoi hak jao lai ("I love you very much")
       : Khoi mak jao (This means "I prefer you", but is used for "I love you".)

Lappish : Mun rahkistin dú. (Davvi Samegiella)

Latin : Te amo
         : Vos amo

Latin (old) : (Ego) Amo te ('Ego', for emphasis)

Latvian : Es tevi milu (pronounced 'es tevy meelu') ('i in 'milu' has a line over it, a 'long i')
             : Es milu tevi (less common)

Lebanese : Bahibak

Lingala : Nalingi yo

Lisbon lingo : Gramo-te bue', chavalinha!

Lithuanian : As tave myliu (Ush ta-ve mee-lyu) (over the 's' of 'As' has to be a 'v')

Lojban : Mi do prami

Luo (Kenia) : Aheri

Luxembourgish : Ech hun dech gär

Maa : Ilolenge

Macedonian : Te sakam (a little stronger than "I like you")
                    : Te ljubam ("I really love you")
                    : Jas te sakam ('j' sounds like 'y' in May)
                    : Pozdrav ("Greetings")

Madrid lingo : Me molas, tronca!

Maiese : Wa wa

Malay : Saya cintamu
          : Saya sayangmu
          : Saya sayang anda
          : Saya cintakan mu (grammatically correct)
          : Saya sayangkan mu ( " )
          : Saya chantikan awak
          : Aku sayang kau

Malay/Bahasa : Saya cinta mu

Malay/Indonesian : Aku sayang kau
                             : Saya cantikan awak
                             : Saya sayangkan engkau
                             : Saya cintakan awak
                             : Aku cinta pada kau
                             : Aku cinta pada mu
                             : Saya cinta pada mu
                             : Saya sayangkan engkau ('engkau' often shortened to 'kau', 'engkau' is informal form and should only be used if you know the person _really_well)

Malayalam : Ngan ninne snaehikkunnu
                   : Njyaan ninne' preetikyunnu
                   : Njyaan ninne' mohikyunnu

Malaysian : Saya cintamu
                 : Saya sayangmu
                 : Saya cinta kamu

Marathi : Mi tuzya var prem karato
             : Me tujhashi prem karto (male to female)
             : Me tujhashi prem karte (female to male)

Marshallese : Yokwe Yuk (sort of multi-purpose, like Aloha, literally Love to you, my friend)

Mohawk : Konoronhkwa

Mokilese : Ngoah mweoku kaua

Mongolian : Be Chamad Hairtai (very personal)

Moroccan : Kanbhik (both mean the same, but spoken)
                 : Kanhebek (in different cities)


Navajo : Ayor anosh'ni

Ndebele (Zimbabwe) : Niyakutanda

Nepali : Ma timi sita prem garchhu (romantic)
            : Ma timilai maya garchhu (less emphatic, can be used in a non romantic conext, too)

Norwegian : Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal)
                   : Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)
                   : Jeg elsker deg (Riksmaal: outdated, formerly used by upper-class and conservative people)

Nyanja : Ninatemba

Op : Op lopveop yopuop

Oriya : Moon Tumakoo Bhala Paye
          : Moon Tumakoo Prema Kare

Oromoo : Sinjaladha
: Sinjaldha

Osetian : Aez dae warzyn

Pakistani : Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai
               : Muje se mu habbat hai

Papiamento : Mi ta stimábo

Pedi (related to Tswana): Kiyahurata. (pronounced as: Kee-ya--hoo-rata)

Pig Latin : Ie ovele ouye (pronounced as: I-ay ov-lay u-yay.)

Pilipino : Mahal kita
             : Iniibig kita

Polish : Kocham cie ("cie" is slangy polish and not commonly used)
           : Kocham ciebie
            : Ja cie kocham

Portuguese/Brazilian : Eu te amo (pronounced 'eiu chee amu')
                                  : Eu amo-te
                                  : Amo-te

Punjabi (Indien) : Main tainu pyar karna
                          : Mai taunu pyar Karda

Quenya(J.R. Tolkie) : Tye-meláne

raetoromanisch : te amo


Romanian : Te iubesc
                 : Te ador (stronger)

Russian : Ya vas lyublyu (old fashioned)
             : Ya tyebya lyublyu (best)
             : Ya lyublyu vas (old fashioned)
             : Ya lyublyu tyebya

Samoan : Ou te alofa outou.
              : Ou te alofa ia te oe.
              : Talo'fa ia te oe. ("Hello, from me to you")
              : Fia moi? ("Would you like to go to bed with me tonight?")

Sanskrit : Anurag (a higher love, like the love of music or art)

Scot-Gaelic : Tha gr`adh agam ort

Serbian (formal) : Ja vas volim (used in proper speech)
                           : Volim vas (used in common speech)
                           : Ljubim te (in todays useage, "I kiss you", 'lj' pronounced like 'll' in Spanish, one sound, 'ly'ish)

Serbian (familiar) : Ja te volim (used in proper speech)
                             : Volim te (used in common speech)

Serbian (old) : Ljubim te (may still be found in poetry)

Serbocroatian : Volim te
                        : Ljubim te
                        : Ja te volim ('j' sounds like 'y' in May)

SeSotho : Kiyahurata. (pronounced as: Kee-ya--hoo-rata)

Shona : Ndinokuda

Singhalese (Ceylon) : Mama oyata adarei
                                 : Mama oyaata aadareyi

Sioux : Techihhila

Slovak : Lubim ta

Slovene : Ljubim te

Somalian : Waan ku jeclahay

Spanish : Te amo
              : Te quiero
              : Te re-quiero (Argentine way to say I love you very much)
              : Te adoro (I adore you)
              : Te deseo (I desire you)
              : Me antojés (I crave you)

Srilankan : Mama oyata arderyi

Suaheli (Ostafrika) : Ninikupenda

Swahili : Nakupenda
             : Naku penda (followed by the person's name)
             : Ninikupenda
             : Dholu'o

Swedish : Jag älskar dig. (pronounced: "Yag alskar day")

Syrian/Lebanese : Bhebbek (male to female)
                            : Bhebbak (female to male)

Tagalog : Mahal kita

Tahitian : Ua Here Vau Ia Oe
              : Ua here vau ia oe

Tamil : Naan unnai kadalikiren
: Nan unnai kathalik
: Ni yaanai kaadli karen ("You love me")
: N^an unnaki kathalikkinren ("I love you")
: Nam vi'rmberem
 

Telugu (Indien) : Neenu ninnu prámistu'nnanu
                         : Nenu ninnu premistunnanu
                         : Ninnu premistunnanu

Thai (formal) : Phom rak khun (male to female)
                      : Ch'an rak khun (female to male)
                      : Phom-ruk-koon (male to female)
                      : Chun-ruk-koon (female to male)
                      : Phom lak kun (male to female)

Thai : Khao raak thoe (affectionate, sweet, loving)

Tswana : Ke a go rata

Tshiluba : Ndi mukusua (I love you)
               : Ndi musua wewe (I want you)
               : Ndi ne ditalala bua wewe (I have love for you)

Tunisian : Ha eh bak

Tumbuka : Nkhukutemwa

Turkish (formal) : Sizi seviyorum

Turkish : Seni seviyorum
             : Seni begeniyorum ("I adore you") (g has a bar on it)

Twi (Ghana) : Me dowapaa
                    : Me dor wo

Ukrainian : Ya tebe kokhayu
                : Ja tebe kokhaju (real true love)
                : Ja vas kokhaju
                : Ja pokokhav tebe
                : Ja pokokhav vas

Urdu (Indien) : Main tumse muhabbat karta hoon
                      : Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai
                      : Mujge tumae mahabbat hai
                      : Kam prem kartahai

Vai : Na lia

Värmländska : Du är görgo te mäg

Venda : Ndi a ni funa

Vietnamese : Anh yeu em (male to female)
                    : Em yeu anh (female to male)
                    : Toi yeu em

Volapük : Löfob oli.

Votic : Miä suvatan sinua.

Vulcan (Mr.Spock) : Wani ra yana ro aisha

Walloon : Dji vos veu volti (lit. I like to see you)
              : Dji vos inme (lit. I love you)
              : Dji v'zinme

Welsh : Rwy'n dy garu di.
           : Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi)

Wolof : Da ma la nope
          : Da ma la nop (da málanop)


Yiddish : Kh'hob dikh lib
            : Kh'ob dikh holt
            : Ikh bin in dir farlibt

Yucatec Maya : 'in k'aatech (the love of lovers)
                       : 'in yabitmech (the love of family, which lovers can also feel; it indicates more a desire to spoil and protect the other person)

Yugoslavian : Ja te volim

Zazi (kurdisch) : Ezhele hezdege (sp?)

Zulu : Mina Ngithanda Wena. (rarely used; means: "Me, I love you.")
        : Ngiyakuthanda (pronounced as: NGee-ya--koo--tanda)

Zuni : Tom ho'ichema