How to say "I Love You" in many languages

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Happy Valentine's Day. Here is a list of how to say "I Love You" in many languages

afrikaans               Ek het jou liefe
afrikaans               Ek is lief vir jou
alsacien                Ich hoan dich gear
amharic                 Afekrishalehou
arabic                  Ana Behibak (to a male)
arabic                  Ana Behibek (to a female)
arabic                  Ib'n hebbak.
arabic                  Ana Ba-heb-bak
arabic                  nhebuk
arabic                  OHIBOKE    male to female
arabic                  OHIBOKA    female to male
arabic                  OHIBOKOMA  male or female to two
                                   males or two females
arabic                  NOHIBOKE   more than one male or
				   female to female
arabic                  NOHIBOKA   m.t.o.m. or f. to male
arabic                  NOHIBOKOMA m.t.o.m. or f. to two males
                                     or two females
arabic                  NOHIBOKOM  m.t.o.m. or f. to more
				   than two males
arabic                  NOHIBOKON  m.t.o.m. or f. to more
                                   than two females
arabic                  (not standard)
arabic                  BAHIBAK    female to male
arabic                  BAHIBIK    male to female
arabic                  BENHIBAK   more than one male or
			           female to male
arabic                  BENHIBIK   m.t.o.m. or f. to female
arabic                  BENHIBKOM  m.t.o.m. or f. to more 
				   than one male
assamese                Moi tomak bhal pau
basc                    Nere Maitea
batak                   Holong rohangku di ho
bavarian                I mog di narrisch gern
bengali                 Ami tomAy bhAlobAshi
bengali                 Ami tomake bhalobashi.
berber                  Lakh tirikh
bicol                   Namumutan ta ka
bolivian Quechua        qanta munani
bulgarian               Obicham te
burmese                 chit pa de
cambodian               Bon sro lanh oon
cambodian               kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah
canadian French         Sh'teme  (spoken, sounds like this)
cantonese               Ngo oi ney
catalan                 T'estim   (mallorcan)
catalan                 T'estim molt (I love you a lot)
catalan                 T'estime  (valencian)
catalan                 T'estimo  (catalonian)
cebuano                 Gihigugma ko ikaw.
chickasaw               chiholloli   (first "i" nasalized)
chinese                 Wo ie ni
corsican                Ti tengu cara (to female)
corsican                Ti tengu caru (to male)
croatian                LJUBim te
czech                   miluji te
czech                   MILUJU TE! (colloquial form)
danish                  Jeg elsker dig
dutch                   Ik hou van jou
dutch                   Ik ben verliefd op je
ecuador Quechua         canda munani
esperanto               Mi amas vin
estonian                Mina armastan sind
estonian                Ma armastan sind
farsi                   Tora dust midaram
farsi                   Asheghetam
farsi (Persian)         doostat dAram
filipino                Mahal ka ta
filipino                Iniibig Kita
finnish                 Mina" rakastan sinua
flemish                 Ik zie oe geerne
french                  Je t'aime
friesian                Ik hald fan dei
gaelic                  Ta gra agam ort
galego (galicia)        querote (or) amote
german                  Ich liebe Dich
greek                   s' agapo
gujrati                 Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon.
hausa                   Ina sonki
hebrew                  Ani ohev otach   (male to female)
hebrew                  Ani ohev otcha   (male to male)
hebrew                  Ani ohevet otach (female to female)
hebrew                  Ani ohevet otcha (female to male)
hindi                   Mai tumse pyar karta hoo
hokkien                 Wa ai lu
hopi                    Nu' umi unangwa'ta
hungarian               Szeretlek
hungarian               Szeretlek te'ged
icelandic               Eg elska thig
indonesian              Saja kasih saudari
indonesian              Saya Cinta Kamu
indonesian              Saya cinta padamu
indonesian              Aku cinta padamu
irish                   taim i' ngra leat
italian                 ti amo (if it's a relationship/lover/spouse)
italian                 ti voglio bene (if it's a friend, or relative)
japanese                Kimi o ai shiteru
japanese                Watakushi-wa anata-wo ai shimasu
javanese                Kulo tresno
kannada                 Naanu Ninnanu Preethisuthene
kannada                 Naanu Ninnanu Mohisuthene
kiswahili               Nakupenda
korean                  Tangsinul sarang ha yo
korean                  Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida
korean                  No-rul sarang hae (man to woman in casual
                          relation)
korean                  Tangshin-ul sarang hae-yo
korean                  Tangshin-i cho-a-yo (i like you, in a romantic
                          way)
kurdish                 Ez te hezdikhem (?)
lao                     Koi muk jao
latin                   Te amo
latin                   Vos amo
latin (old)             (Ego) amo te (ego, for emphasis)
latvian                 Es milu tevi (Pronounced "Ess tevy meeloo")
lingala                 Nalingi yo
lisbon lingo            gramo-te bue', chavalinha
lithuanian              TAVE MYLIU (ta-ve mee-lyu)
lojban                  mi do prami
luo                     Aheri
macedonian              SAKAM TE!
madrid lingo            Me molas, tronca
malay                   Saya cintamu
malay                   Saya sayangmu
malay/Indonesian        Aku sayang enkow
malay/Indonesian        Sayah Chantikan Awah
malayalam               Njyaan Ninne' Preetikyunnu
malayalam               Njyaan Ninne' Mohikyunnu.
mandarin                Wo ai ni
marathi                 me tujhashi prem karto (male to female)
marathi                 me tujhashi prem karte (female to male)
mohawk                  Konoronhkwa
navaho                  Ayor anosh'ni
ndebele                 Niyakutanda
norwegian               Eg elskar deg  (Nynorsk)
norwegian               Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal) (pronouncedyai elske
                          dai)
osetian                 Aez dae warzyn
persian                 Tora dost daram
polish                  Kocham Cie
polish                  Ja cie kocham
portuguese              Amo-te
portuguese (brazilian)  Eu te amo
punjabi                 Mai taunu pyar karda.
romanian                Te iu besc
russian                 Ya vas liubliu
russian                 ya liubliu tebia
russian                 ya tebia liubliu
russian                 Ya polyubeel tebya.
scot Gaelic             Tha gra\dh agam ort
serbian                 LUBim te.
serbocroatian           volim te
shona                   Ndinokuda
sinhalese               Mama oyata adarei
sioux                   Techihhila
slovak                  lubim ta
slovene                 ljubim te
spanish                 Te quiero
spanish                 Te amo
srilankan               Mama Oyata Arderyi
swahili                 Naku penda (followed by the person's name)
swedish                 Jag a"lskar dig
swiss-German            Ch'ha di ga"rn
syrian/Lebanes          BHEBBEK (to a female)
syrian/Lebanes          BHEBBAK (to a male)
tagalog                 Mahal kita
tamil                   Ni yaanai kaadli karen     (You love me)
tamil                   n^An unnaik kAthalikkinREn (I love you)
tcheque                 MILUJI TE^
telugu                  Neenu ninnu pra'mistu'nnanu
telugu/india            Nenu Ninnu Premistunnanu
thai                    Ch'an Rak Khun
thai                    Phom Rak Khun
tunisian                Ha eh bak                     *
turkish                 Seni seviyo*rum     (o* means o)
ukrainian               ja tebe koKHAju  (real true love)
ukrainian               ja vas koKHAju
ukrainian               ja pokoKHAv tebe
ukrainian               ja pokoKHAv vas
urdu                    Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai
vietnamese              Em ye^u anh   (woman to man)
vietnamese              Toi yeu em
vietnamese              Anh ye^u em   (man to woman)
vlaams                  Ik hue van ye
welsh                   'Rwy'n dy garu di.
welsh                   Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi)
yiddish                 Ich libe dich
yiddish                 Ich han dich lib
yugoslavian             Ya te volim
zazi                    Ezhele hezdege (sp?)
zuni                    Tom ho' ichema
zulu                    Ngiyakuthanda!

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