Do you know how to say love in different languages? In the modern world of today, where more than 7000 languages are spoken, it often becomes difficult to understand and translate ‘I love you’ in different languages. People have different ways to express their love for someone. I love you! These three little words have all the magic and power to let someone know about your emotions. Also, not every individual on this earth can speak or understand all the languages. Hardly, 60% (an approximate figure) of the people could be able to speak, write or understand at least one of the top 10 languages spoken in the world.
If you are wondering how people express their emotion of love in different countries and cultures all across the world, then you are at the right place.
S.No. | Language | Translation |
1 | love in English | love |
2 | love in Spanish | Amor |
3 | love in Hindi | मोहब्बत, or mohabbat |
4 | love in Japanese | 愛, or Ai |
5 | love in Mandarin Chinese | 爱, or Ài |
6 | love in Bengali | ভালবাসা, or Bhālabāsā |
7 | love in Punjabi | ਪਸੰਦ ਹੈ, or Pasada hai |
8 | love in Arabic | حب |
9 | love in Marathi | प्रेम, or prēma |
10 | love in Italian | amore |
11 | love in Tamil | அன்பு, or Anpu |
12 | love in Oriya | ପ୍ରେମ, or prēma |
13 | love in Portuguese | amor |
14 | love in Urdu | محبت |
15 | love in Malayalam | സ്നേഹം, or snēhaṁ |
16 | love in Vietnamese | yêu |
17 | love in German | liebe |
18 | love in Russian | люблю, or lyublyu |
19 | love in Gujarati | પ્રેમ, or prēma |
20 | love in Kannada | ಪ್ರೀತಿ, or Prīti |
21 | love in Korean | 애정, or aejeong |
22 | love in Burmese | hkyithkyinnmayttar |
23 | love in Telugu | ప్రేమ, or prēma |
24 | love in French | amour |
25 | love in Turkish | Aşk |
26 | love in Javanese | tresna |
27 | love in Thai | ความรัก, or Khwām rạk |
28 | love in Polish | miłość |
29 | love in Ukrainian | любов, or lyubov |
30 | love in Persian | عشق |
To express the emotion of love, affection, etc., people also search for ‘translation of I love you in different languages’ by using the online resources. Different search trends, show that people really like to know about what ‘I love you’ is called in different Indian languages and foreign languages as well. Thus, they keep using the online resources and translation tools to get their answers. However, they seldom fail to realize that there exists a huge difference between human translation and machine translation.
Before going deep into this, first of all, let’s see what I love you is called in different popular languages and how is it written in different languages –
S.No. | Language | Translation |
1 | i love you in French | Je t’aime |
2 | i love you in Spanish | Te amo |
3 | i love you in German | Ich liebe Dich |
4 | i love you in Mandarin Chinese | 我爱你 (Wo ai ni) |
5 | i love you in Japanese | 愛してる (Aishiteru) |
6 | i love you in Korean | 사랑해 (Saranghae) |
7 | i love you in Arabic | ٲنَا بحِبَّك (Ana bahebak) |
8 | i love you in Hindi | मैं तुमसे प्यार करता हुँ (Main tumse pyar karta hoon) |
9 | i love you in Greek | Σ΄αγαπώ (Se agapo) |
10 | i love you in Italian | Te amo |
11 | i love you in Russian | Я тебя люблю (Ya tebya liubliu) |
12 | i love you in Hebrew | “ani ohev otach” (said by male) “ohevet Otach” (said by female) |
13 | i love you in Cheyenne | Nemehotatse |
14 | i love you in Tagalog | Mahal kita |
15 | i love you in Inuktitut | ᓇᒡᓕᒋᕙᒋᑦ (Nagligivaget) |
These are the most popular languages, which are generally searched by people to find the meaning of I love you in different languages. This is based on how the native communicators (including the second language speakers and third language speakers) speak ‘I love you’ in their languages.
Here are the translations of “I love you” in other different languages mentioned below:
S.No | Language | Translation |
1 | i love you in Afrikaans | Ek het jou lief |
2 | i love you in Albanian | Te dua |
3 | i love you in Armenian | Yes kez sirumem |
4 | i love you in Bambara | M’bi fe |
5 | i love you in Bengali | Ami tomake bhalobashi |
6 | i love you in Belarusian | Ya tabe kahayu |
7 | i love you in Bisaya | Nahigugma ako kanimo |
8 | i love you in Bulgarian | Obicham te |
9 | i love you in Cambodian | Soro lahn nhee ah |
10 | i love you in Catalan | T’estimo |
11 | i love you in Cherokee | Tsi ge yu i |
12 | i love you in Chichewa | Ndimakukonda |
13 | i love you in Cantonese | Ngo oiy ney a |
14 | i love you in Comanche | U kamakutu nu |
15 | i love you in Corsican | Ti tengu caru |
16 | i love you in Cree | Kisakihitin |
17 | i love you in Creole | Mi aime jou |
18 | i love you in Croatian | Volim te |
19 | i love you in Czech | Miluji te |
20 | i love you in Danish | Jeg Elsker Dig |
21 | i love you in Dutch | Ik hou van jou |
22 | i love you in Elvish | Amin mela lle |
23 | i love you in Esperanto | Mi amas vin |
24 | i love you in Estonian | Ma armastan sind |
25 | i love you in Ethiopian | Afgreki’ |
26 | i love you in Faroese | Eg elski teg |
27 | i love you in Farsi | Doset daram |
28 | i love you in Filipino | Mahal kita |
29 | i love you in Finnish | Mina rakastan sinua |
30 | i love you in Frisian | Ik hald fan dy |
31 | i love you in Gaelic | Ta gra agam ort |
32 | i love you in Georgian | Mikvarhar |
33 | i love you in Gujarati | Hoo thunay prem karoo choo |
34 | i love you in Hiligaynon | Palangga ko ikaw |
35 | i love you in Hawaiian | Aloha Au Ia`oe |
36 | i love you in Hmong | Kuv hlub koj |
37 | i love you in Hopi | Nu’ umi unangwa’ta |
38 | i love you in Hungarian | Szeretlek |
39 | i love you in Icelandic | Eg elska tig |
40 | i love you in Ilonggo | Palangga ko ikaw |
41 | i love you in Indonesian | Saya cinta padamu |
42 | i love you in Inuit | Negligevapse |
43 | i love you in Irish | Taim i’ ngra leat |
44 | i love you in Kannada | Naanu ninna preetisuttene |
45 | i love you in Kapampangan | Kaluguran daka |
46 | i love you in Kiswahili | Nakupenda |
47 | i love you in Konkani | Tu magel moga cho |
48 | i love you in Latin | Te amo |
49 | i love you in Latvian | Es tevi miilu |
50 | i love you in Lebanese | Bahibak |
51 | i love you in Lithuanian | Tave myliu |
52 | i love you in Luxembourgeois | Ech hun dech gaer |
53 | i love you in Macedonian | Te Sakam |
54 | i love you in Malay | Saya cintakan mu / Aku cinta padamu |
55 | i love you in Malayalam | Njan Ninne Premikunnu |
56 | i love you in Maltese | Inhobbok |
57 | i love you in Marathi | Me tula prem karto |
58 | i love you in Mohawk | Kanbhik |
59 | i love you in Moroccan | Ana moajaba bik |
60 | i love you in Nahuatl | Ni mits neki |
61 | i love you in Navaho | Ayor anosh’ni |
62 | i love you in Ndebele | Niyakutanda |
63 | i love you in Bokmaal | Jeg elsker deg |
64 | i love you in Nyonrsk | Eg elskar deg |
65 | i love you in Pandacan | Syota na kita!! |
66 | i love you in Pangasinan | Inaru Taka |
67 | i love you in Papiamento | Mi ta stimabo |
68 | i love you in Persian | Doo-set daaram |
69 | i love you in Pig Latin | Iay ovlay ouyay |
70 | i love you in Polish | Kocham Ciebie |
71 | i love you in Portuguese | Eu te amo |
72 | i love you in Romanian | Te iubesc |
73 | i love you in Scot Gaelic | Tha gra\dh agam ort |
74 | i love you in Serbian | Volim te |
75 | i love you in Setswana | Ke a go rata |
76 | i love you in Sign Language | „,/ (represents position of fingers when signing ‘I Love You’) |
77 | i love you in Sindhi | Maa tokhe pyar kendo ahyan |
78 | i love you in Sioux | Techihhila |
79 | i love you in Slovak | Lu`bim ta |
80 | i love you in Slovenian | Ljubim te |
81 | i love you in Swahili | Ninapenda wewe |
82 | i love you in Swedish | Jag alskar dig |
83 | i love you in Swiss-German | Ich lieb Di |
84 | i love you in Surinam | Mi lobi joe |
85 | i love you in Taiwanese | Wa ga ei li |
86 | i love you in Tahitian | Ua Here Vau Ia Oe |
87 | i love you in Tamil | Nan unnai kathalikaraen |
88 | i love you in Telugu | Nenu ninnu premistunnanu |
89 | i love you in Thai | Phom rak khun |
90 | i love you in Tunisian | Ha eh bak |
91 | i love you in Turkish | Seni Seviyorum |
92 | i love you in Ukrainian | Ya tebe kahayu |
93 | i love you in Urdu | mai aap say pyaar karta hoo |
94 | i love you in Vietnamese | Anh ye^u em |
95 | i love you in Welsh | ‘Rwy’n dy garu di |
96 | i love you in Yiddish | Ikh hob dikh |
97 | i love you in Yoruba | Mo ni fe |
98 | i love you in Zazi | Ezhele hezdege |
99 | i love you in Zuni | Tom ho’ ichema |
If you observe it correctly, you may find that the word “prēma” is used to refer to love in Marathi, Oriya, Telugu and Gujarati languages in India. But, they are written differently in different languages. This is something which humans can understand, but the auto-translation tools cannot. So, it clearly implies that human translation is more effective and has an upper hand over automatic translation.
The Problem with Auto Translation
The online resources and translation tools that you use generally have a problem of understanding the semantics, i.e. the meaning and gist of the context. The machine or application finds it very difficult to use a specific phrase or term into someone’s point of view or proper perspective.
Cultural sensitivity is also one of the major problems found with machine translation. Different words have different meanings in different languages. A human translator can very well understand this fact; But, not a machine. The word selection is often poor with machines. For instance, a Spanish native may speak te amo instead of te quiero to say ‘I love you’ or express his/ her love. This is because the former has a deeper meaning and is the actual appropriate word.
Another issue that you may find is with the word order. Use of translation software is inapt in many cases and languages, where the pair of adjective-noun is changed and switched to noun-adjective. The software will make you lost in translation.
So, if you ever want to know what something turns out to be in different languages, you must definitely oft for a human hand. Love is beautiful and to know more about what ‘I love you’ is called in global languages, you should try to take the help of translators, language learners or some books. They are much better than what you call as the online translation tools.
With the help of language professionals, you can even share your festive greetings with your beloveds and spread the love. For instance, you can learn how to speak Merry Christmas in top languages spoken across the universe. This will not just pay warm regards to your family, friends and colleagues, but also make sure that no language barrier restricts you from passing your love-filled messages to the near and dear ones. So, keep translating love and make good memories!!
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