Useful foreign phrases |
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Useful foreign phrases |
Individual languages |
Colours |
Numbers |
Idioms |
Tongue twisters |
Proverbs
How to express your love and affection in many different languages.
| Language | I love you |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Ek's lief vir jou / Ek het jou lief |
| Albanian | Të dua |
| Aleut | Txin Yaktakuq |
| Alsatian | Ich hàb dich gär / Ich hàb lieb fir dich |
| Amharic | አፈቅርሻለሁ። (afekirishalehu) - f / አፈቅርሀለሁ። (afekirhalehu) - m |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
to a man - (ana uħibbuk) ٲنَا
ٱحِبُّك to a woman - (ana baħibbik) ٲنَا بَحَِّك |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
(>f uḥibbik / >m uħibbak) أحبك |
| Armenian (Eastern) | Սիրում եմ քեզ: (Sirum em kez) |
| Aromanian | Ti voi |
| Asturian | Quiérote |
| Avallaen | 
(vüväloiek dü quuo)
|
| Azerbaijani | Mən səni sevirəm |
| Bambara | M'bi fe |
| Basque | Maite zaitut |
| Belarusian | Я цябе кахаю (Ja ciabe kakhaju) |
| Bengali | আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি
(ami apnake bhalobashi) - frm আমি তোমাকে ভালোবাস (ami tomake bhalobashi) - inf আমি তোকে ভালোবাস (ami toke bhalobashi) - vinf |
| Bhojpuri | हम तोसे प्यार करीला (ham tose pyār karila) |
| Bicol | Namumutan ta ka |
| Bisaya | Nahigugma ako kanimo |
| Breton | Karout a ran ac'hanout / Da garout a ran / Me az kar |
| Bulgarian | informal Обичам те (Običam te) Аз обичам те(б) (Az običam teb(e)) Аз те(б)(е) обичам (Az te(b)(e) običam) Теб(е) обичам (Teb(e) običam) Теб(е) аз обичам (Teb(e) az običam) Обичам теб(е) (Običam teb(e)) Теб(е) любя (Teb(e) ljubja) Любя те (Ljubja te) formal Вас обичам (Vas običam) Обичам Ви (običam vi) Аз Ви обичам (Az vi običam) Аз Вас обичам (Az vas običam) Любя Ви (Ljubja vi) |
| Catalan | T'estimo |
| Cebuano | Gihigugma ko ikaw |
| Chamorro | Hu guiaya hao |
| Cherokee | ᎬᎨᏳᎢ (Gvgeyu'i) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) |
我愛你 [我爱你] (ngóh oi néih) |
| Chinese (Hakka) |
𠊎愛你 (ngai2 oi5 ngi2) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
我愛你 [我爱你] (wǒ ài nǐ) |
| Chinese (Shanghainese) |
侬爱你 (nguh eh non) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) |
我愛你 (gua2 ai3 li2) |
| Cimbrian | Ich liibe-dich |
| Cornish | My a'th kar |
| Corsican | Amu tè / Ti tengu caru |
| Croatian | Volim te |
| Czech | Miluji tě - between partners Mám tě rád (jako kamaráda) - between friends |
| Danish | Jeg elsker dig |
| Dungan (Gansu dialect) | Вә э ни (Veh ai ni) |
| Dungan (Shaanxi dialect) | Ңə э ни (Ngeh ai ni) |
| Dutch | Ik hou van je (inf) Ik hou van jou / Ik hou van u (frm) |
| Efik | Mmema fi |
| Esperanto | Mi amas vin |
| Estonian | Ma armastan sind |
| Faroese | Eg elski teg |
| Fijian | Au domoni iko / Au lomani iko |
| Finnish | Rakastan sinua |
| Frisian | Ick heb di leev |
| Frisian (Saterfrisian) | Iek hääb die ljoo |
| Frisian (West) | Ik hâld fan dy |
| Filipino | Mahal Kita / Iniibig Kita |
| Finnish | Mä rakastan sua (inf) Minä rakastan sinua (frm) |
| French | Je t'aime, Je t'adore |
| Friulian | Ti vuei ben |
| Galician | Ámote / Quérote |
| Georgian | მიყვარხარ (me shen miqvarkhar) |
| German (Hochdeutsch) | Ich liebe Dich |
| German (Bayerisch) | I lieb di |
| German (Bernisch) | Ig liebe di |
| German (Hessisch) | Isch habb disch libb |
| German (Kölsch) | Isch han dich leev |
| German (Pfäzisch) | Isch liewe disch |
| German (Schwyzerdütsch) | Ich liäbä Dich |
| German (Vorarlbergerisch) | I liab di! |
| Greek | Σ΄αγαπώ (S’agapó) - inf / Σας αγαπώ (Sas aghapó) - frm |
| Greenlandic | Asavakkit |
| Guaraní | Rojhayhû |
| Gujarati | હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ) |
| Haitian Creole | Mwen renmen w |
| Hawaiian | Aloha Au Ia ʻOe / Aloha No Au Ia ʻOe |
| Hebrew | (Ani Ohev Otach - to woman)
אני אוהב
אותך (Ani Ohevet Otcha - to man) אני אוהבת אותך |
| Hiligaynon | Palangga ko ikaw / Guina higugma ko ikaw |
| Hindi | मैं तुम्हैं बहुत चाहता हुँ
(maiṅ tumhaiṅ bahut cāhatā hūṅ) m मैं तुम्हैं बहुत चाहता चाहती हुँ (maiṅ tumhaiṅ bahut cāhatī hūṅ) f मैं तुमसे प्यार करता हुँ (maiṅ tumse pyār kartā hūṅ) m मैं तुमसे प्यार करती हुँ (maiṅ tumse pyār kartī hūṅ) f |
| Hungarian | Szeretlek |
| Iban | Aku sayau nuan? |
| Icelandic | Ég elska þig |
| Ilocano | Ayayatenka / Ipatpategka / Ikarkarayoka |
| Indonesian | Cinta kamu / Saya cinta kamu / Saya mencintaimu |
| Inuktitut | ᓇᒡᓕᒋᕙᒋᑦ Nagligivagit/Nalligivagit |
| Iñupiaq | Nakuagigikpin / Nakuagikpakpin / Piqpavagin |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Gráím thú (I love you) Tugaim cion duit (I give you affection) Tá cion agam ort (I have affection for you) Tá mé ceanúil ort (I have affection for you) Tá grá agam duit (I have love for you) Táim i ngrá leat (I'm in love with you) Tá mo chroí istigh ionat (My heart is within you) Ádhraím thú (I adore you) |
| Italian | Ti amo |
| Japanese | 好きです (suki desu) 好きだ (suki da) 好きだよ (suki dayo) 好きよ (suki yo) f 大好きです (daisuki desu) 愛してるよ (aishiteru yo) 愛してるわ (aishiteru wa) >f |
| Javanese | Aku tresnasliramu |
| Jèrriais | J't'aime / J't'adouthe |
| Kapampangan | Kaluguran daka |
| Kannada | ನಾ ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸ್ತೀನಿ (naa ninna preetisteeni) |
| Kazakh | Мен сені сүйемін
(Men seni süyemin) Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin) - inf |
| Khmer | បងស្រណញ់ឣូន (bong sralun on) - m>f ឣូនស្រណញ់បង (on sralun bong) - f>m |
| Kirundi/Kinyarwanda | Ndagukunda |
| Klamath | Moo ?ams ni stinta |
| Klallam | Nəsƛ̕éʔ cxʷ |
| Korean | 사랑해 (sarang hae) |
| Kurdish | Ji te hez dikîm |
| Ladino | (Te amo) טי אמו |
| Latin | Te amo |
| Latvian | Es tevi mīlu |
| Lithuanian | Aš tave myliu |
| Lojban | mi do prami |
| Low Saxon | Ik hou van di |
| Luo | Aheri |
| Luxembourgish | Ech hunn dech gär / Ech si frou mat dir |
| Macedonian | Те сакам (Te sakam),
Те љубам (Te lyubam) - inf Ве сакам (Ve sakam), Ве љубам (Ve lyubam) - frm |
| Maithili | हम अहाँ स प्रेम करेछी (hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi) |
| Malay | Saya sayang kamu /
Aku cintakan kau Aku cinta padamu / Aku mencintaimu |
| Malayalam | ഞാന് നിന്നെ പ്രേമിക്കുന്നു (njan ninne premikkunnu) |
| Maltese | Inħobbok / Inħobbok hafna / Jien inħobbek |
| Manchu | Bi shimbe hairambi |
| Manx | Ta graih aym ort |
| Māori | Kei te aroha au ki a koe |
| Marathi | माझ तुइयावर प्रेम आहे (Mājha tuiyāvar prem āhe) |
| Mi'kmaq | kesalul |
| Mongolian | Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai) |
| Montagnais | Tshemenuadeden (I love you) Tsheshuenemeden (I love you a lot) |
| Ndebele | Ngiyakuthanda |
| Nepali | म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu) |
| Northern Sotho | Ke a go rata |
| Norwegian | Jeg elsker deg (Bokmål) Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk) |
| Occitan | T'aimi. T'estimi |
| Okinawan | 好ちゅさ一(shichusaa) 我んね一御所愛さんでぃ思と一いび一ん (wannee unju kanasa ndi umutooibiin) - frm |
| Old English | Ic lufie þe (West Saxon) Ic lufie þec (Northumbrian) |
| Palauan | A Kultoir er Kau |
| Pangasinan | Inaru Taka |
| Papimentu | Mi ta stima bo |
| Pashto | زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom) |
| Persian | (asheghetam) عاشقتم used in poetry and songs - (dūset dāram) دوست دارم |
| Polish | Kocham Cię |
| Portuguese | Amo-te, Eu te amo, Eu gosto de você, Eu amo você Eu adoro você (I adore you) Eu tenho carinho por você (I have affection for you) |
| Punjabi | ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। / میں تینوں پیار کردا ہاں (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃) |
| Romanian | Te iubesc |
| Romansh | Jeu carezel tei |
| Russian | я тебя люблю (Ja teb'a l'ubl'u) |
| Samoan | Ou te alofa ia te oe |
| Sardinian | Deo t'amo / Deu t'amu |
| Scots | Ah loove ye |
| Scottish Gaelic | Tha gaol agam ort |
| Serbian | Волим те (Volim te) |
| Sesotho | Ke a o rata |
| Setswana | Ke a go rata |
| Shona | Ndinokuda! |
| Sinhala | මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi) |
| Sioux | Techihhila |
| SiSwati | Ngiyakutsandza |
| Slovak | Ľúbim Ťa |
| Slovenian | Ljubim te (m/f) Rad te imam (m) Rada te imam (f) |
| Somali | Waan ku jecelahay |
| Soninke | Nga m'afini |
| Spanish | Te amo / Te quiero |
| Swahili | Ninakupenda |
| Swedish | Jag älskar dig |
| Tagalog | Iniibig kita / Mahal Kita / Minamahal Kita Iniirog kita (old fashioned) |
| Tamil | நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (nān unnai kādhalikkiren) |
| Tatar | Min sini yaratam/söyäm |
| Telugu | నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను ! (naenu ninnu praemisthunnānu!) |
| Tetum | Hau hadomi O |
| Thai | ผมรักคุณ (phom rak khun) - m ฉันรักคุณ (chan rak khun) - f |
| Tibetan | ང་ཁྱེད་རང་ལ་དགའ་པོ་ཡོད་ (nga kayrâng-la gawpo yö) |
| Tok Pisin | Mi lavim yu |
| Tongan | 'Oku ou 'ofa 'ia koe |
| Tsez | Даьр ми йетих
(Där mi yetix) >f Даьр ми этих (Där mi etix) >m |
| Tshivenḓa | Ndi a ni funa |
| Tswana | Ke a go rata |
| Turkish | Seni seviyorum |
| Ukrainian | Я тебе кохаю (Ja tebe kochaju) Я тебе люблю (Ja tebe liubliu) |
| Urdu | میں آپ سے محبت کَرتا ہوں m (mein ap say muhabat karta hoon) میں آپ سے محبت کرتی ہوں f (mein ap say muhabat karti hoon) |
| Uzbek | Men seni sevaman |
| Vietnamese | Em yêu anh (>m) Anh yêu em (>f) |
| Volapük | Läfob oli |
| Walloon | Dji t'veû vol'tî |
| Welsh | Dw i'n dy garu di / Rwy'n dy garu di |
| Wolof | Begg naa la (general) Sopp naa la (I admire you - when courting) Nopp naa la (between partners) |
| Xhosa | Ndiya kuthanda |
| Xitsonga | Ndza ku rhandza |
| Yiddish | (Ikh hob dikh lieb) איך האָב דיך ליב (Ikh libe dikh) איך ליבע דיך |
| Yorùbá | Mo nifẹẹ rẹ |
| Zulu | Ngiyakuthanda |
This phrase is rarely used in Japan, though is becoming more common. For details see: http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/ā021101a.htm
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