How to say "I love you!"

[Katie Bailey 904-676-1421 <BAILEYK@MAIL.FIRN.EDU>]

Several people ask me for the list of how to say "I love you" in various
languages so......here tis...... (This came from a friend who I know would
love to hear if you have any additions or corrections.)
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How to say "I love you" in different languages:


 Afrikaans       : Ek is lief vir jou
                 : Ek het jou liefe
 Amharic         : Afekrishalehou
 Arabic          : Ana Behibak (to a male)
                 : Ana Behibek (to a female)
 Basc            : Nere Maitea
 Bavarian        : I mog di narrisch gern
 Bengali         : Ami tomAy bhAlobAshi
 Berber          : Lakh tirikh
 Bicol           : Namumutan ta ka
 Bulgarian       : Obicham te
 Cambodian       : kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah
                 : Bon sro lanh oon
 Cantonese       : Ngo oi ney
 Catalan         : T'estim   (mallorcan)
                 : T'estime  (valencian)
                 : T'estimo  (catalonian)
                 : T'estim molt (I love you a lot)
 Chinese         : Wo ie ni      (Manderin, Cantonese)
 Croatian        : LJUBim te
 Czech           : miluji te
 Danish          : Jeg elsker dig
 Dutch           : Ik houd van jou
 Estonian        : Mina armastan sind
 Esperanto       : Mi amas vin
 Farsi           : Tora dost daram  (also, Asheghetam) <------
 Flemish         : Ik zie oe geerne
 Finnish         : Mina" rakastan sinua
 French          : Je t'aime
 Friesian        : Ik hou fan dei (sp?)
 Gaelic          : Ta gra agam ort
 German          : Ich liebe Dich
 Greek           : S' ayapo
 Hausa           : Ina sonki
 Hebrew          : aNEE oHEIVET oTKHA  (female to male)
                 : aNEE oHEIV otAKH    (male to female)
                 : Ani ohev at (man to woman)
                 : Ani ohevet atah (woman to man)
 Hindi           : Mae tumko peyar kia
 Hokkien         : Wa ai lu
 Hopi            : Nu' umi unangwa'ta
 Hungarian       : Szeretlek te'ged
 Indonesian      : Saya cinta padamu
                 : Saya Cinta Kamu
                 : Aku tjinta padamu
                 : Saja kasih saudari
 Italian         : Ti amo
 Irish           : taim i' ngra leat
 Japanese        : Kimi o ai shiteru
 Kiswahili       : Nakupenda
 Korean          : Tangsinul sarang ha yo
 Kurdish         : Ez te hezdikhem (?)
 Latin           : Te amo
                 : Vos amo
 Lao             : Khoi huk chau
 Lingala         : Nalingi yo
 Luo             : Aheri
 Madrid lingo    : Me molas, tronca
 Malay/Indonesian: Sayah Chantikan Awah
                 : Aku sayang enkow
 Malay           : Saya cintamu
                 : Saya sayangmu
 Mandarin        : Wo ai ni
 Mohawk          : Konoronhkwa
 Navaho          : Ayor anosh'ni
 Ndebele         : Niyakutanda
 Norwegian       : Jeg elsker deg   (Bokmaal)
                 : Eg elskar deg    (Nynorsk)
 Pakistani       : Muje se mu habbat hai
 Persian         : Tora dost daram  (also, Asheghetam)  <------
 Pilipino        : Mahal Kita
                 : Iniibig Kita
 Polish          : Kocham Cie
                 : Yacha kocham
 Portuguese      : Eu te amo
 Romanian        : Te iu besc
 Russian         : Ya lyublyu tebya
                 : Ya vas lyublyu
 Scot Gaelic     : Tha gra\dh agam ort
 Serbian         : LUBim te.
 Serbocroatian   : volim te
 Shona           : Ndinokuda
 Sioux           : Techihhila
 Slovak          : lubim ta
 Slovene         : ljubim te
 Spanish         : Te quiero
 Swahili         : Nakupenda
 Swedish         : Jag a"lskar dig
 Swiss-German    : Ch'ha di ga"rn
 Tagalog         : Mahal kita
 Thai            : Phom Rak Khun
                 : Ch'an Rak Khun
 Tunisian        : Ha eh bak
 Turkish         : Seni seviyurum
 Urdu            : Mujge tumae mahabbat hai
 Vietnamese      : Anh ye^u em   (man to woman)
                 : Em ye^u anh   (woman to man)
                 : Toi yeu em
 Vlaams          : Ik hue van ye
 Welsh           : 'Rwy'n dy garu di.
                 : Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi)
 Yiddish         : Ikh hob dikh lib
 Yugoslavian     : Ya te volim
 Zazi            : Ezhele hezdege (sp?)
 Zuni            : Tom ho' ichema

Happy day!

(anyone have a list of how to say READ in various languages?  We could
use it for National Children's Book Week in April.)