When it comes to expressing our love and affection, there’s nothing quite as powerful as those three little words: “I love you”. Three little words that are spoken with great pleasure all over the world. But did you know that saying “I love you” in different languages can add an extra layer of meaning and beauty to your message? From French’s Je t’aime to Spanish’s Te quiero and to Japanese’s Aishiteru, the way we express love varies greatly across cultures and languages.
Love can mean (noun) fondness, liking, attachment, affection, friendliness, amity, inclination, cordiality, geniality, regard, devotion, warmth, adoration, tenderness, endearment, passion, desire, amour, infatuation, craving, longing, yearning, coveting, ardor, rapture, crush, flame (verb) like, adore, adulate, worship, cherish, yearn for, hold dear, pine for, enjoy, like, delight in, savor, fancy, admire, caress, embrace, kiss, cuddle, hug, pamper.
Not long ago I started to wonder, how do people say ‘I love you’ around the world? I already knew it in French, Spanish, German, Mandarin, Korean, and English of course, but what about the other languages of the world? So here it is, after hours upon hours of searching and research, this is how to say I love you in different languages .
1-Haitian Creole: Mwen renmen w
2-Arabic: ahabak
3-Russian: ya lyublyu tebya
4-German: ich liebe dich
5-Korean: salanghae
6-French: je t’aime
7-Turkish: seni seviyorum
8-Italian: ti amo
9-Burmese: mainnkohkyittaal
Where it’s spoken: Myanmar
10-Ukrainian: ya tebe lyublyu
11-Yoruba: mo nifẹ rẹ
Where it’s spoken: Nigeria, Benin and Togo
12-Swahili: nakupenda
Where it’s spoken: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
Swahili is the most widely spoken language in Africa with about 100 million speakers and is the national language of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
13-Igbo: a hụrụ m gị n’anya
Where it’s spoken: Nigeria
14-Dutch: ik hou van je
Where it’s spoken: Belgium (Flanders, Brussels), Netherlands and Suriname
15-Greek: Se agapó
Where it’s spoken: Greece, Cyprus
16-Zulu: Ngiyakuthanda
Where it’s spoken: South Africa
17-Swedish: jag älskar dig
18-Belarusian: ja ciabie kachaju
19-Czech: Miluji tě
20-Kinyarwanda: ndagukunda
Love is such a magical and refreshing feeling. No wonder it makes us smile so broadly. Although it makes us do crazy things, it still remains the purest of feelings. Under its spell, we become brave enough to show our true selves and crazy enough to scream, at the top of our lungs, in the middle of Times Square: I LOVE YOU!
I hope that this article on how to say I love you in 100 different languages helped improve your communication.
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