Valentine's Day : How to say “I love you” in different languages ?

 

Valentine's Day : How to say “I love you” in different languages ?

Valentine's Day is approaching, and the word "I love you" will become the most used term during these days, coinciding with Valentine's Day among all lovers around the world.

It's amazing how much you can learn about a culture simply by watching how they express themselves. There is always an expression or a word that does not exist in other languages or appears unique due to the collective mentality of that culture. It's amazing to think that through all of the years, wars, and our existence as humans, one thing has remained constant: our ability to communicate through language and to love.

 

Not long ago, I began to wonder how people say "I love you" all over the world. I already knew it in French, Spanish, German, Mandarin, Korean, and English, but what about the rest of the world's languages?

 

• English: I love you

Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, South Africa, Singapore, and the Philippines are among the countries where it is spoken.

• Spanish: te amo, te quiero

Hispanic America, Spain, United States, Equatorial Guinea, Western Sahara, Pacific islands are among the countries where it is spoken.

• Hindi: main tumse pyar karta hoon

Where it’s spoken: India, Fiji, Nepal

• Arabic: Ohibok

Where it’s spoken: North Africa, Western Asia (Middle East), East Africa

• Russian: ya lyublyu tebya

Where it’s spoken: Russia, former Republics of the Soviet Union, Mongolia

• Portuguese: eu te amo

Where it’s spoken: Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, Timor-Leste

• Mandarin: Wǒ ài nǐ

Where it’s spoken: China, Taiwan, Singapore

•  Bengali: Āmi tōmāẏa bhālōbāsi

Where it’s spoken: Bangladesh, West Bengal (India), Tripura (India), Assam (India)

• Japanese: watashi wa, anata o aishiteimasu

Where it’s spoken: Japan

• German: ich liebe dich

Where it’s spoken: Austria, Belgium (Eupen-Malmedy), Germany, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, South Tirol (in Italy)

• Javanese: Aku tresna sampeyan

Where it’s spoken: Java (Indonesia)

• Korean: salanghae

Where it’s spoken: North Korea, South Korea

•  Malay/Indonesian: saya sayang awak

Where it’s spoken: Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore

• French: je t’aime

Where it’s spoken: Belgium (Wallonia, Brussels), Canada (particularly Quebec, New Brunswick and Eastern parts of Ontario), France, Switzerland, Francophone Africa, French Caribbean, French Polynesia, various islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

•  Persian/Farsi: asheghetam 

Where it’s spoken: Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan

• Turkish: seni seviyorum

Where it’s spoken: Turkey, Cyprus, Bulgaria

• Italian: ti amo

Where it’s spoken: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino

• Thai: P̄hm rạk khuṇ

Where it’s spoken: Thailand

•  Basque: maite zaitut

Where it’s spoken: Northern Spain

• Polish: kocham Cię

Where it’s spoken: Poland, USA, Germany, United Kingdom, Belarus, western Ukraine, Lithuania

• Hausa: Ina son ka

Where it’s spoken: Nigeria

• Armenian: Yes sirum yem k’yez

Where it’s spoken: Armenia Georgi and Russia

• Ukrainian: ya tebe lyublyu

Where it’s spoken: Ukraine

• Swahili: nakupenda

Where it’s spoken: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

• Uzbek: Men seni Sevaman

Where it’s spoken: Uzbekistan

• Romanian: te iubesc

Where it’s spoken: Romania, Moldova

• Azerbaijani: Mən səni sevirəm

Where it’s spoken: Azerbaijan and Northern Iran

• Dutch: ik hou van je

Where it’s spoken: Belgium (Flanders, Brussels), Netherlands and Suriname

• Kurdish: Ez hej te dikim

Where it’s spoken: “Kurdistan”, northern Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria

• Serbo-Croatian: Volim te

Where it’s spoken: Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro

• Hungarian: Szeretlek

Where it’s spoken: Hungary and areas in neighbouring countries

•  Greek: Se agapó

Where it’s spoken: Greece, Cyprus

• Kazakh: men seni jaqsı köremin

Where it’s spoken: Kazakhstan

• Zulu: Ngiyakuthanda

Where it’s spoken: South Africa

•  Czech: Miluji tě

Where it’s spoken: Czech Republic

• Afrikaans: Ek het jou lief

Where it’s spoken: South Africa

• Swedish: jag älskar dig

Where it’s spoken: Sweden and Finland

• Danish : Jeg elsker dig

Where it’s spoken: Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland