Wednesday, November 01, 2006
hey people here are 156 ways to tell your loved ones that you love them....haha
(some are alien languages from star trek)
* Afrikaans:
Ek het jou lief
Ek is lief vir jou
* Albanian:
të dua
të dashuroj
te kam xhan (to a friend or relative)
* Amharic:
(Afekrishalehou)
* Arabic:
(Ahebk)
(Ana Behibak) (to a male)
(Ana Behibek) (to a female)
(Ib'n hebbak)
(Ana Ba-heb-bak)
(nhebuk)
(Ohiboke) (male to female)
(Ohiboka) (female to male)
(Ohibokoma) (male or female to two males or two females)
(Nohiboke) (more than one male or female to female)
(Nohiboka) (male to male or female to male)
(Nohibokoma) (m. to m. or f. to two males or two females)
(Nohibokom) (m. to m. or f. to more than two males)
(Nohibokon) (m. to m. or f. to more than two females)
(Bahibak) (female to male)
(not standard) Bahibik (male to female)
(not standard) Benhibak (more than one male or female to male)
(not standard) Benhibik (male to male or female to female)
(not standard) Benhibkom (m. to m. or female to more than one male)
* Arabic (Lebanon):
(Bahibak)
* Arabic (Syria/Lebanon):
(BHEBBEK) (to a female)
(BHEBBAK) (to a male)
* Arabic (Tunisia):
(Ha eh bak)
* Arabic (Morocco):
(Nebgheek)
* Armenian:
yes kez sirumem
* Aragonese:
Te quiero
* Assamese:
(Moi tomak bhal pau)
* Bisaya: <- a Filipino Dialect
(formal) Gina higugma tika (very deep Bisaya)
* Basque:
(formal) Maite zaitut (to a lover or spouse)
Maite zaituztet (to more than one lover or spouse or friend)
Maite haut (to a lover or friend)
* Batak:
Holong do rohangku tu ho
* Bengali:
(Ami tomAy bhAlobAshi )
(Ami tomake bhalobashi)
* Berber:
Lakh tirikh
* Bhoojpuri:
hamke tohse lagav hogailbaa
* Bicol:
Namumutan ta ka
* Bisaya: <- a Filipino Dialect
(formal) Gina higugma tika (very deep Bisaya)
* Belarusian:
Ya tsya-be' ka-ha'-yu
* Bosnian:
Volim te.
* Breton:
Me da gar
Me 'gar ac'hanout
* Bulgarian:
"Obicham te"
* Burmese:
chit pa de
* Cambodian:
(Bong sro lanh oon) - Man To Woman
(kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah) - Generic, impersonal
* Catalan:
T'estim (majorca & Sardinia)
T'estime (Valencia)
T'estimo (Catalonia, Aragon, Andorra & France)
* Cebuano:
Gihigugma ko ikaw
* Chickasaw
chiholloli (first "i" nasalized)
* Chinese:
o Mandarin (Traditional/Simplified):
("Wo( ài ni(");
("Wo( he(n xi( huan ni("; I like you a lot)
o Cantonese:
"Ngo zung yi nei" ngo5 zung1 yi3 nei5; I like you or I love you
* Corsican:
Ti tengu cara (to female)
Ti tengu caru (to male)
* Croatian:
volim te
* Czech:
miluji te
miluju te( (colloquial form)
mám te( rád (more common, but weaker)
* Danish:
Jeg elsker dig
* Dutch:
Ik hou van jou (written form: Ik houd van jou)
Ik hou van je (less emphasis on the fact that I love YOU)
Ik heb je lief (less common, mostly used in poetry and songs)
Ik ben verliefd op je (=I am in love with you)
* Esperanto:
Mi amas vin
* Estonian:
Ma armastan sind
* Ewondo:
Ma ding wa
* Fante
mo dow
* Fasala:
In amun erotu (sensual love)
In amun amu (mother to child)
* Farsi:
(Tora dust midaram)
(Asheghetam)
(Doostat dAram)
* Filipino:
Mahal kita
Iniibig Kita
* Finnish:
(Minä) rakastan sinua
* Flemish:
Ik zie u graag
Ik heb u lief
* French:
Je t'aime (I like you a lot)
Je t'adore (I love you)
Je vous aime (to more than one person, or formally to one person)
* Frisian:
Ik hald fan dei
* Galician:
Quérote (more common)
ámote (more formal)
* Georgian:
"me shen mikhvarkhar"
"me thqven mikhvarkharth" (to more than one person)
* German:
Ich habe dich gern
Ich habe euch gern (to more than one person)
Ich liebe dich (very strong meaning when used by adults)
Ich liebe euch (to more than one person)
* German (Alsace):
Ich hoan dich gear
* German (Bavaria):
I mog di narrisch gern
* German (Cologne)
Isch han dich leev
Isch han dich jään
* German (High Saxonian)
Isch hab dsch gerne
* German (Swabian)
I mog di
I han di oifach gern
* Glosa
Mi amo tu
* Greek (Ancient):
(Ego-) se philo-
(Ego-) se agapo-
(s' agapo-)
(ego-) ("I" is not necessary except for emphasis)
* Greek (Modern):
S'agapo
* Greenlandic:
(Asavakit)
* Guarani:
Rohayhu
* Gujarati:
(Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon)
* Hausa:
Ina sonki
* Hawaiian:
Aloha I'a Au Oe
* Hebrew:
Ani ohev otach (male to female)
Ani ohev otcha (male to male)
Ani ohevet otach (female to female)
Ani ohevet otcha (female to male)
* Hiligaynon:
Ginahigugma ko ikaw
* Hindi
Mai.n tumse pya-r karta- hu-.n (male to female)
Mai.n tumse pya-r karti- hu-.n (female to male)
(Mai.n Tumse Prem Karta- Hu-.n)
(Mai.n Tumse Prem Karti- Hu-.n)
* Hopi:
Nu' umi unangwa'ta
* Hungarian:
Szeretlek
Szeretlek téged
* Icelandic:
Ég elska þig
* Ido:
Me amoras vu
* Igbo:
Afulu m gi na anya
Ahuru m gi na anya
* Indonesian:
Saya cinta kamu (Saya (polite and formal) = aku, both can be substitued with spearker`s name (more polite))
Aku cinta (ke)padamu (padamu or kepadamu ussually is not used verbally, but in writting such as poetry or sometimes songs)
Aku cinta kamu (most commonly used)
Aku suka kamu (litterary means i like you)
Aku suka sama kamu
Aku sayang kamu (most commonly used)
Gua suka sama lu (very informal, in Jakarta)
* Interlingua:
Io te ama
* Irish:
Tá grá agam ort
Tá grá agam dhuit
Tá mi i ngrá leat (lit. "I am in love with you")
* Italian:
Ti amo (to a lover or spouse)
Ti voglio bene (to a friend or relative)
Vi voglio bene (to more than one friend or relative)
* Japanese: (These phrases are not used as regularly as in English, or in quite the same context - the philosophy behind this is that such feelings are better expressed through actions, not words)
Suki desu (used at 1st time, like for a start, when you are not yet real lovers)
Daisuki
Kimi o ai shiteiru
Aishiteiru
Ore wa omae no koto ga suki da (man to his wife)
Ore wa omae ga suki da (man to his wife)
Suitonnen ("-nen" is Kansai dialect)
Sukiyanen
Sukiyo (girlish)
Watashi wa anata ga suki da/desu
Watashi wa anata o aishite imasu
Watakushi wa anata o ai shimasu
* Javanese:
Kula tresna sampeyan (pronounced: kulo tresno sampeyan)
Aku tresna sampeyan
* Kannada:
Naanu Ninnanu Preethisuthene
Naanu Ninnanu Ishtapattiruve
* Kazakh:
Men seni zhaksi koremin (Cyrillic alphabet)
* KiSwahili:
Nakupenda
* Klingon:
qamuSHa'
* Korean:
Neo-reul sarang-hae (man to woman in casual relation)
Dangsin-eul sarang-haeyo
Dangsin-i joayo (i like you, in a romantic way)
Na-neun dangsin-eul sarang-hamnida
Na-neun dangsin-eul mucheok joahamnida
Na-neun geudae-ga joa
a-neun geudae-reul saranghamnida
Na-neun neo-reul saranghamnida
Geudae-reul hyanghan nae ma-eum alji
Joa-haeyo
Sarang-hae
Sarang-haeyo
Sarang-hamnida
* Kurdish:
Ez te hezdikhem
* Kapampangan:
kaluguran daka
* 1337:
(1 <3 j0)
(1 wuv j00)
* Lao:
(Koi muk jao)
(Khoi huk chau)
* Latin:
Te amo (Addressed to one person)
Vos amo (Addressed to more than one person)
(old): (Ego) amo te. (ego, for emphasis)
* Latvian:
Es mi-lu tevi (pronounced "Es meeloo tevy")
* Lingala:
Nalingi yo
* Lithuanian:
Tave myliu (ta-ve mee-lyu)
Aš myliu tave (ash mee-lyu ta-ve)
* Lojban:
mi do prami
* Loglan:
Mi cluva tu (pronounced "mee shloovah too")
* Lombard:
T? vöri bén, Të vöri bén (pron. (IPA) [ta ?vøri ?be?] or [te ?vøri ?be?])
* Luo:
Aheri
* Macedonian:
Te sakam
* Malay:
Saya cintakan mu
Saya sayangkan mu
Saya sayangkan engkau
Saya cintakan awak
(Saya Cintamu)
(Saya Sayangmu)
(Saya Cinta Kamu)
* Malayalam:
(Njyaan Ninné Preetikyunnu)
(Njyaan Ninne' Mohikyunnu)
(Ngan Ninne Snaehikkunnu)
* Marathi:
majhe tuzhyaa var prem aahe
me tujhashi prem karto (male to female)
me tujhashi prem karte (female to male)
Mi tuzya var prem karato
* Mohawk:
Konoronhkwa
* Mongolian:
Bi chamd sain (I have feelings to you)
Bi chamd khairtai (I love you)
Bi chamd setgeltei boljee (I've fallen in love with you)
* Navaho:
Ayor anosh'ni
* Ndebele:
Niyakutanda
* Netspeak:
I <3 j0.
* Nepalese
ma timilai maayaa garchhu (I love you.)
malaaii timro maayaa lagchha (I care for you.)
malaaii tiimii man parchha (I like you.)
* Norwegian:
Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)
Jeg elsker deg (Bokmål) (! Implies romantic feelings, not just friendship !)
Jeg er glad i deg (! Implies all the other feelings !)
* Novial:
Me ama vu
* Op:
Op Lopveop Yopuop
* Osetian:
Aez dae warzyn
* Pashto:
(Za tasara mena kawaoma)
(Za tasra mena kawoma)
* Patois:
Love ya mon!
* Persian:
(Tora dost daram)
* Pig Latin:
Iyay Ovelay Ouyay
* Polish:
Kocham cie; (or, especially in letters: Kocham Cie;)
Ja cie; kocham
* Portuguese:
Amo-te (NOTE: Formal usage, not used in practice);
Eu te amo OR Eu amo você
* Portuguese (for young people):
gramo-te bué, chavalinha (NOTE: In Brazil, at least, none of these two expressions are known or used by someone);
* Punjabi:
Mai taunu pyar karda
Main Tainu Pyar Karna
* Quechua (Bolivia):
Qanta munani
* Quechua (Ecuador):
canda munani
* Quenya:
Tye-meláne
Melinyel
* Romanian:
Te iubesc
Te ador
* Russian:
Ya vas lyublyu (formal or plural "you")
Ya tebya lyublyu (informal or singular "you")
Ya polubeel tebya
* Scottish Gaelic:
Tha gràdh agam ort
Tha gaol agam dhut (Can be more intimate)
Tha gaol agam ort (Can be more intimate)
* Serbian:
Volim te (love you)
Ljubim te (kiss you)
* Serbocroatian:
Volim te (love you)
Ljubim te (kiss you)
* Shona:
Ndinokuda
* Sindarin:
Te melon
Gen melin (familiar)
Le melin (formal)
* Sinhalese:
(Mama oyata adarai)
(Mama Oyata Arderyi)
* Sundanese:
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
* Sioux:
Techihhila
* Slovak:
Mám t(a rád
L(úbim t(a
Milujem t(a
* Slovenian:
Ljubim te (although "Všec( si mi" is usually used meaning "I like you")
* Spanish:
Te quiero
Te amo
(Caló): Te camelo
* Spanish (Andalusia):
Te quiero, te amo
* Spanish (Madrid lingo):
me molas, tronca (to female)
me molas, tronco (to male)
* Swahili:
Naku penda (followed by the person's name)
* Swedish:
Jag älskar dig
* Swiss-German:
Ich lieb dich
I liäbä di
I ha di gärn
Ich han dich gärn
* Tagalog:
mahal kita, iniibig kita, iniirog kita
* Tahitian:
Ua Here Vau Ia Oe
* Taiwanese
Vwa(rising) ai(falling) li(falling)
* Tamil:
n^An unnaik kAthalikkiREn
n^An unnaik kAthalikkinREn
naan unai kaa-thali-kirean (Easy to pronounce)
* Telugu:
Neenu ninnu pra'mistu'nnanu
(India): Nenu Ninnu Premistunnanu
* Thai:
Phom Rak Khun (formal, male to female)
Ch'an Rak Khun (formal, female to male)
Khao Raak Thoe (affectionate, sweet, loving)
* Toki Pona:
mi olin e sina
* Tok Pisin:
mi lavim yu
* Tupinambá:
Oroaûsub
* Turkish:
Seni seviyorum.
* Ukrainian:
ja tebe koKHAju (real true love)
ja vas koKHAju
ja pokoKHAv tebe
ja pokoKHAv vas
* Urdu
Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai
Main Tumse Muhabbat Karta Hoon
* Vietnamese:
Em yêu anh (woman to man)
Tôi yêu em (rarely used - not romantic)
Anh yêu em (man to woman)
em (anh) thích anh (em): i like you
* Volapük:
löfob oli
* Vulcan:
Wani ra yana ro aisha
* Welsh:
'Rwy'n dy garu di
Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi)
* Yiddish:
Ich libe dich
Ich han dich lib
Ikh Hob Dikh Lib
* Zazi:
Ezhele hezdege (sp?)
* Zulu
Mena Tanda Wena
Ngiyakuthanda!
Tom hó ichema
