Eu amo te

Decir te amo es una de esas cosas universales... de las pocas que van quedando y que me van quedando.

"Donde habita la palabra,
solo el ser habla,
el lenguaje ya no habla,
es..."
(blanchot)

Afrikaans Ek is lief vir jou

Albanian Te dua
Te dashuroj
Ti je zemra ime
American Indian (North American Native)
Apache Sheth she~n zho~n (nazalized vowel sounds)
Cheyenne Ne mohotatse
Chickasaw Chiholloli (first 'i' nasalized)
Hopi Nu' umi unangw'ta
Mohawk Konoronhkwa
Navaho Ayor anosh'ni
Sioux Techihhila

Arabic Ana behibak (female to male)
Ana Behibek (male to female)
Ana ahebik
Ib'n hebbak
Ana ba-heb-bak
Nhebuk (spoken to someone important)

Armenian Yes kez guh seerem (Western dialect)
Yes kez si'rumem (Eastern dialect)

Basque Nere maitea

Bengali Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi

Bolivian Quechua Qanta munani

Bosnian Volim te

Brazilian (Portuguese) Eu te amo (pronounced "eiu chee amu")

Bulgarian Obicham te
As te obeicham
As te obicham
Burmese Chit pa te

Cambodian Kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah

Canadian (French) Sh'teme (spoken)
Je t'aime (I like you)
Je t'adore (I love you)

Chinese Ngo oi ney (Cantonese)
Wo oi ney (Cantonese)
Wo ai ni (Mandarin)
Wo ie ni (Mandarin)
Wuo ai nee (Mandarin)
Wo ay ni (Mandarin)

Croation (familiar) Volim te (used in common speech)
Czech Miluji te
Danish Jeg elsker dig

Dutch Ik hou van je
Ik hou van jou

Equador Quechua Canda munani

English I love you
I adore you
I love thee (poetic)

Estonian Mina armastan sind
Ma armastan sind

Ethiopian ewedishalew (Male to Female)
ewedihalew (Female to Male)

Finnish ("Ma") rakastan sinua
("Ma") tykka"a"n susta (I like you)
French Je t'aime (I love you)
Je t'adore (I love you - stronger between lovers)
J' t'aime bien (I like you - meant for friends, family members - not for lovers)

Gaelic (Language of Ireland) Ta gra agam ort
Moo graugh hoo

German Ich liebe dich (classic & conservative)
Ich hab dich lieb

Swiss (German) Ch'ha di ga"rn

Greek S'ayapo (spoken s'agapo)

Hawaiian Aloha wau ia oi
Aloha wau ia oi nui loa (I love you very much)

Hebrew Ani ohevet otcha (female to male)
Ani ohev otach (male to female)

Hindi (language of northern states of India) Mai tumase pyar karata hun (male to female)
Mai tumase pyar karati hun (female to male)

Italian Ti amo (relationship - lover or spouse)
Ti voglio bene (between friends)
Ti voglio (strong sexual meaning of desire)

Irish (see also Gaelic) Taim i' ngra leat

Japanese Kimi o ai shiteru
Aishiteru
Chuu shiteyo
Ore wa omae ga suki da
Watashi wa anata ga suki desu
Suki desu (used at the beginning of a relationship - no intimacy yet)

Korean Dangsinul saranghee yo
Saranghee
Joahaeyo
Norul sarang hae

Latin Te amo

Luganda (language of Uganda)
Tave myliu (pronounced "ta-ve mee-lyu")
Nkwagala Nyo

Malay (Indonesian) Saya cintakan kamu
Saya cinta pada mu (best and most commonly used)

Pakistani Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai
Muje se mu habbat hai

Polish Kocham cie
Kocham ciebie
Ja cie kocham

Russian Ya tyebya lyublyu

Samoan Ou te alofa outou

Serbian (familiar) Volim te

Spanish Te amo
Te quiero
Te adoro (I adore you)
Te deseo (I desire you)

Swedish Jag a"lskar dig

Tahitian Ua here au ia oe
Ua here vau ia oe
Thai (language of Thailand) Chan raak ther

Turkish Seni seviyorum

Ukranian Ya tebe kokhayu
Ja pokokhav tebe

Urdu (spoken in Pakistan and India) Main tumse muhabbat karta hoon
Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai
Kam prem kartahai

Vietnamese Anh ye^u em (male to female)
Em ye^u anh (female to male)

Welsh (language spoken in Wales, UK) Rwy'n dy garu di
Yiddish Ikh hob dikh lib
Ich libe dich
Ich han dich lib

Yugoslavian Ja te volim

Zulu Mena tanda wena
Ngiyakuthanda