Somebody on Facebook sent me a message with how to say “I love you” in a fairly impressive selection of languages. I’ve no idea who it was, but here’s what the message was in case you’re feeling inventive come Valentine’s Day:
Afrikaans - Ek het jou liefAlbanian - Te duaArabic - Ana behibak (to male)Arabic - Ana behibek (to female)Armenian - Yes kez sirumenBambara - M'bi feBangla - Aamee tuma ke bhalo baashiBelarusian - Ya tabe kahayuBisaya - Nahigugma ako kanimoBulgarian - Obicham teCambodian - Bung Srorlagn Oun (to female)Oun Srorlagn Bung (to male)Cantonese/Chinese Ngo oiy ney aCatalan - T'estimoCheyenne - Ne mohotatseChichewa - NdimakukondaCorsican - Ti tengu caru (to male)Creol - Mi aime jouCroatian - Volim teCzech - Miluji teDanish - Jeg Elsker DigDutch - Ik hou van jouEnglish - I love youEsperanto - Mi amas vinEstonian - Ma armastan sindEthiopian - Ewedishalehu : male/female to femaleEwedihalehu: male/female to male.Faroese - Eg elski tegFarsi - Doset daramFilipino - Mahal kitaFinnish - Mina rakastan sinuaFrench - Je t'aime, Je t'adoreGaelic - Ta gra agam ortGeorgian - MikvarharGerman - Ich liebe dichGreek - S'agapoGujarati - Hu tumney prem karu chuHiligaynon - Palangga ko ikawHawaiian - Aloha wau ia oiHebrew - Ani ohev otah (to female)Hebrew - Ani ohev et otha (to male)Hiligaynon - Guina higugma ko ikawHindi - Hum Tumhe Pyar Karte haiHmong - Kuv hlub kojHopi - Nu' umi unangwa'taHungarian - SzeretlekIcelandic - Eg elska tigIlonggo - Palangga ko ikawIndonesian - Saya cinta padamuInuit - NegligevapseIrish - Taim i' ngra leatItalian - Ti amoJapanese - AishiteruKannada - Naa ninna preetisuveKapampangan - Kaluguran dakaKiswahili - NakupendaKonkani - Tu magel moga choKorean - Sarang HeyoLatin - Te amoLatvian - Es tevi miiluLebanese - BahibakLithuanian - Tave myliuMacedonian Te SakamMalay - Saya cintakan mu / Aku cinta padamuMalayalam - Njan Ninne PremikunnuMaltese - InhobbokMandarin Chinese - Wo ai niMarathi - Me tula prem kartoMohawk - KanbhikMoroccan - Ana moajaba bikNahuatl - Ni mits nekiNavaho - Ayor anosh'niNepali - Ma Timilai Maya GarchhuNorwegian - Jeg Elsker DegPandacan - Syota na kita!!Pangasinan - Inaru TakaPapiamento - Mi ta stimaboPersian - Doo-set daaramPig Latin - Iay ovlay ouyayPolish - Kocham CiePortuguese - Eu te amoRomanian - Te ubescRussian - Ya tebya liubliuRwanda - NdagukundaScot Gaelic - Tha gra\dh agam ortSerbian - Volim teSetswana - Ke a go rataSindhi - Maa tokhe pyar kendo ahyanSioux - TechihhilaSlovak - Lu`bim taSlovenian - Ljubim teSpanish - Te quiero / Te amoSurinam- Mi lobi joeSwahili - Ninapenda weweSwedish - Jag alskar digSwiss-German - Ich lieb DiTajik Man turo Dust DoramTagalog - Mahal kitaTaiwanese - Wa ga ei liTahitian - Ua Here Vau Ia OeTamil - Naan unnai kathalikiraenTelugu - Nenu ninnu premistunnanuThai - Chan rak khun (to male)Thai - Phom rak khun (to female)Turkish - Seni SeviyorumUkrainian - Ya tebe kahayuUrdu - mai aap say pyaar karta hooVietnamese - Anh ye^u em (to female)Vietnamese - Em ye^u anh (to male)Welsh - 'Rwy'n dy garuYiddish - Ikh hob dikhYoruba - Mo ni feZimbabwe - Ndinokuda
Disclaimer – As I don’t speak all the languages I’ve no way of knowing how accurate the phrases are
From David Raynes:
You just know that one of those has to translate to something like ‘I want to touch your naughty bits.’
From Dave:
Thanks! Never know what nationality I’ll be dating next!
From Michele Neylon:
@David R – exactly
@David B – Why does that not surprise me?
From Robert Synnott:
David: That’d be the German one, then.
Bah, bloody Valentines’ Day.
From Krystian Kozerawski:
oh c’mon Michele
You should speak Polish a little 
Congrats for being shortlisted
From Michele Neylon:
@Krystian – as you know all too well my Polish is rather limited… Maybe I just need some motivation?
Thanks for the support!