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SDA Net writes:
> 
> I would like to see how many languages the 
> collective readership of SDAnet can come up with 
> to way the words "I Love You."

Steve,
I found this on the net a while ago.  Post this
if you don't mind loooonnnnngggg post.
I don't mind if you do not post this message.

Andrew Park (apark@cc.umanitoba.ca)
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
This file is a compilation of all the translations 
of       "I LOVE YOU"                 i could find
tell me this update number if u e-mail : 2
--------------------------------------------------
WHAT  ?: a list of translations of "I love you"
WHY   ?: I want your translations
WHERE ?: e-mail to : knippejo@iuta.u-nancy.fr
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Here is the compilation of all the translations
you sent me.
Thanks a lot for having be so nice and, so fast.
If you know a language/dialect/slang that not 
appears here, let me know your translations.
For that you just have to drop me a note.
By the way tell me the geographic location.

You can send your E-mail to : 
         knippejo@iuta.u-nancy.fr
and this, till june the 30.

Same thing if you disagree with something in 
this text;( muhaha ;) what is correct here )
or you want something to be adjusted, thanks.

		    John,

My full adress,
KNIPPER John
13 rue des pres
67430 DIEMERINGEN
FRANCE


The goal of this list was first a personnal goal ;}
But to increase the amount of translations, it has
to be widespread, so here it is...

If there are more then one version of a sentence
just choose the one that goes you the best, just
a question of latinish alphabetic translation :)
But you can tell me, if one is better then another.

And last, so i don't understand, even a single
word of most of these languages, do not mess 
around with me. Just tell me what is wrong, ok?

Thanx in advance, john.

================BEGIN===========================
afrikaans               : Ek het jou liefe
afrikaans	        : Ek is lief vir jou
alsacien                : Ich hoan dich gear
amharic		        : Afekrishalehou
arabic		        : Ana Behibak (to a male)
arabic		        : Ana Behibek (to a female)
arabic                  : Ib'n hebbak.
arabic                  : Ana Ba-heb-bak
arabic                  : nhebuk
arabic                  : OHIBOKE    male    to    female
arabic                  : OHIBOKA    femal   to    male
arabic                  : OHIBOKOMA  male or femal to two males or two femals
arabic                  : NOHIBOKE   more than one males or femals to femal
arabic                  : NOHIBOKA   m t o m or f to male
arabic                  : NOHIBOKOMA m t o m or f to two males or tow femals
arabic                  : NOHIBOKOM  m t o m or f to more than two males
arabic                  : NOHIBOKON  m t o m or f to more than two femals
arabic                  : (not standared)
arabic                  : BAHIBAK    femal  to  male
arabic                  : BAHIBIK    male to femal
arabic                  : BENHIBAK   more than one male or female to male
arabic                  : BENHIBIK   m t o m or f to female
arabic                  : BENHIBKOM  m t o m or f to more than one male
assamese                : Moi tomak bhal pau
basc		        : Nere Maitea
batak                   : Holong rohangku di ho
bavarian	        : I mog di narrisch gern
bengali		        : Ami tomAy bhAlobAshi
bengali                 : Ami tomake bhalobashi.
berber		        : Lakh tirikh
bicol		        : Namumutan ta ka
bolivian Quechua        : qanta munani
bulgarian	        : Obicham te
burmese                 : chit pa de
cambodian		: Bon sro lanh oon
cambodian	        : kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah
canadian French         : Sh'teme  (spoken, sounds like this)
cantonese	        : Ngo oi ney
catalan		        : T'estim   (mallorcan)
catalan		        : T'estim molt (I love you a lot)
catalan		        : T'estime  (valencian)
catalan		        : T'estimo  (catalonian)
cebuano                 : Gihigugma ko ikaw.
chickasaw               : chiholloli   ( first "i" nasalized )
chinese		        : Wo ie ni 
corsican                : Ti tengu cara (to female)
corsican                : Ti tengu caru (to male)
croatian	        : LJUBim te
czech		        : miluji te
czech                   : MILUJU TE! (colloquial form)
danish		        : Jeg elsker dig
dutch		        : Ik hou van jou
dutch                   : Ik ben verliefd op je
ecuador Quechua         : canda munani
esperanto               : Mi amas vin
estonian	        : Mina armastan sind
estonian                : Ma armastan sind
farsi		        : Tora dust midaram
farsi                   : Asheghetam
farsi (Persian)         : doostat dAram
filipino                : Mahal ka ta
filipino                : Iniibig Kita
finnish		        : Mina" rakastan sinua
flemish		        : Ik zie oe geerne
french		        : Je t'aime
friesian                : Ik hald fan dei
gaelic		        : Ta gra agam ort
german		        : Ich liebe Dich
greek		        : s' agapo
greek (old)             : (Ego) philo su    (ego is only needed for emphasis)
gujrati                 : Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon.
hausa		        : Ina sonki
hebrew                  : Ani ohev otach       (male to female)
hebrew                  : Ani ohev otcha       (male to male)
hebrew                  : Ani ohevet otach     (female to female)
hebrew                  : Ani ohevet otcha     (female to male)
hindi                   : Mai tumse pyar karta hoo
hokkien		        : Wa ai lu
hopi		        : Nu' umi unangwa'ta
hungarian               : Szeretlek   "yes, peter it's great :)"
hungarian               : Szeretlek te'ged
icelandic               : Eg elska thig
indonesian		: Saja kasih saudari
indonesian		: Saya Cinta Kamu
indonesian	        : Saya cinta padamu
indonesian              : Aku cinta padamu
irish		        : taim i' ngra leat
italian                 : ti amo (if it's a relationship/lover/spouse )
italian                 : ti voglio bene (if it's a friend, or relative)
japanese	        : Kimi o ai shiteru
japanese                : Watakushi-wa anata-wo ai shimasu
javanese                : Kulo tresno
kannada                 : Naanu Ninnanu Preethisuthene
kannada                 : Naanu Ninnanu Mohisuthene
kiswahili	        : Nakupenda
klingon                 : qabang
klingon                 : qaparHa' (depends from where you are in the galaxy)
korean		        : Tangsinul sarang ha yo
korean                  : Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida
korean                  : No-rul sarang hae (man to woman in casual relation)
korean                  : Tangshin-ul sarang hae-yo
korean                  : Tangshin-i cho-a-yo (i like you, in a romantic way)
kurdish		        : Ez te hezdikhem (?)
lao		        : Koi muk jao
latin		        : Te amo
latin		        : Vos amo
latin (old)             : (Ego) amo te   (ego, for emphasis)
latvian                 : Es milu tevi (Pronounced "Ess tevy meeloo")
lingala		        : Nalingi yo
lisbon lingo            : gramo-te bue', chavalinha
lithuanian              : TAVE MYLIU ( ta-ve mee-lyu )
lojban                  : mi do prami
luo		        : Aheri
macedonian              : SAKAM TE!
madrid lingo	        : Me molas, tronca
malay		        : Saya cintamu
malay		        : Saya sayangmu
malay/Indonesian	: Aku sayang enkow
malay/Indonesian        : Sayah Chantikan Awah
malayalam               : Njyaan Ninne' Preetikyunnu
malayalam               : Njyaan Ninne' Mohikyunnu.
mandarin	        : Wo ai ni
marathi                 : me tujhashi prem karto (male to female)
marathi                 : me tujhashi prem karte (female to male)
mohawk		        : Konoronhkwa
navaho		        : Ayor anosh'ni
ndebele		        : Niyakutanda           
norwegian		: Eg elskar deg  (Nynorsk)
norwegian	        : Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal) (pronounced: yai elske dai)
osetian                 : Aez dae warzyn
persian		        : Tora dost daram
polish		        : Kocham Cie 
polish                  : Ja cie kocham
portuguese	        : Amo-te
portuguese (brazilian)  : Eu te amo
punjabi                 : Mai taunu pyar karda.
romanian	        : Te iu besc
russian		        : Ya vas liubliu
russian                 : ya liubliu tebia
russian                 : ya tebia liubliu
russian                 : Ya polubeel s'tebya.
scot Gaelic	        : Tha gra\dh agam ort   (ascii prob here? help! ) 
serbian		        : LUBim te.
serbocroatian	        : volim te
shona		        : Ndinokuda
sinhalese               : Mama oyata adarei
sioux		        : Techihhila
slovak		        : lubim ta
slovene		        : ljubim te
spanish		        : Te quiero
spanish                 : Te amo
srilankan               : Mama Oyata Arderyi
swahili                 : Naku penda (followed by the person's name)
swedish	                : Jag a"lskar dig
swiss-German	        : Ch'ha di ga"rn
syrian/Lebanes          : BHEBBEK (to a female)
syrian/Lebanes          : BHEBBAK (to a male)
tagalog	                : Mahal kita
tamil                   : Ni yaanai kaadli karen.   (You love me)
tamil                   : n^An unnaik kAthalikkinREn (I love you)
tcheque                 : MILUJI TE^
telugu                  : Neenu ninnu pra'mistu'nnanu
telugu/india            : Nenu Ninnu Premistunnanu
thai		        : Ch'an Rak Khun
thai		        : Phom Rak Khun
tunisian	        : Ha eh bak                     *
turkish		        : Seni seviyo*rum     (o* means o)
ukrainian               : ja tebe koKHAju  ( real true love)
ukrainian               : ja vas koKHAju
ukrainian               : ja pokoKHAv tebe
ukrainian               : ja pokoKHAv vas
urdu		        : Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai
vietnamese		: Em ye^u anh   (woman to man)
vietnamese		: Toi yeu em
vietnamese	        : Anh ye^u em   (man to woman)
vlaams                  : Ik hue van ye
welsh		        : 'Rwy'n dy garu di.
welsh		        : Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi)
yiddish                 : Ich libe dich
yiddish		        : Ich han dich lib
yugoslavian	        : Ya te volim
zazi 		        : Ezhele hezdege (sp?)
zuni		        : Tom ho' ichema
zulu                    : Ngiyakuthanda!

===================END=(i=hate=pascal=)==========

Afrikaans       -> People of Dutch heritage in south Africa.
Alsacien        -> french/german dialect (live in france, but speak like german)
Assamese        -> language spoken in the state of Assam, India
Batak           -> North Sumatra province of indonesia
Bavarian        -> Southern state of Germany (actually a German dialect)
Bengali         -> language spoken in the state of West Bengal, India,
                   as well as almost all people of BANGLADESH
Bicol		-> Philipin dialect
Cebuano         -> language spoken in philipino near the town of Cebu
Chickasaw       -> Native American spoken in southeastern Oklahoma.
Friesian        -> they speak the language in Northern Holland 
                   in Northern Germany and in some parts of Denmark 
                   mainly west coast
Gaelic          -> Irish
Gujrati         -> language spoken in the state of Gujrat, India
Hindi           -> language spoken in the nothern states of India
Hopi            -> North American Indian Tribe (Southwest maybe?)
Kannada         -> Language of Karnataka a state in south India.
Klingon         -> Spoken in Star Trek
Luo		-> Kenya
Malayalam       -> language of Kerala State, India,
Marathi         -> This language is also from India from the state of 
                   Maharashtra of which Bombay is the capital.
Mohawk          -> North american Indian tribe (New England, maybe one of the
                   Sven Nations/Iriquois)
Navaho          -> North american Indian tribe (southwest)
Ndebele		-> Zimbabwe
Punjabi         -> Northern India
Quechua         -> Quecha is a Mayan language
Shona		-> Zimbabwe
Sinhalese       -> Language of the non-Tamil (majority) people of Sri Lanka
Sioux           -> North American Indian tribe from the upper Midwest.
Tagalog         -> Filipino language
Tamil           -> language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India
                    and in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritus ....
Telugu          -> southeastern state of India.
                   (eleventh most spoken language in the world.)
Urdu            -> the language spoken in pakistan
Vlaams 		-> Belgian Dutch
Zazi		-> Kurdic dialect


If you know the geographic location of a language
let me know it. (And by the way tell it to me ;) ) 


Credits go to :
A lots of people, and so that some of you, i don't know 
who, won't like it (for personnal reason) to find their 
name here, or maybe will got some prob; i've not added 
any name. But thanks a lot, you all.

Thanks too, to the person that has done the most part
of this list, i don't know who you are
and thanx to the people that have sent me his/her list.

There are some notes ( a lot of ) that sent me some persons, 
thanks to you, it has been usefull, but it's impossible to 
write them all here :) )


  [+]-------------------------------------[+]
   |                                       |
   |  YOU CAN BE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO BE   |
   |   JUST TURN YOURSELF INTO ANYTHING,   |
   |   YOU THINK THAT YOU COULD EVER BE.   |
   |            be free, BE FREE.          |
  [+]-------------------------------------[+]
   |         << FREDY MERCURY >>           |
  [+]-------------------------------------[+]

           KNIPPEJO@IUTA.U-NANCY.FR


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This is the latest information that I have.  Please send any additions or
corrections to me.  Also, feel free to repost this list in it's entirety,
including this message, to any other group.
 
Thank you,
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"I LOVE YOU" in:
 
Afrikaans               : Ek is lief vir jou
                        : Ek het jou lief
Albanian                : Te dua
                        : Te dashuroj
                        : Ti je zemra ime
Alentejano              : Gosto de ti, porra!
Alsacien (Elsass)       : Ich hoan dich gear
Amharic (Aethio.)       : Afekrishalehou
                        : Afekrischalehou
American Sign Language  :              __      (signed with right hand)
                        :  __         (  )
                        : (  )        |__|
                        : |__| __  __ |  |
                        : |  |(  )(  )|__|   __
                        : |__||__||__||  |  /  )
                        : |   (__)(__)   | /  /
                        : |              |/  /
                        : |              /  /
                        : \               /
Apache                  : Sheth she~n zho~n (nasalized vowels like
                                             French, '~n' as in French
                                             'salon')
Arabic (formal)         : Ohiboke   (male to female)
                        : Ohiboki   (male to female)
                        : Ohibokoma  (male or female to two males
                                      or two females)
                        : Nohiboke  (more than one male or females
                                     to female)
                        : Nohiboka   (male to male or female to male)
                        : Nohibokoma   (male to male or female to two
                                        males or two females)
                        : Nohibokom  (male to male or female to more
                                      than two males)
                        : Nohibokon  (male to male or female to more
                                      than two females)
Arabic (proper)         : Ooheboki  (male to female)
                        : Ooheboka  (female to male)
Arabic                  : Ana behibak  (female to male)
                        : Ana behibek  (male to female)
                        : Ahebich  (male to female)
                        : Ahebik   (female to male)
                        : Ana ahebik
                        : Ib'n hebbak
                        : Ana ba-heb-bak
                        : Bahibak   (female to male)
                        : Bahibik   (male to female)
                        : Benhibak (more than one male or female to male)
                        : Benhibik  (male to male or female to female)
                        : Benhibkom  (male to male or female to more
                                      than one male)
                        : Nhebuk  (spoken to someone of importance)
Arabic (Umggs.)         : Ana hebbek
Armenian                : Yes kez si'rumem
Assamese                : Moi tomak bhal pau
 
Bangladeschi            : Ami tomake walobashi
Basque                  : Nere maitea
Bassa                   : Mengweswe
Batak                   : Holong rohangku di ho
Bemba                   : Ndikufuna
Bengali                 : Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi
                        : Ami tomay bhalobashi
                        : Ami tomake bahlobashi
Berber                  : Lakh tirikh
Bicol                   : Namumutan ta ka
Bolivian Quechua        : Qanta munani
Bosnian                 : Volim te
Braille                 : :..:| ..:| |..-.. .::":.., :.:;
Brazilian/Portuguese    : Eu te amo (pronounced 'eiu chee amu')
                        : Amo te
Bulgarian               : Obicham te
                        : As te obeicham
                        : As te obicham
                        : Obozhavam te ("I love you very much")
Burmese                 : Chit pa de
 
Cambodian               : Kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah
                        : Bon sro lanh oon
Canadian French         : Sh'teme  (spoken, sounds like this)
                        : Je t'aime   ("I like you")
                        : Je t'adore  ("I love you")
Catalan                 : T'estimo  (Catalonian)
                        : T'estim   (Mallorcan)
                        : T'estime  (Valencian)
                        : T'estim molt ("I love you a lot")
Cebuano                 : Gihigugma ko ikaw
Chamoru (or Chamorro)   : Hu guaiya hao
Cheyenne                : Ne mohotatse
Chichewa                : Ndimakukonda
Chickasaw               : Chiholloli (first 'i' nasalized)
Chinese                 : Goa ai li     (Amoy)
                        : Ngo oi ney    (Cantonese)
                        : Wo oi ney        ( " )
                        : Ngai oi gnee  (Hakka)
                        : Ngai on ni     ( " )
                        : Wa ai lu      (Hokkien)
                        : Wo ai ni      (Mandarin)
                        : Wo ie ni        ( " )
                        : Wuo ai nee      ( " )
                        : Wo ay ni        ( " )
                        : Wo ai ni      (Putunghua)
                        : Ngo ai nong   (Wu)
Corsican                : Ti tengu cara (male to female)
                        : Ti tengu caru (female to male)
Creol                   : Mi aime jou
Croatian (familiar)     : Ja te volim    (used in proper speech)
                        : Volim te       (used in common speech)
Croatian (formal)       : Ja vas volim   (used in proper speech)
                        : Volim vas      (used in common speech)
                        : Ljubim te  (in todays useage, "I kiss you",
                                       'lj' pronounced like 'll' in
                                       Spanish, one sound, 'ly'ish)
Croatian (old)          : Ljubim te  (may still be found in poetry)
Czech                   : Miluji te  (a downwards pointing arrowhead
                                      on top of the 'e' in te)
                        : Miluju te! (colloquial form)
                        : Ma'm te (velmi) ra'd (male speaker, "I like
                                                you (very much)", often
                                                used and prefered)
                        : Ma'm te (velmi) ra'da (female speaker)
 
Danish                  : Jeg elsker dig
Dusun                   : Siuhang oku dia
Dutch                   : Ik hou van je
                        : Ik hou van jou
                        : Ik bemin je   (old fashioned)
                        : Ik bemin jou      ( " )
                        : Ik ben verliefd op je
                        : Ik ben verliefd op jou
                        : Ik zie je graag
 
Ecuador Quechua         : Canda munani
English                 : I love you
                        : I adore you
                        : I love thee   (used only in Christian context)
Esperanto               : Mi amas vin
Estonian                : Mina armastan sind
                        : Ma armastan sind
Ethiopian               : Afgreki'
 
Farsi (old)             : Tora dust mi daram
Farsi                   : Tora dost daram  ("I love you")
                        : Asheghetam
                        : Doostat daram    ("I'm in love with you")
                        : Man asheghetam   ("I'm in love with you")
Filipino                : Mahal ka ta
                        : Iniibig kita
                        : Mahal kita
Finnish (formal)        : Mina" rakastan sinua  (a" = 'a' with two dots)
                        : Rakastan sinua
                        : Mina" pida"n sinusta ("I like you")
Finnish                 : (Ma") rakastan sua
                        : (Ma") tykka"a"n susta  ("I like you")
French                  : Je t'aime   ("I like you")
                        : Je t'adore  ("I love you")
French (formal)         : Je vous aime
 
Gaelic                  : Ta gra agam ort
                        : Moo graugh hoo
Ghanaian                : Me dor wo
German (formal)         : Ich liebe Sie  (rarely used)
German                  : Ich liebe dich
                        : Ich hab dich lieb (not so classic and
                                             conservative)
German dialects:
 Bavarian (Bayrisch)    : I moag di gern
    (Bavaria/Bayern)    : I mog di  (right answer: "I di a")
                        : I lieb di
 Berlin dialect         : Ick liebe dir  (Old, very old)
    (Berlinerisch)      : Ick liebe Dich
 Berner-Deutsch         : Ig liebe di
 Bochumer               : Ich lieb Dich!
 Franconian (Fra"nkisch): Du gfa"llsd mer fai
    (Franconia/Franken) : Bisd scho mai gouds freggerla (already in a
                                                         relationship)
                        : Mid dier ma"cherd ich a amol (sexually touched,
                                    ment as a compliment, not litterally)
                          (the above 3 entries really mean "I like you",
                           a Franke would never say "I love you")
 Friesian (Friesisch)   : Ik hou fan dei (sp?)
                        : Ik hald fan dei
 Hessian (Hessisch)     : Isch habb disch libb
 Saarla"ndisch          : Isch hann disch lieb
 Saxon (Sa"chsisch)     : Isch liebdsch
 Swabian (Schwa"bisch)  : ( ? )
 Swiss German           : Ch'ha di ga"rn
      (Schweizerdeutsch)
 Vorarlberg dialect     : I stand total uf di
      (Vorarlbergerisch)
Greek                   : S'ayapo  (spoken "s'agapo", 3rd letter is lower
                                      case 'gamma')
Greek (old)             : (Ego) Philo su    ('ego', for emphasis)
Greenlandic             : Asavakit
Gronings                : Ik hol van die
Guarani'                : Rohiyu (ro-hai'-hyu)
Gujrati                 : Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon.
                        : Hoon tuney chaoon chhoon ('n' is nasal, not
                             pronounced)
 
Hausa                   : Ina sonki
Hawaiian                : Aloha i'a au oe
                        : Aloha wau ia 'oe
Hebrew                  : Anee ohev otakh     (male to female)
                        : Anee ohevet otkha   (female to male)
                        : Anee ohev otkha     (male to male)
                        : Anee ohevet otakh   (female to female)
                                              ('kh' pronounced like
                               Spanish 'j', Dutch 'g', or similiar to
                               French 'r')
Hindi                   : Mai tumase pyar karata hun  (male to female)
                        : Mai tumase pyar karati hun  (female to male)
                        : Mai tumse pyar karta hoon
                        : Mai tumse peyar karta hnu
                        : Mai tumse pyar karta hoo
                        : Mai tujhe pyaar kartha hoo
                        : Mae tumko peyar kia
                        : Main tumse pyar karta hoon
                        : Main tumse prem karta hoon
                        : Main tuze pyar karta hoon ('n' is nasal, not
                             pronounced)
Hopi                    : Nu' umi unangwa'ta
Hungarian               : Szeretlek
                        : Tigedet szeretlek   ("It's you I love and
                        : Szeretlek tiged       no one else")
                          (The above two entries are never heard in
                           a normal context.)
 
Icelandic               : Eg elska thig (pronounced 'yeg l-ska thig')
Ilocano                 : Ay ayating ka
Indonesian              : Saya cinta padamu    ('Saya', commonly used)
                        : Saya cinta kamu             ( " )
                        : Saya kasih saudari          ( " )
                        : Saja kasih saudari          ( " )
                        : Aku tjinta padamu    ('Aku', not often used)
                        : Aku cinta padamu            ( " )
                        : Aku cinta kamu              ( " )
Italian                 : Ti amo     (relationship/lover/spouse)
                        : Ti voglio bene  (between friends)
                        : Ti voglio  (strong sexual meaning, "I want
                                      you", refering to other person's
                                      body)
Irish                   : Taim i' ngra leat
Irish/Gaelic            : t'a gr'a agam dhuit
 
Japanese                : Kimi o ai shiteru
                        : Aishiteru
                        : Chuu shiteyo
                        : Ora omee no koto ga suki da
                        : Ore wa omae ga suki da
                        : Suitonnen
                        : Sukiyanen
                        : Sukiyo
                        : Watashi wa anata ga suki desu
                        : Watashi wa anata wo aishithe imasu
                        : Watashi wa anata o aishitemasu
                        : A-i-shi-te ma-su
                        : Watakushi-wa anata-wo ai shimasu
                        : Suki desu (used at the first time, like for a
                             start, when you are not yet real lovers)
Javanese                : Kulo tresno
 
Kannada                 : Naanu ninnanu preethisuthene
                        : Naanu ninnanu mohisuthene
Kikongo                 : Mono ke zola nge (mono ke' zola nge')
Kiswahili               : Nakupenda
                        : Nakupenda wewe
                        : Nakupenda malaika ("I love you, (my) angel")
Klingon                 : SoHvaD vIghajtaH bang
                        : qaparHa'qu'taH  ("I like you!")
Korean                  : Tangsinul sarang ha yo
                        : Saranghee
                        : Nanun dangsineul mucheog joahapnida
                        : Nanun dangsineul saranghapnida
                        : Nanun gdaega joa
                        : Nanun gdaereul saranghapnida
                        : Nanun neoreul saranghanda
                        : Gdaereul hjanghan naemaeum alji
                        : Joahaeyo
                        : Saranghae
                        : Saranghaeyo
                        : Saranghapanida
                        : Zaran ha yo
                        : No-rul sarang hae (male to female in casual
                              relationship)
                        : Tangsinul sarang ha yo
                        : Tangshin-ul sarang hae-yo
                        : Tangshin-i cho-a-yo ("I like you, in a
                              romantic way")
                        : Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida
Kpele                   : I walikana
Kurdish                 : Ez te hezdikhem
 
Lao                     : Khoi hak jao
                        : Khoi mak jao lai ("I love you very much")
                        : Khoi hak jao lai ("I like you very much")
                        : Khoi mak jao   (This means "I prefer you",
                                          but is used for "I love you".)
Latin                   : Te amo
                        : Vos amo
Latin  (old)            : (Ego) Amo te   ('Ego', for emphasis)
Latvian                 : Es tevi milu (pronounced 'es tevy meelu')
                                       ('i in 'milu' has a line over it,
                                        a 'long i')
                        : Es milu tevi (less common)
Lebanese                : Bahibak
Lingala                 : Nalingi yo
Lisbon lingo            : Gramo-te bue', chavalinha!
Lithuanian              : Tave myliu (Ta-ve mee-lyu)
                        : Ash mir lutavah
Lojban                  : Mi do prami
Luo                     : Aheri
Luxembourgish           : Ech hun dech gdra"
 
Maa                     : Ilolenge
Macedonian              : Te sakam  (a little stronger than "I like you")
                        : Te ljubam  ("I really love you")
                        : Jas te sakam ('j' sounds like 'y' in May)
                        : Pozdrav ("Greetings")
Madrid lingo            : Me molas, Tronca!
Maiese                  : Wa wa
Malay/Indonesian        : Saya cintakan mu   (grammatically correct)
                        : Saya sayangkan mu        ( " )
                        : Aku cinta pada mu (best, most commonly used)
                        : Saya cintakan awak
                        : Aku cinta pada kau
                        : Saya cinta pada mu
                        : Saya sayangkan engkau ('engkau' often shortened
                          to 'kau', 'engkau' is informal form and should
                          only be used if you know the person _really_
                          well)
Malayalam               : Ngan ninne snaehikkunnu
                        : Njyaan ninne' preetikyunnu
                        : Njyaan ninne' mohikyunnu
Marathi                 : Mi tuzya var prem karato
                        : Me tujhashi prem karto (male to female)
                        : Me tujhashi prem karte (female to male)
Mohawk                  : Konoronhkwa
Moroccan                : Kanbhik  (both mean the same, but spoken)
                        : Kanhebek (in different cities)
 
Navaho                  : Ayor anosh'ni
Ndebele                 : Niyakutanda
Norwegian               : Jeg elsker deg  (Bokmaal)
                        : Eg elskar deg   (Nynorsk)
                        : Jeg elsker deg  (Riksmaal: outdated, formerly
                                           used by upper-class and
                                           conservative people)
Nyanja                  : Ninatemba
 
Op                      : Op lopveop yopuop
Osetian                 : Aez dae warzyn
 
Pakistani               : Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai
                        : Muje se mu habbat hai
Papiamento              : Mi ta stima'bo
Pig Latin               : Ie ovele ouye
Pilipino                : Mahal kita
                        : Iniibig kita
Polish                  : Kocham cie
                        : Kocham ciebie
                        : Ja cie kocham
                        : Yacha kocham
Portuguese/Brazilian    : Eu te amo (pronounced 'eiu chee amu')
                        : Amo te
Pulaar                  : Mbe de yid ma (mbe: d: yidh ma)
                                        (Pronounced as two words,
                                         "Meb deyidma".  'b' and second
                                         'd' have bars through the stems
                                         indicating affrication, the ':'
                                         indicate minute pauses)
Punjabi                 : Main tainu pyar karna
                        : Mai taunu pyar karda
 
Quenya                  : Tye-mela'ne
 
Raetoromanisch          : Te amo
Romanian                : Te iubesc
                        : Te ador    (stronger)
Russian                 : Ya vas lyublyu        (old fashioned)
                        : Ya tyebya lyublyu         (best)
                        : Ya lyublyu vas        (old fashioned)
                        : Ya lyublyu tyebya
 
Samoan                  : Ou te alofa outou
                        : Talo'fa ia te oe
Sanskrit                : Anurag (a higher love, like the love of music
                                  or art)
Scot-Gaelic             : Tha gradh agam ort
Serbian (formal)        : Ja vas volim   (used in proper speech)
                        : Volim vas      (used in common speech)
                        : Ljubim te  (in todays useage, "I kiss you",
                                       'lj' pronounced like 'll' in
                                       Spanish, one sound, 'ly'ish)
Serbian (familiar)      : Ja te volim    (used in proper speech)
                        : Volim te       (used in common speech)
Serbian (old)           : Ljubim te  (may still be found in poetry)
Serbocroatian           : Volim te
                        : Ljubim te
                        : Ja te volim ('j' sounds like 'y' in May)
Shona                   : Ndinokuda
Singhalese              : Mama oyaata aadareyi
                        : Mama oyata adarei
Sioux                   : Techihhila
Slovak                  : Lubim ta
Slovene                 : Ljubim te
Spanish                 : Te amo
                        : Te quiero
                        : Te adoro    ("I adore you")
                        : Te deseo    ("I desire you")
                        : Me antojis  ("I crave you")
Srilankan               : Mama oyata arderyi
Swahili                 : Nakupenda
                        : Naku penda (followed by the person's name)
                        : Ninikupenda
                        : Dholu'o
Swedish                 : Jag a"lskar dig
Syrian/Lebanese         : Bhebbek (male to female)
                        : Bhebbak (female to male)
 
Tagalog                 : Mahal kita
Tahitian                : Ua here au ia oe
                        : Ua here vau ia oe
Tamil                   : Naan unnai kadalikiren
                        : Nan unnai kathalikaren
                        : Ni yaanai kaadli karen ("You love me")
                        : N^an unnaki kathalikkinren ("I love you")
                        : Nam vi'rmberem
Telugu                  : Ninnu premistunnanu
                        : Neenu ninnu pra'mistu'nnanu
                        : Nenu ninnu premistunnanu
Thai (formal)           : Phom rak khun   (male to female)
                        : Ch'an rak khun  (female to male)
Thai                    : Khao raak thoe  (affectionate, sweet, loving)
Tswana                  : Dumela
Tunisian                : Ha eh bak
Turkish (formal)        : Sizi seviyorum
Turkish                 : Seni seviyorum
                        : Seni begeniyorum  ("I adore you")
                                          (g has a bar on it)
Twi                     : Me dowapaa
 
Ukrainian               : Ya tebe kokhayu
                        : Ja tebe kokhaju (real true love)
                        : Ja vas kokhaju
                        : Ja pokokhav tebe
                        : Ja pokokhav vas
Urdu                    : Main tumse muhabbat karta hoon
                        : Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai
                        : Mujge tumae mahabbat hai
                        : Kam prem kartahai
 
Vai                     : Na lia
Vietnamese              : Anh ye^u em   (male to female)
                        : Em ye^u anh   (female to male)
                        : Toi yeu em
Vulcan                  : Wani ra yana ro aisha
 
Welsh                   : Rwy'n dy garu di
                        : Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi)
Wolof                   : Da ma la nope
                        : Da ma la nop (da ma'lanop)
 
Yiddish                 : Ikh hob dikh lib
                        : Ich libe dich
                        : Ich han dich lib
Yucatec Maya            : 'in k'aatech  (the love of lovers)
                        : 'in yabitmech  (the love of family, which
                                          lovers can also feel; it
                                          indicates more a desire to
                                          spoil and protect the other
                                          person)
Yugoslavian             : Ja te volim
 
Zazi                    : Ezhele hezdege (sp?)
Zulu                    : Mena tanda wena
                        : Ngiyakuthanda!
Zuni                    : Tom ho' ichema
 
 
 
Explanation of Languages
------------------------
Afrikaans       -> spoken by people of Dutch heritage in South Africa
Alentejano      -> language spoken in Portugal
Alsacien        -> French/German dialect (live in France, but speak
                   like Germans)
Apache          -> North American Indian Nation rangeing from the plains
                   states to the eastern Rocky Mountains and from the
                   Canadian to Mexican borders
Arabic          -> language spoken in the Arab countries including
                   but not limited to Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan,
                   Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and
                   the region of Palestine.
Assamese        -> language spoken in the state of Assam, India
Bassa           -> language spoken in Africa
Batak           -> language spoken in the northern Sumatra province of
                   Indonesia
Bavarian        -> language spoken in the state of Bavaria, southern
                   Germany (actually a German dialect)
Bemba           -> language spoken in Africa
Bengali         -> language spoken in the state of West Bengal, India,
                   as well as almost all people of Bangladesh
Bicol           -> Philipino dialect
Braille         -> The alphabet represented by patterns of raised dots.
                   It is 'read' by touch.
Cebuano         -> language spoken in Philipines near the town of Cebu
Cheyenne        -> North American Indian tribe, part of the Apache
                   Nation
Chichewa        -> language spoken in Malawi, Central Africa
Chickasaw       -> North American Indian tribe (southeastern Oklahoma)
Creol           -> French dialect spoken by people who migrated from
                   Canada to the Louisiana, USA, area
Dusun           -> language spoken by the Dusun tribe, one of the largest
                   in North Borneo
Dutch           -> language spoken in the Netherlands and the provinces
                   of East- and West-Flanders, Antwerp, Limburg, and
                   Flemmish-Brabant, Belgium
Esperanto       -> The International Language
Farsi           -> language spoken in Iran.  Dialects of Farsi spoken in
                   Pakistan and Afghanestan.  Farsi is sometimes called
                   Persian.
Franconian      -> German dialect spoken by the citizens of Franken or
                   Franconia which is part of Bavaria in the area
                   around Nuremberg
French          -> language spoken in France, Canada, and the provinces
                   of Luxembourg, Namur, Liege, Hainault, and Brabant-
                   Walloon(Brabant of the Walloons), Belgium
Friesian        -> language spoken in northern Holland, northern
                   Germany, and in some parts of Denmark
                   (mainly west coast)
Gaelic          -> language spoken in Ireland
Gronings        -> Dutch dialect
Guarani'        -> one of the two official languages in Paraguay
Gujrati         -> language spoken in the state of Gujrat, India, and
                   Pakistan
Hakka           -> Chinese dialect from Manchuria
Hausa           -> language spoken in Nigeria
Hindi           -> language spoken in the northern states of India
Hopi            -> North American Indian tribe (southwest, Arizona)
Ilocano         -> Filopino dialect
Kannada         -> language spoken in the state of Karnataka,
                   southern India
Kikongo         -> language spoken in Zaire, Africa
Klingon         -> Spoken in Star Trek.  Proper term for the language
                   is "tlhIngan Hol".  The Klingon homeworld is
                   Qo'noS, in English it's Kronos.
Kpele           -> language spoken in Africa
Lao             -> language spoken in Laos and by the Laotian people
                   living in northern Thailand
Letzeburgisch   -> language spoken in Luxemburg, a mixture of French and
                   German, with the emphasis on German
Luo             -> language spoken in Kenya
Luxembourgish   -> language spoken in Luxembourg and in the border areas
                   in Belgium (Arlon), France (Thionville), and Germany
Maa             -> language spoken in Africa
Malayalam       -> language spoken in the state of Kerala, India
Marathi         -> language spoken in the state of Maharastra, India
                   (Bombay is the capital city)
Mohawk          -> North American Indian tribe (New England, maybe one of
                   the Seven Nations/Iriquois?)
Moroccan        -> language spoken in Morocco, North Africa
Navaho          -> North American Indian tribe (southwest)
Ndebele         -> language spoken in Zimbabwe
Nyanja          -> language spoken in Africa
Papiamento      -> language spoken on the island of Aruba
Pulaar          -> dialect spoken in Senegal by the Fulani people
Punjabi         -> language spoken in the state of Punjab, northern India
Quechua         -> language spoken by Incan Indians (South America)
Quenya          -> Elvish language invented by J. R. R. Tolkien for his
                   books.  Notably, "The Lord of the Rings".
Shona           -> language spoken in Zimbabwe
Singhalese      -> Language of the non-Tamil (majority) people of
                   Sri Lanka.  Also spoken in Ceylon.
Sioux           -> North American Indian tribe (upper midwest)
Swahili         -> language spoken by some indigenous tribes of East
                   Africa
Tagalog         -> Philipino dialect
Tamil           -> language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India,
                   and in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritus
Telugu          -> language spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India
                   (eleventh most spoken language in the world)
Tswana          -> language spoken in Africa
Twi             -> language spoken in Africa
Urdu            -> language spoken in Pakistan and India
Vai             -> language spoken in Africa
Vulcan          -> Spoken in Star Trek by Mr. Spock and others from
                   the planet Vulcan
Walloon         -> literally Welsh(not English Welsh), a little used
                   French dialect with certain German influences
                   spoken in the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur,
                   Liege, Hainault, and Brabant-Walloon(Brabant of
                   the Walloons), Belgium
Wolof           -> dialect spoken in Senegal by the Wolof people
Yucatec Maya    -> language spoken by indigenous people of the Yucatan
                   peninsula in Mexico
Zazi            -> Kurdic dialect
Zuni            -> North American Indian tribe
 
 
a'              -> 'a' with the acute accent (') over it
a"              -> 'a' with two dots (Umlaut)
e^              -> ^ above e
 
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