
How to say “I love you” in 194 countries around the world

Journey with us as we unlock the universal language of love, crossing boundaries and breaking language barriers 💞 In our vibrant adventure, we’ll whisper ‘I love you’ in an astounding 194 tongues across the globe! Ready to spread the love and embrace a world of affection? From the poetic romance of French ‘Je t’aime’ to the heart-tugging Japanese ‘Aishiteru’, this voyage will warm your heart and tickle your curiosity.
Our list includes the 194 sovereign states that are members of the United Nations, as well as Vatican City and Palestine, which have observer status. There are also some disputed or partially recognized states that are not included in this list.
PS: How many of them did you already know? Tell me in the comments!
- Afghanistan (Dari): زما ته دوست دارم (Zama ta dost daram)
- Albania (Albanian): Te dua
- Algeria (Arabic): أحبك (Uhibbuka)
- Andorra (Catalan): T’estimo
- Angola (Portuguese): Eu te amo
- Antigua and Barbuda (English): I love you
- Argentina (Spanish): Te amo
- Armenia (Armenian): Ես քեզ սիրում եմ (Yes kez sirum em)
- Australia (English): I love you
- Austria (German): Ich liebe dich
- Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani): Mən səni sevirəm
- Bahamas (English): I love you
- Bahrain (Arabic): أحبك (Uhibbuka)
- Bangladesh (Bengali): আমি তোমাকে ভালোবাসি (Ami tomake bhalobashi)
- Barbados (English): I love you
- Belarus (Belarusian): Я цябе кахаю (Ya tsiabe kakhaiu)
- Belgium (Dutch): Ik hou van je
- Belize (English): I love you
- Benin (French): Je t’aime
- Bhutan (Dzongkha): ང་ཁྱེད་རང་འདའ་བརྩི། (nga khyed rang da brtse)
- Bolivia (Spanish): Te amo
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian): Volim te
- Botswana (Tswana): Ke a go rata
- Brazil (Portuguese): Eu te amo
- Brunei (Malay): Saya cintakan mu / Aku cinta padamu
- Bulgaria (Bulgarian): Обичам те (Obicham te)
- Burkina Faso (French): Je t’aime
- Burundi (Kirundi): Ndagukunda
- Cabo Verde (Portuguese): Eu te amo
- Cambodia (Khmer): ខ្ញុំស្រលាញ់អ្នក (Knhom srolanh anak)
- Cameroon (French): Je t’aime
- Canada (English, French): I love you / Je t’aime
- Central African Republic (Sango): Na ti ko ti mo
- Chad (Arabic): أحبك (Uhibbuka)
- Chile (Spanish): Te amo
- China (Mandarin): 我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
- Colombia (Spanish): Te amo
- Comoros (Comorian): Naku penda
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the (French): Je t’aime
- Costa Rica (Spanish): Te amo
- Croatia (Croatian): Volim te
- Cuba (Spanish): Te amo
- Cyprus (Greek): Σ’ αγαπώ (S’ agapo)
- Czech Republic (Czech): Miluji tě
- Denmark (Danish): Jeg elsker dig
- Djibouti (French): Je t’aime
- Dominican Republic (Spanish): Te amo
- East Timor (Tetum): Hau hadomi o
- Ecuador (Spanish): Te amo
- Egypt (Arabic): أنا بحبك (Ana bahebak)
- El Salvador (Spanish): Te amo
- Equatorial Guinea (Spanish): Te amo
- Eritrea (Tigrinya): እወድሃለሁ (Ewedihalehu)
- Estonia (Estonian): Ma armastan sind
- Eswatini (Swazi): Ngiyakutsandza
- Ethiopia (Amharic): እወድሃለሁ (Ewedihalehu)
- Fiji (Fijian): Au lomani iko
- Finland (Finnish): Minä rakastan sinua
- France (French): Je t’aime
- Gabon (French): Je t’aime
- Gambia (English): I love you
- Georgia (Georgian): მიყვარხარ (Mikvarxar)
- Germany (German): Ich liebe dich
- Ghana (English): I love you
- Greece (Greek): Σ’ αγαπώ (S’ agapo)
- Grenada (English): I love you
- Guatemala (Spanish): Te amo
- Guinea (French): Je t’aime
- Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese): Eu te amo
- Guyana (English): I love you
- Haiti (Haitian Creole): Mwen renmen ou
- Honduras (Spanish): Te amo
- Hungary (Hungarian): Szeretlek
- Iceland (Icelandic): Ég elska þig
- India (Hindi): मैं तुमसे प्यार करता हूँ (Main tumse pyar karta hoon)
- Indonesia (Indonesian): Saya cinta kamu
- Iran (Persian): دوستت دارم (Dooset daram)
- Iraq (Arabic): أحبك (Uhibbuka)
- Ireland (Irish): Tá grá agam duit
- Israel (Hebrew): אני אוהב אותך (Ani ohev otach)
- Italy (Italian): Ti amo
- Jamaica (English): I love you
- Japan (Japanese): 愛してる (Aishiteru)
- Jordan (Arabic): أحبك (Uhibbuka)
- Kazakhstan (Kazakh): Мен сені сүйемін (Men seni süyemin)
- Kenya (Swahili): Nakupenda
- Kiribati (Gilbertese): Te raoi ao
- Korea, North (Korean): 사랑해 (Saranghae)
- Korea, South (Korean): 사랑해 (Saranghae)
- Kosovo (Albanian): Të dua
- Kuwait (Arabic): أحبك (Uhibbuka)
- Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz): Мен сени сүйөм (Men seni süyöm)
- Laos (Lao): ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (Khoy huk jao)
- Latvia (Latvian): Es tevi mīlu
- Lebanon (Arabic): أحبك (Uhibbuka)
- Lesotho (Sotho): Ke a u rata
- Liberia (English): I love you
- Libya (Arabic): أحبك (Uhibbuka)
- Liechtenstein (German): Ich liebe dich
- Lithuania (Lithuanian): Aš tave myliu
- Luxembourg (Luxembourgish): Ech hunn dech gär
- Madagascar (Malagasy): Tiako ianao
- Malawi (Chichewa): Ndimakukonda
- Malaysia (Malay): Saya cintakan mu / Aku cinta padamu
- Maldives (Dhivehi): މިނުގެއް މަނުމާނުވެފައި (Mihehunehugéfáshi)
- Mali (French): Je t’aime
- Malta (Maltese): Inħobbok
- Marshall Islands (Marshallese): Jikir ilo
- Mauritania (Arabic): أحبك (Uhibbuka)
- Mauritius (English): I love you
- Mexico (Spanish): Te amo
- Micronesia (English): I love you
- Moldova (Romanian): Te iubesc
- Monaco (French): Je t’aime
- Mongolia (Mongolian): Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
- Montenegro (Montenegrin): Volim te
- Morocco (Arabic): أحبك (Uhibbuka)
- Mozambique (Portuguese): Eu te amo
- Myanmar (Burmese): ကျွန်တော်ကိုယ်စားပြုသူအကြောင်းကြားလို့ချင်ပါတယ် (Kyauṁtau khui saru pru a kau kau laui chauṁpa tau)
- Namibia (English): I love you
- Nauru (Nauruan): Ibinasara iai
- Nepal (Nepali): म तिमीलाई माया गर्छु (Ma timilai maya garchhu)
- Netherlands (Dutch): Ik hou van je
- New Zealand (English): I love you
- Nicaragua (Spanish): Te amo
- Niger (French): Je t’aime
- Nigeria (Hausa): Ina son ka
- North Macedonia (Macedonian): Те сакам (Te sakam)
- Norway (Norwegian): Jeg elsker deg
- Oman (Arabic): أحبك (Uhibbuka)
- Pakistan (Urdu): میں تم سے محبت کرتا ہوں (Main tumse mohabbat karta hoon)
- Palau (Palauan): Ak mesulang
- Palestine (Arabic): أحبك (Uhibbuka)
- Panama (Spanish): Te amo
- Papua New Guinea (Tok Pisin): Mi lusim yu
- Paraguay (Spanish): Te amo
- Peru (Spanish): Te amo
- Philippines (Filipino): Mahal kita
- Poland (Polish): Kocham cię
- Portugal (Portuguese): Eu te amo
- Qatar (Arabic): أحبك (Uhibbuka)
- Romania (Romanian): Te iub
- Russia (Russian): Я тебя люблю (Ya tebya lyublyu)
- Rwanda (Kinyarwanda): Ndagukunda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis (English): I love you
- Saint Lucia (English): I love you
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (English): I love you
- Samoa (Samoan): Ou te alofa ia te oe
- San Marino (Italian): Ti amo
- Sao Tome and Principe (Portuguese): Eu te amo
- Saudi Arabia (Arabic): أحبك (Uhibbuka)
- Senegal (Wolof): Da ma la noppi
- Serbia (Serbian): Volim te
- Seychelles (Seychellois Creole): Mon kontan ou
- Sierra Leone (Krio): Ah de go lak u
- Singapore (Malay): Saya cintakan mu / Aku cinta padamu
- Slovakia (Slovak): Ľúbim ťa
- Slovenia (Slovenian): Ljubim te
- Solomon Islands (English): I love you
- Somalia (Somali): Waan ku jeclahay
- South Africa (Zulu): Ngiyakuthanda
- South Sudan (English): I love you
- Spain (Spanish): Te amo
- Sri Lanka (Sinhala): මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (Mama oyaṭa ādarēyi)
- Sudan (Arabic): أحبك (Uhibbuka)
- Suriname (Dutch): Ik hou van je
- Sweden (Swedish): Jag älskar dig
- Switzerland (German): Ich liebe dich / (French): Je t’aime / (Italian): Ti amo / (Romansh): Te amo
- Syria (Arabic): أحبك (Uhibbuka)
- Taiwan (Mandarin): 我愛你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
- Tajikistan (Tajik): Ман туро дӯст медорам (Man toro dust midaram)
- Tanzania (Swahili): Nakupenda
- Thailand (Thai): ฉันรักคุณ (Chan rak khun)
- Togo (French): Je t’aime
- Tonga (Tongan): ‘Ofa atu
- Trinidad and Tobago (English): I love you
- Tunisia (Arabic): أحبك (Uhibbuka)
- Turkey (Turkish): Seni seviyorum
- Turkmenistan (Turkmen): Seni söýärin
- Tuvalu (Tuvaluan): Aku alofa ia tebe
- Uganda (Swahili): Nakupenda
- Ukraine (Ukrainian): Я тебе кохаю (Ya tebe kokhayu)
- United Arab Emirates (Arabic): أنا أحبك (Ana uhibbuka)
- United Kingdom (English): I love you
- United States of America (English): I love you
- Uruguay (Spanish): Te amo
- Uzbekistan (Uzbek): Sizni sevaman
- Vanuatu (Bislama): Mi lusim yu
- Vatican City (Latin): Te amo
- Venezuela (Spanish): Te amo
- Vietnam (Vietnamese): Anh yêu em (to a woman) / Em yêu anh (to a man)
- Yemen (Arabic): أحبك (Uhibbuka)
- Zambia (Bemba): Nalikutemwa
- Zimbabwe (Shona): Ndinokuda
Countries where you can say „Ich liebe dich“
These are the German-speaking countries on my list: Germany (ok, that’s not surprising!), Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
In which countries do you say “I love you”?
You can see from this long list of countries that English is widely spoken. In Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Namibia, New Zealand, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Sudan, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom and the United States of America (USA) it is “I love you”.
In which countries is it “Te amo”?
In the countries of Equatorial Guinea, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela it is “Te amo”.
In which countries is it “Je t’aime”?
In the countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Guinea, Cameroon, Congo, Mali, Togo and the Central African Republic it is “Je t’aime”.
FAQ
Why are some countries listed in English in this article?
Many countries, particularly in Africa and the Caribbean, have English as an official language or widely used lingua franca. Therefore, in these instances, the English phrase “I love you” was used.
How was it determined which language to use in multilingual countries?
For multilingual countries, the most widespread or official language was attempted to be used. Please note that this does not cover all languages and dialects within a particular country.
Are there differences in context of saying "I love you" in different languages?
Yes, in some cultures and languages, “I love you” is not used as frequently or in the same way as in Western countries. In some Asian languages, for instance, the phrase is used less often and is often more profound and meaningful when said. Therefore, it’s always important to consider cultural context when expressing love in a different language.
How can I ensure I'm pronouncing these phrases correctly?
The best method is to ask a native speaker for help or to look for audio recordings in the target language. There are many resources online, including language-learning apps and websites, that provide audio recordings from native speakers. Please note that the spellings provided here may be phonetic and do not reflect the actual spelling in the original script.
Why are Taiwan and Kosovo included in the list even though they are not officially recognized as UN member states?
Although Taiwan and Kosovo are not recognized by all as independent states, they were included due to their political reality and cultural influence. Both have their own unique languages and cultures, and this diversity was honored in the list.
Steffen
I am an absolute travel enthusiast with a great love for the USA, Spain and Italy. And England. And France. I regularly share lots of travel inspiration on our YouTube channel.
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