Afrikaans
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Ek
het jou lief(e)
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Ek
hou van jou
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Ek is lief vir jou
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Albanian
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Te
dua
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Te
dashuroj
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Alentejano
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Gosto
de ti, porra!
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[Portugal]
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Ålesundsk
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see:
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Norwegian
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Alsacien
[German dialect]
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Ich
hoan dich gearn
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Amharc
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Afekrishalehou
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Arabic
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ARABIC [say:
Ahoubouki]
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Ahebich
[male to female]
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Ahebik
[female to male]
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Ana behibak [to a male]
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Ana behibek [to a female]
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Nohiboka [male/female to male]
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Nohiboke [males/females to female]
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Nohibokom [male to male / female to
more than two males]
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Nohibokoma [male to male / female
to two males or two females]
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Nohibokon [male to male / female to
more than two females]
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uhhibuki [the teller is a man]
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uhhibuka [the teller is a woman]
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colloquial:
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Bahibik
[male to female]
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Bahibak
[female to male]
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Benhibak [more than one male /
female to male]
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Benhibik [male to male / female to
female]
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Benhibkom [male to male / female to
more than one male]
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formal
Arabic:
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Ohiboki
[male to female]
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Ohiboke
[female to male]
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Ohibokoma [male/female to two
males/females]
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other
variants:
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Ana
ahebik
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Ana
ba-heb-bak
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Ib'n
hebbak
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Nhebuk
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Armenian
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Es
kez siroum em or:
Es zes siroum em
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Es
siroum em kez or:
Es siroum em zes
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Gesirem
kesi
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Assamese
[spoken in the
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Moi
tomak bhal pau
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state
of Assam, India]
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Aztecan
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(Huel) nimitztlazohtla [I (really)
love you]
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Bari
[a Sudanese language]
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Nan nyanyar do [= I love you]
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Nan nyanyar do parik [= I love you
very much ]
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Basque
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Maite
zaitut
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Nere
maitea
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Batak
[North Sumatra
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Holong
rohangku di ho
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province
of Indonesia]
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Belgian
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Ik
zie je graag
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[Dutch-speaking
Belgians]
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Belgian
Dutch
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see:
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Vlaams
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Belorussian
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Ya
kahayu tabe
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Bengali
[spoken in the state of
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Ami
tomake bahlobashi
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West
Bengal, India]
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Ami
tomay bhalobashi
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Berber
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Lakh
tirikh
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Bicol
[Filipine dialect]
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Namumutan
ta ka
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Bokmaal
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see:
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Norwegian
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Bolivian
Quechua
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Qanta
munani
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Brazilian
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see:
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Portuguese
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Bulgarian
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As te ob(e)icham
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Obicham
te
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Burmese
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Chit
pa de
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Cambodian
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Bon
sro lanh oon
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Kh
nhaum soro lahn nhee ah
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Canadian
French
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see:
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French
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Cantonese
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Ngo
oi lei
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Ngo
oi ney
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see:
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Chinese
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Catalan
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T'estimo
[Catalonian]
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T'estime
[Valencian]
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T'estim
[Mallorcan]
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T'estim molt [= I love you a lot]
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Catalonian
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see:
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Catalan
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Cebuano
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Gihigugma
ko ikaw
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Chamoru
= Chamorro
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Hu
guaiya hao
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Chichewa
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Ndimakukonda
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Chickasaw
[Native Indian, S. Oklahoma]
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Chiholloli
[first 'i' nasalized]
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Chinese
[Cantonese]
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Moi
oiy neya
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Ngo
oi lei or:
Ngo oi ney
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Chinese
[Mandarin]
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[speak:
Wo ai ni]
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Croatian
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Volim
te
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(Ja)
Te volim
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Ljubim te [= I kiss you; in ancient
form]
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Czech
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Miluji
tê
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Danish
|
Jeg
elsker dig
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Dutch
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Ik ben verliefd op jou
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Ik hou'(d) van jou
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Dutch-speaking
Belgians
|
Ik
zie je graag
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East
Frisian[Low
German]
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Ick hev (heel) di leev [I love you
(so much)]
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Ecuador
Quechua
|
Canda
munani
|
English
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I
love you
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I
adore you
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English
cell phone user
|
ILY [abbreviation: I love you]
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ILU
[abbreviation: I love you]
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ILU2 [abbreviation: I love you to]
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ILU2
[again but in special cases: I love you two]
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FILWY [abbreviation: Falling in
love with you]
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Esperanto
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Mi
amas sin or:
Mi amas vin
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Estonian
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Ma
armastan sind
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Mina
armastan sind
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Farsi
[Persian]
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Tora
dost daram
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Tora
dust midaram
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Ferengi
[Home World: Ferenginar]
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tkidla
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Filipino
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Iniibig
ako
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Iniibig
kita
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Mahal
ka ta
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Filipine
dialects Bicol and Tagalog
|
see:
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Bicol
|
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see:
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Tagalog
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Finnish
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Minä
rakastan sinua
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Flemish
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Ik
zie oe geerne
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French
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Je t'aime [= I love you]
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Je t'adore [= I adore/worship you]
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Friesian
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Ik
hou fan dei
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Gaelic
|
Ta
gra agam ort
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Gaelic
|
Tha
gradh agam ort
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German
|
Ich
liebe dich
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see
also:
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Alsacien
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Swabian
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and
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Swiss-German
|
German
cell phone user
|
ILD
[abbreviation: Ich liebe dich]
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HDL
[abbreviation: Hab dich lieb]
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BVID
[abbreviation: Bin verliebt in dich]
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IKD
[abbreviation: Ich küsse dich]
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Greek
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Agapo
se
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S'ayapo
[spoken: s'agapo]
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Greek
[old]
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(Ego)
philo su
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[ego is only needed for emphasis]
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Greenlandic
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Asavakit
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Gujrati
[spoken in the
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Hoon
tane pyar karoochhoon
|
state
of Gujrat, India]
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Hawaiian
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Aloha
au ia'oe
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Aloha
i'a au oe
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Hebrew
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Ani ohev otach [male to female]
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Ani
ohev otcha [male to male]
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Ani ohevet otcha [female to male]
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Ani ohevet otach [female to female]
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Ani ohev at [male to female]
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Ani ohevet atah [female to male]
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Ani ohav etkhem [masc. plural or
mixed plural]
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Ani ohav etkhen [fem. plural]
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Ani ohav otakh [fem. sing.]
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Ani ohaw otkha [masc. sing.]
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Hindi
[Kannada]
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Naanu
ninnannu premisuththene
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Hindi
[spoken in the
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Mai tumase pyar karata hun [male to
female]
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northern
states of India]
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Mai
tumase pyar karati hun [female to male]
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Mae
tumko peyar kia [short version]
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Ham
Tomche Payer Kortahe
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Hokkien
|
Wa
ai lu
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Hopi
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Nu'
umi unangwa'ta
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Housa
[Nigeria]
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Ina
sonki
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Hungarian
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Szeretlek
|
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Szeretlek
te'ged
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Ibo
[Nigeria]
|
Ahurum
gi nanya
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Icelandic
|
Eg
elska thig
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Indi
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Mai
tujhe pyaar kartha hoo
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Indonesian
|
most
common used:
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Saya
cinta kamu
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Saya
cinta padamu
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Saya
kasih saudari
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rarely
used:
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Aku
cinta kamu
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Aku
cinta padamu
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Aku
tjinta padamu
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Indonesian
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Saya
cintamu
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Saya
kasih awak
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Saya
sayangmu
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Sayah
chantikan awah
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Aku
sayang enkow
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Iranian
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Mahn
doostaht doh-rahm
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Irish
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Taim
i' ngra leat
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Italian
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(Io) Ti amo [relationship, lover or
spouse]
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Io te voglio benne [friend or
relative]
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Ti voglio [friend or relative]
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Japanese
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Ai
shite' imasu
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Aishiteru
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Kimi
o ai shiteru
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Chuu
shiteyo
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Suitonnen
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Sukiyanen
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Sukiyo
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Ora
omee no koto ga suki da
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Ore wa omae ga suki da
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Watakushi-wa anata-wo ai shimasu
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Watashi wa anata ga suki desu
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Watashi
wa anata wo aishithe imasu
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Javanese
|
Kulo
tresno
|
Kalenjin
[Kenya]
|
Achamin
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Kannada
|
see:
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Hindi
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Kiswahili
[Kenya]
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Nakupenda
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Ninakupenda
|
Klingon
[Home World: Qo'noS,
|
=
qamuSHa'
|
the capital
planet of the
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=
qaparHa'qu'
|
Klingon
Empire]
|
in
other parts of the galaxy:
QaparHa'
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or
simply: Qabang
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Korean
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Sarang
ham-nida
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Saranghae
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Saranghapanida
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Tangsinul sa rang he yo
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Nanun
dangsineul saranghapnida
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Nanun
gdaereul saranghapnida
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Nanun
dangsineul mucheog joahapnida
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Nanun
gdaega joa
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Nanun
neoreul saranghanda
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Nanun
tongshinun sarang hamnida
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Gdaereul
hjanghan naemaeum alji
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Joahaeyo
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Kurdic
dialect Zazi
|
see:
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Zazi
|
Kurdish
|
Ez
Te Hezdikhem
|
Lao
|
Khoi
huk chau
|
Latin
|
(Ego)
amo te [ego, for emphasis]
|
|
Te
amo
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Latvian
|
Es
milu tevi [speak: s me-lu teh-vih]
|
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Es tevi milu [speak: s teh-vih
me-lu]
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Lebanese
|
Bahibak
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Lingala
|
Nalingi
yo
|
Lithuanian
|
Myliu tave [Mee-lyu Ta-ve]
|
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Tave myliu [Ta-ve Mee-lyu]
|
Lojban
|
Mi
do prami
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Luo
[Kenya]
|
Aheri
|
Luxembourgian
|
Ech hun dech gär [means: I
love you]
|
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Sin deck vill frou mat dir [means:
I like you very very much]
|
Macedonian
|
Sakam
te
|
Madrid
lingo
|
Me
molas, tronca
|
Maiese
|
Wa
wa
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Malay
|
Caya
cintakan mu
|
Malayalam
[spoken in the
|
Ngan
ninne snaehikkunnu
|
state
of Kerala, India]
|
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Malaysian
|
Saya
cinta kamu
|
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Saya
cintamu
|
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Saya
sayangmu
|
Mallorcan
|
see:
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Catalan
|
Mandarin
|
see:
|
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Chinese
|
Marathi
[spoken in the state of
|
Mi
tuzya var prem karato
|
Maharastra,
India]
|
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Mohawk
|
Konoronhkwa
|
Navaho
|
Ayor
anosh'ni
|
Ndebele
[Zimbabwe]
|
Niyakutanda
|
Nepali
|
Ma
timilai man parauchu
|
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Ma
timilai maya garchu
|
Netherlands
|
Ik
hou van jou
|
Norwegian
|
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a)
Ålesundsk
|
a)
E' elska de'
|
b)
Bokmaal
|
b) Jeg elsker deg [speak: yai elske
dai]
|
c)
Nynorsk
|
c)
Eg elskar deg
|
d)
Old Norse
|
d)
Ek ann thér
|
e)
Sørlandsk
|
e)
Æ ælskår dæ
|
f)
Sunnmørsk
|
f)
Ej elska dej
|
g)
Trøndersk
|
g)
Æ ælske dæ
|
Nynorsk
|
see:
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Norwegian
|
Old
Norse
|
see:
|
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Norwegian
|
Op
|
Op
lopveop yopuop
|
Osetian
|
Aez
dae warzyn
|
Pakistani
|
Muje
se mu habbat hai
|
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Mujhe
tumse mohabbat hai
|
Persian
|
Tora
dost asheghetam
|
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Tora
dost daram
|
Persian
[Farsi]
|
Asheghetam
|
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Doostat
daram
|
Philipino
|
see:
|
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Filipino
|
Pig
Latin
|
Ie
ovele ouye
|
Polish
|
Kocham
ciebie
|
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Kocham
cie
|
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Ja
cie kocham
|
Portuguese
|
Amo
te
|
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Eu
amo-te
|
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Eu
te adoro
|
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Eu te amo [speak: eiu chee amu]
|
|
see
also:
|
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Alentejano
|
Proto
Germanic
|
Eka
thez ann
|
Punjabi
[Northern India]
|
Main
taunu pyar karda
|
Romanian
|
Te
ador
|
|
Te
iu besc
|
Russian
|
Ya
polubeel tebya
|
|
Ya
polubeel tebya
|
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Ya
Vas lyublyu
|
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Ya
Vas lyublyu
|
Russian
|
Ya
tibieh lublue
|
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Ya
tibieh lublue
|
[Malincaya]
|
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Scot
Gaelic
|
S
tough leam ort
|
|
Tha
gràdh agam ort
|
Serbian
|
Ljubim
te
|
Serbocroatian
|
Volim
te
|
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Ljubim
te
|
Shona
[Zimbabwe]
|
Ndinokuda
|