How to say I Love You in 101 Languages

nismok

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    [FONT=comic sans ms,verdana,helvetica,arial]English - I love you
    Afrikaans - Ek het jou lief
    Albanian - Te dua
    Arabic - Ana behibak (to male)
    Arabic - Ana behibek (to female)
    Armenian - Yes kez sirumem
    Bambara - M'bi fe
    Bengali - Ami tomake bhalobashi (pronounced: Amee toe-ma-kee bhalo-bashee)
    Belarusian - Ya tabe kahayu
    Bisaya - Nahigugma ako kanimo
    Bulgarian - Obicham te
    Cambodian - Soro lahn nhee ah
    Catalan - T'estimo
    Cherokee - Tsi ge yu i
    Cheyenne - Ne mohotatse
    Chichewa - Ndimakukonda
    Chinese
    Cantonese - Ngo oiy ney a
    Mandarin - Wo ai ni
    Comanche - U kamakutu nu
    (pronounced oo----ka-ma-koo-too-----nu) -- Thx Tony
    Corsican - Ti tengu caru (to male)
    Cree - Kisakihitin
    Creol - Mi aime jou
    Croatian - Volim te
    Czech - Miluji te
    Danish - Jeg Elsker Dig
    Dutch - Ik hou van jou
    Elvish - Amin mela lle (from The Lord of The Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien)
    Esperanto - Mi amas vin
    Estonian - Ma armastan sind
    Ethiopian - Afgreki'
    Faroese - Eg elski teg
    Farsi - Doset daram
    Filipino - Mahal kita
    Finnish - Mina rakastan sinua
    [FONT=comic sans ms,verdana,helvetica,arial] French - Je t'aime, Je t'adore
    Frisian - Ik hald fan dy
    Gaelic - Ta gra agam ort
    Georgian - Mikvarhar
    German - Ich liebe dich
    Greek - S'agapo
    Gujarati - Hoo thunay prem karoo choo
    Hiligaynon - Palangga ko ikaw
    Hawaiian - Aloha Au Ia`oe
    Hebrew
    To female - "ani ohev otach" (said by male) "ohevet Otach" (said by female)
    To male - "ani ohev otcha" (said by male) "Ohevet ot'cha" (said by female)
    Hiligaynon - Guina higugma ko ikaw
    Hindi - Hum Tumhe Pyar Karte hae
    Hmong - Kuv hlub koj
    Hopi - Nu' umi unangwa'ta
    Hungarian - Szeretlek
    Icelandic - Eg elska tig
    Ilonggo - Palangga ko ikaw
    Indonesian - Saya cinta padamu
    Inuit - Negligevapse
    Irish - Taim i' ngra leat
    Italian - Ti amo
    Japanese - Aishiteru or Anata ga daisuki desu
    Kannada - Naanu ninna preetisuttene
    Kapampangan - Kaluguran daka
    Kiswahili - Nakupenda
    Konkani - Tu magel moga cho
    Korean - Sarang Heyo or Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida
    Latin - Te amo
    Latvian - Es tevi miilu
    Lebanese - Bahibak
    Lithuanian - Tave myliu
    Luxembourgeois - Ech hun dech gaer
    Macedonian - Te Sakam
    Malay - Saya cintakan mu / Aku cinta padamu
    Malayalam - Njan Ninne Premikunnu
    Maltese - Inhobbok
    Marathi - Me tula prem karto
    Mohawk - Kanbhik
    Moroccan - Ana moajaba bik
    Nahuatl - Ni mits neki
    Navaho - Ayor anosh'ni
    Ndebele - Niyakutanda
    Norwegian
    Bokmaal - Jeg elsker deg
    Nyonrsk - Eg elskar deg
    Pandacan - Syota na kita!!
    Pangasinan - Inaru Taka
    Papiamento - Mi ta stimabo
    Persian - Doo-set daaram
    Pig Latin - Iay ovlay ouyay
    Polish - Kocham Ciebie
    Portuguese - Eu te amo
    Romanian - Te iubesc
    Russian - Ya tebya liubliu
    Scot Gaelic - Tha gra\dh agam ort
    Serbian - Volim te
    Setswana - Ke a go rata
    Sign Language - ,\,,/ (represents position of fingers when signing 'I Love You')
    Sindhi - Maa tokhe pyar kendo ahyan
    Sinhala - Mama obata aadarei - මම ඔබට/ඔයාට ආදරෙ
    Sioux - Techihhila
    Slovak - Lu`bim ta
    Slovenian - Ljubim te
    Spanish - Te quiero / Te amo
    Swahili - Ninapenda wewe
    Swedish - Jag alskar dig
    Swiss-German - Ich lieb Di
    Surinam - Mi lobi joe
    Tagalog - Mahal kita
    Taiwanese - Wa ga ei li
    Tahitian - Ua Here Vau Ia Oe
    Tamil - Nan unnai kathalikaraen
    Telugu - Nenu ninnu premistunnanu
    Thai
    To female - Phom rak khun
    To male - Chan rak khun
    Informal - Rak te
    Tunisian - Ha eh bak
    Turkish - Seni Seviyorum
    Ukrainian - Ya tebe kahayu
    Urdu - mai aap say pyaar karta hoo
    Vietnamese
    To female - Anh ye^u em
    To male - Em ye^u anh
    Welsh - 'Rwy'n dy garu di
    Yiddish - Ikh hob dikh
    Yoruba - Mo ni fe
    Zazi - Ezhele hezdege
    Zuni - Tom ho' ichema
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    Santa

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    ශැණ්ඨාළණ්ථේ
    * Afrikaans (Africa) - Dankie
    * Albanian - Faleminderit
    * Arabic - Sukran
    * Arabic - Shukran Gazillan (Thank you very much)
    * Armenian - shur-nur-ah-gah-lem
    * Australian - Thoinks, Moite!
    * Basque Country (between France and Spain) - Eskerrik asko (Thank you very much)
    * Bengali - Dhannyabad
    * Bulgarian - Blagodaria
    * Bosnia - Hvala
    * Burma(Myanmar) - Jae Zu Din Pa De (Thank you)
    * Cameroon (Duala) - Na som (thanks)
    * Cameroon (Duala) - Na som djita (Thank you very much)
    * Cantonese - M'goy (sp? -- thank you for the service)
    * Cantonese - Do jey (sp? -- thank you for the gift)
    * Catalonia (catalan) - gràcies [grah'-si-es] estandard
    * Catalonia (catalan) - moltes gràcies [many thanks]
    * Catalonia (catalan) - merci [mer'-si] very colloquial
    * Cherokee Nation - Wado (Thank you)
    * Cherokee (Eastern) - Skee (Thank you)
    * Chinese (Mandarin) - Xie_Xie (shieh shieh)
    * Chinese (Cantonese) Mh goi (m-ghoh-ee) (informal: thanks)
    * Chinese (Cantonese) Do jeh (tou yeh) (formal: thanks)
    * Cook Islander - Kia Manuia
    * Croatia - Hvala
    * Czech – Dekuji (deh'-ku-yih)
    * Danish - tak (tahg)
    * Dutch - dank U wel (dahnk you well) (formal: thank you very much)
    * Dutch - bedankt / dank je wel (dahnk ye well) (informal: thanks) - WEL is 'good', like "I wish you well"
    * Dutch - Dank U zeer / duizend maal dank (thank you VERY much) - a superlative and used when you get stuck in a thunderstorm, then lost, mugged, robbed, etc. And someone helps you. Only then. ZEER is 'very'. JE and U are 'you', but informal and formal. (still alive in old english like in 'ye olde'). "Duizend maal" means a 'thousand times'.
    * Dutch - hartelijk dank (thanks from the heart) Another formal form used in contexts like: "thanks for coming/inviting" (to a wedding, birthday party) or when receiving a formal present.
    * English - Thanks awfully, old boy
    * Esperanto - Dankon (thank you)
    * Esperanto - Dankegon (thank you very much)
    Estonia - Aitäh
    * Ewe Togo (Africa) - Akpé (Appé)
    * Ewe Togo (Africa) - Apké na wo (Thanks to you)
    * Fijian - Vinaka
    * Fijiab - Vinaka vaka levu (Thank you very much)
    * Finnish - kiitos (kee'-toas)
    * Fon Benin (Africa) - Kpè nu wé
    * French - merci (mehr-see')
    * French - Merci Madame - Thanks (to a woman)
    * French - Merci Mademoiselle - Thanks (to a young girl)
    * French - Merci Monsieur - Thanks (to a man)
    * F.Y.R.O.M. (Macedonia) - Hvala
    * Gambia (Mandinka) - Abarka
    * Georgia(Sakartvelo) - madlobt (thank you)
    * Georgia(Sakartvelo) - didi madloba (thank you very much)
    * German - Danke (dahn'-kuh)
    * German - Danke schoen (literally: nicely thank you, outdated)
    * German - Danke sehr (Thank you very much)
    * German -Vielen Dank (Many Thanks)
    * Greek - Efharisto (ef-har-ris-tou')
    * Greek - Efkaristo poly
    * Guarani - Aguije (ah-we-JAY) native indian language of Paraguay and Western Brazil
    * Guinea (Mandinka) - Abarka
    * Gujarathi (India) - Aabar
    * Hawaiian - Mahalo
    * Hebrew - Toda (toh-dah')
    * Hebrew - Toda raba (thank you very much)
    * Hindi (India National Language) - Dhanyavaad
    * Hindi - Shukriyaa
    * Hungarian - Köszönöm (kuh'-suh-nuhm)
    * Icelandic - Þakka þér fyrir
    * Icelandic - Takk (informal)
    * Indonesian - Terima kasih (teh-ri-mah kah-sih)
    * Indonesian - Terima Kasih Banjak/Banyak (Both pronounced bunyuk - Thank you very much)
    * Iran (Persia) - Moteshakeram (formal)
    * Iran (Persia) - Merci (informal - just like french but r in this word is pronounced as /r/ )
    * Irish - Go raibh maith agat ( Thank you "Go - Rev - Mah - Agut") (literally, may you have good things)
    * Irish - Go raibh mile maith agat ( Thank you very much "Go - Rev - Meela - Mah - Agut") (literally, may you have a thousand good things)
    * Irish (Northern) - Nice one bro'r, or Cheers mucker!
    * Italian - Grazie (grahts'-yeh)
    * Italian - Grazie tanto (many thanks - cordial version)
    * Italian - Mille Grazie (a thousand thanks)
    * Japanese - Arigato (ah-ree-gah'-toh) or A_Ree_Ga_Tou_Go_Zai_Ma_Su
    * Japanese - Domo arrigato
    * Javanese - Matur nuwun
    * Jive - Thanks mon - Appropriate only if directed to a male
    * Kannada (India) - Dhan-ya-vaadaa (spoken in S India, in Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India.)
    * Konkani (West coast - Konkan coast of India - It also is the state official language of Goa) - Dev boren koru (thank you - literally means " May God do good to you" as that is the way we thank people. )
    * Korean - Kamsa hamaida (kam'-sah hum-nee-dah' )
    * Latvian - Paldies
    * Lithuanian - Achu
    * Luganda (Uganda) - Waybale (Thank you)
    * Luganda (Uganda) - Waybale Nyo (Thank you very much)
    * Malayalam (South Indian Language) - Nandi
    * Malayalam (India) - Nani
    * Malaysian - Terima Kasih ("Tay ree ma Kaa seh")
    * Mali (Mandinka) - Abarka
    * Mandinka - Abarka (language of West Africa; The Gambia, Senegal, Guinea and Mali)
    * Maori - Kia Manuia
    * Nepali -- (Nepal National Language) - Dhan-ya-vaad
    * New Zealand - Cheers - LOL
    * New Zealand - Kiaora Koe (NZ Maori)
    * New Zealand - Kiaora Korua (NZ Maori)
    * New Zealand - Kiaora Koto (NZ Maori)
    * New Zealand - Kiaora Tatou (NZ Maori)
    *

    Nigeria (Hausa) - Na gode
    * Norwegian - Takk (tahkk)
    * Oman - Shakkran
    * Palauan - soolong (Republic of Palau)
    * Paraguay (Guarani) - Aguije (ah-we-JAY)
    * Persian/Farsi - Mam'noon or Mo'teshake'ram (Spoken in Iran, Afghanistan and other Central Asian countries)
    * Philippines Tagalog - Salamat
    * Philippines - Maraming Salamat (thank you very much)
    * Polish - Dziekuje (dsyehn-koo-yeh)
    * Portuguese - Obrigada (Female)
    * Portuguese - Obrigado (Male) (oh-bree-gah'-doh)
    * Portuguese - Muito Obrigado (Thank you very much)
    * Portuguese - Muito Obrigado com Voce (have my personal thanks)
    * Punjabi [ Pakistan and India] - Bhala Hove
    * Qatar - Shakkran
    * Romanian - Multumesc (phonetic: mooltzoomeask)
    * Romanian - Va multumim frumos (great thanks)
    * Russian - Spasiba (spah-see'-boh)
    * Russian - Blagodaryu (a little official)
    * Russian - Premnogo blagodaren (my greater thanks - words said to bosses by workers)
    * Russian - Spasibo balshoye (big thanks)
    * Samoan - Fa'afetai (fah-ah-feh-ta-e - thank you)
    * Samoan - Fa'afetai tele lava (Thank you very much)
    * Samoan - Talofa
    * Saulteaux Indians (Manitoba, Canada) - Miigwech (meegweech) -- there are similar spellings in other native languages such as Cree, etc.
    * Scottish - Cheers
    * Scot's Gaelic (Informal) - Tapadh Leat (tah-puh let)
    * Scot's Gaelic (Formal) - Tapadh Leibh (tah-puh lave)
    * Scot's Gaelic (Many Thanks) - Moran Taing
    * Senegal (Mandinka) - Abarka
    * Serbo - Croat -Hvala
    * Slovakia – Dakujem (deh'-ku-yem)
    * South Africa - Dankie ("Dung-Key")
    * South Africa - Baie Dankie (thanks very much - "Buyer Dung-Key")
    * Spanish - Gracias (grah'-syas)
    * Spanish - Gracias a todos (Thank you all)
    * Spanish - Muchas gracias (thank you very much, literally: many thanks) While Dutch people scarcely use the superlative forms, the Spanish don't use the minimalistic forms much (mostly in informal context). In Spanish, when a flyer is shoved into your hands, its worth a 'gracias', you normally use 'muchas gracias'.
    * Spanish - Muchisimas gracias (thank you VERY much) - to someone who was useful to you.
    * Spanish - un millón de gracias (a million thanks) - for when someone saves your life.
    * Spanish (Latin America, informal) - Te pasastes. (informal)
    * Spanish (Latin America, informal) - Se pasó. (formal) Which means "You went over the line", or "thanks for going out of your way to help me". When used, it will get you a smile, guaranteed.
    * Sundanese - Nuhun
    * Sunda - Hatur Nuhun
    * Swahili - Ahsante (ah-sahn'-teh)
    * Swahili - Ahsante Sana (Thank you very much)
    * Swedish - Tack (tahkk)
    * Swedish - Tack så mycket
    * Tahitian - Maururu
    * Tamil (India) - Nandri ("Nun-dry" spoken in South India, Singapore, Malaysia)
    * Teenager -
    * Telungu (South Indian Language)- Manjuthe
    * Thai - Khob Khun Kha (Feminine)
    * Thai - Khob Khun Krab (Masculine)
    * Thai - Khop Khun Mak (Thank you very much)
    * Thai - Khop Khun Mak Kha (Feminine)
    * Thai - Khob Khun Mak Krab (Masculine)
    * Thai - Khob Pra Khun Kha (Formal feminine)
    * Thai - Khob Pra Khun Krab (Formal masculine)
    * Tibetan - Thuk Ji Chhe
    * Turkish - Tesekkurler ( teh-sheh-keur eh-deh-rim)
    * Turkish - Çok tesekkur ederim (big thanks)
    * Turkish - Saðol (thank you)
    * Turkish - Saðolun (thank you - "saol")
    * Turkish - Tesekkurler (thanks - "teshekkyurler")
    * U.S. & Canada - Thank You
    * United States (South) - Thanks y'all
    * Ukranian - Dyakuyu
    * Urudu (India) - Shukria
    * Urudu (India) - Bahut Bahut Shukriyaa
    * Urdu [Pakistan, India and Bangla Desh] - Maherbani
    * Urdu (Pakistan) - Shukria
    * Urdu (Pakistan) -Bahut Shukria ( Thank you very much)
    * Urdu (Pakistan) - Bahut Bahut Shukria ( Thank you very very much)
    * Uzbekistan (Uzbek) - Rahmat (Thanks)
    * Uzbekistan (Uzbek) - Katta Rahmat (Thanks a lot)
    * Vietnamese - Kam ouen
    * Wales/Cymru - Diloch yn fawr (thank you very much)
    * Wales/Cymru - Diolch (thanks)
    * Xhosa (Africa) - Nkosi
    * Yemen - Shakkran
    * Yiddish - A dank
    * Yiddish - Yasher Koach (KOY-ACH)
    * Yoruba - Modupe
    * Yugoslavia - Hvala
    * Zulu - Ngiyabonga

    :D :P