International "I Love Yous" :)

[Tanja]

Just had an idea, since there's so many ppl in here from different countries it would be nice to know how you say things in your language, like I love you, I miss you etc. So post them here

Here's some in finnish:

I love you = Minä rakastan sinua
I miss you = Ikävöin sinua
Goodnight sweetheart = Hyvää yötä rakas

Just a few examples, keep e'm coming and you can all use them to express you love to your SO in many languages in a Valentine's Day card for example!

[Andy]

Awww that's a nice idea

Here's mine in Welsh:

I love you = Dwi'n dy garu di
I miss you = Dwi'n dy golli di
Goodnight sweetheart = Nos da cariad

[Gurl]

Awesome Idea... For those who are brave, some guide of how to pronounce them would be spiffy.... here's the one I Love You I know how to say and write, other than english
Spanish~ I Love you~ Te Amo (Tay ahmoe)
I Miss You ~ T'extrano (the n needs the funny wavy thing but I don't know how to do that--- Tex-stran-yo)

Pretty sure those are spelled right....

[Taija]

Tanja already posted them in Finnish, so there's not much for me to do. :P But I might as well add a few new ones just for the heck of it:

Good morning = Hyvää huomenta
See you = Nähdään
Sleep well = Nuku hyvin

[Alisz]

My French is a little rusty and I only know Quebec (not Parisian). ^^;;

I love you = J't'aime
I miss you = Tu me manques
Goodnight = Bonne nuit

[JoMarie]

My family is sicilian, and its a form of italian, tho i'm a much better speaker than speller so let me give it a try..

I love you- Ti Amo
I miss you- Mi manchi
You're my soulmate-Sei la mia anima gemella ( I think?)
Goodnight- Buona Notte
Forever- Per Sempre (which is the one I say to Kevin a lot)

Some things are hard to translate as they don't mean the same thing once you translate them. haha

[Gurl]

Okay...in class bored to death (finished my work already LOL) so I decided to do the geek thing and google some ILY translations.... Some of my Favorites followed by links

Vulcan ~Wani Ra Yana Ro Aisha
Spanish ~Te Quiero (literally means I want you... Te Amo is more romantic and heartfelt...kind of like the difference between a new relationship and a long term one)
Irish ~ Taim I' Ngra Leat
Canadian ~Sh'teme (ROFL is this for real or a joke...cause I thought Canadians spoke either French or English usually...)
French~ Je t'aime, Je t'adore
Hawaiian~ Aloha Au Ia ʻOe, Aloha No Au Ia ʻOe
Irish (Gaelic)

Gráím thú (I love you)
Tugaim cion duit (I give you affection)
Tá cion agam ort (I have affection for you)
Tá mé ceanúil ort (I have affection for you)
Tá grá agam duit (I have love for you)
Táim i ngrá leat (I'm in love with you)
Tá mo chroí istigh ionat (My heart is within you)
Ádhraím thú (I adore you)

Old English~ ic lufie þe (West Saxon) ic lufie þec (Northumbrian)
Scots ~Ah loove ye
Scottish ~Gaelic tha gaol agam ort

Linkies:
https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/iloveyou.htm
https://festivals.iloveindia.com/val...-love-you.html

[lunamea]

Okay, here goes the German:

I love you = Ich liebe dich
I miss you = Ich vermisse dich
(or another way of saying it) Du fehlst mir
Good night sweetheart = Gute Nacht, mein Schatz!

[Jackie]

*rolls up sleeves* Okay, here are my translations... please forgive me if they're not very good.

I love you = I love you
I miss you = I miss you
I want you very much = I want you very much


Haha, okay, so I don't really know any other ways to say it other than English... but now I do thanks to you guys!

[aggie]

that's an awesome thread! we could learn so much from here. Okay, so i think im the only one from Poland here ....

I love you = Kocham Cie (ko hum tchye ) - soooo difficult, we should upload mp3 sounds for that!
I miss you = Tęsknię (tes-knye)
I want you = Chcę Cię (h-tse tchye)

polish is kinda difficult, took toby half a year to learn how to properly pronounce my name

[Caity]

=) Some Manx XD

I love you = Ta graih aym ort
I wish you were here = Saillym dy row oo anyshoh
I wish i was there = Saillym dy row mee anyshen
Good night = Oie vie
Good morning = Moghrey mie
Sleep well and sweet dreams = Cadley dy mie as ashlishyn villish

[Nightmare]

My boyfriend is from the Netherlands, so, he speaks Dutch as his first language. I love you is one of the few things I can say!

Ik hou van jou - I love you.

[MadMolly]

Maori are the native people of NZ, and "aroha" means "love" in the Maori language. Google tells me I love you is "kei te aroha au i a koe"

[Naori]

Okay So here goes

IN CANTONESE (A dialect in Southern China ie. Canton, Hong Kong, Macau) ahaha.. I know you can't read it so let me try with best of my ability to turn it into phonetics

I Love You=我愛你 (aww oi nay)

I miss You=我想你 (aww cern nay)

I need you=我需要你 or 我要你 (aww sway yew nay) or (aww yew nay)

In Mandarin


I Love You=我愛你 (wo aye knee)

I miss You=我想你 (wo shiang knee)

I need you=我需要你 or 我要你 (wo shu yao knee) or (wo yao knee)

In Japanese


I Love You= aishiteru ( i/ee/she/te/roo)

I miss You=aitaketa (i/ee/ta/ke/ta)

[Andy]

Ooooooohhh!! I have a Chinese lecturer at Uni and he is the nicest man in the world! He'd so cute! Everyone loves him

He's even got his own "Appreciation Society" group on Facebook that a few of the students have set up!

I think I'll teach those to a mate of mine who particulary loves him