Expressing liking someone is a warm and pleasant gesture, representing a universal feeling that transcends cultures and languages. Just as we explored the variations of the word “yes” across different languages, understanding how to express liking someone can be equally fascinating and enlightening. Each language carries its unique expression, enriching the simple act of conveying affection or fondness towards someone.
Here is a list of how to say “I like you” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Më pëlqen ti | Pronunciation: Meh pel-qen tee
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – أنا أحبك (Ana uhibbuka) | Pronunciation: Ah-na oo-heb-ook
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Ես քեզ եմ սիրում (Yes kez em sirum) | Pronunciation: Yes kez em see-room
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Mən səni xoşlayıram | Pronunciation: Men seni khosh-lay-ram
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Gustatzen zaitut | Pronunciation: Gus-tat-zen zai-tut
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Я табе падабаюся (Ya tabe padabayusya) | Pronunciation: Ya tah-beh pah-dah-bah-yoo-sya
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – আমি তোমাকে পছন্দ করি (Ami tomāke pochondo kori) | Pronunciation: Ah-mee toh-mah-keh poch-on-do kori
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Sviđaš mi se | Pronunciation: Svee-jash mee seh
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Харесвам те (Haresvam te) | Pronunciation: Ha-res-vam te
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – M’agrades | Pronunciation: M’ah-grah-des
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Mám tě rád (male) / Mám tě ráda (female) | Pronunciation: Mahm teh rahd / Mahm teh rah-dah
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Jeg kan godt lide dig | Pronunciation: Yay can got lee-deh dye
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Ik vind je leuk | Pronunciation: Ik vind yuh leuk
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – I like you | Pronunciation: I like you
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Mulle meeldib sina | Pronunciation: Mool-leh meel-dib see-na
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – من تو را دوست دارم (Man to ra doost daram) | Pronunciation: Man too rah doost daram
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Tykkään sinusta | Pronunciation: Tuk-kään see-noos-tah
- French (🇫🇷) – Je t’aime bien | Pronunciation: Zhuh tem bee-en
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – მიყვარხარ (Miqvarxar) | Pronunciation: Mee-kvar-khar
- German (🇩🇪) – Ich mag dich | Pronunciation: Ikh mahg dihkh
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Μου αρέσεις (Mou aresis) | Pronunciation: Moo ah-reh-sees
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – אני אוהב אותך (Ani ohev otach) (to female) / אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha) (to male) | Pronunciation: Ah-nee o-hev o-takh / Ah-nee o-he-vet o-takh
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – मुझे तुमसे प्यार है (Mujhe tumse pyaar hai) | Pronunciation: Moo-jhe tum-se pyar hai
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Kedvellek | Pronunciation: Ked-vel-lek
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Mér líkar þér | Pronunciation: Mer lee-kar thyer
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Aku suka kamu | Pronunciation: Ah-koo soo-kah kah-moo
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Is maith liom tú | Pronunciation: Iss mah lum too
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Mi piaci | Pronunciation: Mee pee-ah-chee
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 好きです (Suki desu) | Pronunciation: Soo-kee dess
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Мен сені ұнатамын (Men seni unatamyn) | Pronunciation: Men seh-nee oo-nah-tah-min
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ខ្ញុំស្រលាញ់អ្នក (Khnhom sralanh anak) | Pronunciation: Knyom sra-lanh ah-nak
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 나는 너를 좋아해 (Naneun neoreul joahae) | Pronunciation: Na-neun neo-reul jo-a-hae
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Ez te hezdikhem | Pronunciation: Ez teh hez-dee-khem
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Мен сени жактырам (Men seni jaktyram) | Pronunciation: Men seh-nee zhak-ty-ram
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຂ້ອຍມັກເຈົ້າ (Khoi mak jao) | Pronunciation: Khoi mak jao
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Man tev patīk | Pronunciation: Man tev pa-teek
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Man patinki | Pronunciation: Man pa-tin-kee
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Ech gär dech | Pronunciation: Ekh gair dekh
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Те сакам (Te sakam) | Pronunciation: Te sa-kam
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Saya suka awak | Pronunciation: Say-ah soo-kah ah-wak
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Inħobbok | Pronunciation: In-hobb-ok
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 我喜欢你 (Wǒ xǐhuān nǐ) | Pronunciation: Woh shee-hwan nee
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – मला तू आवडतोस (Mala tu avadtos) | Pronunciation: Mah-lah too ah-vah-dtos
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Би чамд дуртай (Bi chamd durtai) | Pronunciation: Bee chamd door-tai
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – म मलाई तिमी मन पर्छ (Ma malai timi man parcha) | Pronunciation: Ma ma-lie tee-mee man par-cha
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Jeg liker deg | Pronunciation: Yay lee-ker dey
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – زه ستا سره خوښ یم (Za sta sara khwakh yam) | Pronunciation: Zah stah sa-rah khwakh yam
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – من تو را دوست دارم (Man to ra doost daram) | Pronunciation: Man too rah doost daram
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Lubię cię | Pronunciation: Loo-bee-eh chyeh
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Eu gosto de você | Pronunciation: Eh-oo gohs-toh jee vo-see
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Îmi placi | Pronunciation: Eem plock
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Я тебя люблю (Ya tebya lyublyu) | Pronunciation: Yah teb-ya lyoo-blyoo
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Свиђаш ми се (Sviđaš mi se) | Pronunciation: Svee-jash mee seh
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – මට ඔයා ගැන කැමතියි (Mata oya gena kamathi) | Pronunciation: Mah-tah oy-ah geh-nah kah-mah-thee
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Mám ťa rád (male) / Mám ťa rada (female) | Pronunciation: Mahm ta rad / Mahm ta rah-da
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Všeč si mi | Pronunciation: Vshech see mee
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Waan ku jeclahay | Pronunciation: Wahn koo jeh-clah-hai
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Me gustas | Pronunciation: Meh goos-tas
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Ninakupenda | Pronunciation: Nee-na-koo-pen-dah
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Jag gillar dig | Pronunciation: Yah gill-ar dey
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Ман туро дӯст медорам (Man turo dūst medoram) | Pronunciation: Man too-roh doost meh-doh-ram
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – நான் உன்னை பிடிக்கும் (Nāṉ uṉṉai piṭikkum) | Pronunciation: Naan un-nai pee-di-kum
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – నేను నిన్ను ఇష్టపడుతున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu iṣṭapaḍutunnānu) | Pronunciation: Nay-nu nin-nu ish-ta-pa-du-thun-nanu
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ฉันชอบคุณ (Chan chop khun) | Pronunciation: Chan chop khun
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Seni seviyorum | Pronunciation: Seh-nee sev-ee-yo-room
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Я тебе люблю (Ya tebe lyublyu) | Pronunciation: Yah te-beh lyoo-blyoo
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – میں آپ کو پسند کرتا ہوں (Male) / میں آپ کو پسند کرتی ہوں (Female) (Main aap ko pasand karta/karti hoon) | Pronunciation: Main aap ko pasand kar-ta/tee hoon
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Men seni yoqtiraman | Pronunciation: Men se-nee yok-ti-ra-man
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Tôi thích bạn | Pronunciation: Toy tick ban
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Dw i’n hoffi ti | Pronunciation: Doo een hoff-ee tee