“ILU” is a common abbreviation for “I Love You.” Expressing love is a universal concept, but the words used to say it can vary greatly across different languages. Here’s a list of how to say “I Love You” (ILU) in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Të dua | Pronunciation: Tuh doo-ah
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – أحبك (Uhibbuka) | Pronunciation: Oo-hee-boo-ka
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Ես քեզ սիրում եմ (Yes k’ez sirum yem) | Pronunciation: Yes kez see-room yem
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Mən səni sevirəm | Pronunciation: Men seh-nee seh-vee-rem
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Maite zaitut | Pronunciation: My-tay zigh-toot
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Я цябе кахаю (Ja ciabie kakhaju) | Pronunciation: Ya tya-bye ka-ha-yoo
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – আমি তোমাকে ভালোবাসি (Ami tomake bhalobashi) | Pronunciation: Ah-mee to-ma-ke bha-lo-ba-shee
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Volim te | Pronunciation: Vo-leem teh
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Обичам те (Obicham te) | Pronunciation: O-bee-cham teh
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – T’estimo | Pronunciation: T’es-tee-mo
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Miluji tě | Pronunciation: Mee-loo-yee tyeh
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Jeg elsker dig | Pronunciation: Yai el-sker dai
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Ik hou van jou | Pronunciation: Ik how van yow
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – I Love You | Pronunciation: Eye luv yoo
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Ma armastan sind | Pronunciation: Ma ar-ma-stan sind
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – دوستت دارم (Dooset daram) | Pronunciation: Doo-set da-ram
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Rakastan sinua | Pronunciation: Ra-ka-stan see-nu-a
- French (🇫🇷) – Je t’aime | Pronunciation: Zhuh tem
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – მიყვარხარ (Mikvarxar) | Pronunciation: Mee-kh-vahr-khar
- German (🇩🇪) – Ich liebe dich | Pronunciation: Ick lee-beh dik
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Σ’αγαπώ (S’agapo) | Pronunciation: Sah-ga-po
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – אני אוהב אותך (Ani ohev otach) | Pronunciation: Ah-nee o-hev o-takh
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – मैं तुमसे प्यार करता हूँ (Main tumse pyaar karta hoon) | Pronunciation: Main tum-se pyaar kar-ta hoon
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Szeretlek | Pronunciation: Se-ret-lek
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Ég elska þig | Pronunciation: Yeg el-ska thig
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Aku cinta kamu | Pronunciation: Ah-koo chin-ta ka-moo
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Taim i’ ngra leat | Pronunciation: Taw-im ih ngrah lat
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Ti amo | Pronunciation: Tee ah-mo
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 愛してる (Aishiteru) | Pronunciation: Aye-shee-teh-roo
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaksy kóremin) | Pronunciation: Men seh-nee zhak-sy ke-re-min
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ខ្ញុំស្រលាញ់អ្នក (Khnhom sralanh anak) | Pronunciation: Khnom sra-lan anak
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 사랑해 (Saranghae) | Pronunciation: Sa-rang-hae
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Ez hej te dikim | Pronunciation: Ez hej teh di-keem
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Мен сени жакшы көрөм (Men seni jakshy köröm) | Pronunciation: Men seh-nee zhak-shy ke-rem
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (Khony hak chao) | Pronunciation: Khon-y hak chao
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Es tevi mīlu | Pronunciation: Es te-vee mee-loo
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Aš tave myliu | Pronunciation: Ash tah-ve mee-loo
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Ech hun dech gaer | Pronunciation: Esh hoon deh gare
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Те сакам (Te sakam) | Pronunciation: Te sa-kam
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Saya cinta padamu | Pronunciation: Sa-ya chin-ta pa-da-mu
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Inhobbok | Pronunciation: In-hob-bok
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ) | Pronunciation: Wuo ai nee
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – मी तुला प्रेम करतो (Mi tula prem karto) | Pronunciation: Mee tu-la prem kar-to
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai) | Pronunciation: Bee chamt khair-tai
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – म तिमीलाई माया गर्छु (Ma timilai maya garchu) | Pronunciation: Ma tee-mee-lai ma-ya gar-chu
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Jeg elsker deg | Pronunciation: Yai el-sker dai
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – زه تا سره مینه لرم (Za ta sara meena laram) | Pronunciation: Za ta sa-ra mee-na la-ram
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Kocham cię | Pronunciation: Ko-ham che
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Eu te amo | Pronunciation: Eh-o te ah-mo
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Te iubesc | Pronunciation: Te yoo-besk
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Я тебя люблю (Ya tebya lyublyu) | Pronunciation: Ya teb-ya lyoo-blyoo
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Волим те (Volim te) | Pronunciation: Vo-leem te
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (Mama oyāṭa ādarei) | Pronunciation: Ma-ma o-ya-ta aa-da-rei
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Ľúbim ťa | Pronunciation: Lyoo-beem tya
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Ljubim te | Pronunciation: Lyoo-beem teh
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Waan ku jeclahay | Pronunciation: Waan ku je-clah-hay
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Te quiero | Pronunciation: Te kee-eh-ro
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Nakupenda | Pronunciation: Na-koo-pen-da
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Jag älskar dig | Pronunciation: Ya el-skar dey
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Ман туро дӯст медорам (Man turo dust medoram) | Pronunciation: Man tu-ro doost me-do-ram
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan unnai kaadhalikkiren) | Pronunciation: Nan un-nai kaa-da-li-ki-ren
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nenu ninnu premisthunnanu) | Pronunciation: Ne-nu nin-nu pre-mi-sthu-nna-nu
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ฉันรักคุณ (Chan rak khun) | Pronunciation: Chan rak khun
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Seni seviyorum | Pronunciation: Se-nee se-vi-yo-rum
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Я тебе люблю (Ya tebe lyublyu) | Pronunciation: Ya te-be lyoo-blyoo
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – میں تم سے پیار کرتا ہوں (Main tumse pyaar karta hoon) | Pronunciation: Main tum-se pyaar kar-ta hoon
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Men seni sevaman | Pronunciation: Men seh-nee se-va-man
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Anh yêu em | Pronunciation: Anh yoo em
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Rwy’n dy garu di | Pronunciation: Roo-een duh ga-ree dee
- Zulu (🇿🇦) – Ngiyakuthanda | Pronunciation: Ngee-ya-koo-than-da