Have you always wanted to express your love in different ways? Do you feel like you want to say more than just "I love you" to that special someone? First consider who you want to tell. Identify what kind of love you feel. Maybe you want to say "I love you" in a particular language, or you want to express specific feelings that don't exist in Spanish. Learn the words, think about how you want to say them, and practice pronunciation to impress the person you love.
Steps
Method 1 of 3: Learn Words of Love
Step 1. Communicate the sadness of "onsra"
Onsra is pronounced ans-raa. It is a word from the Boron language of India that describes the sad and sweet feeling that occurs when you realize that your love is coming to an end.
- It is a noun because it is a feeling. You can say something like "I have this bittersweet onsra feeling that what we have is ending." Then explain the origin and definition of the word. That can help you explain both of your feelings without having to say it.
- Telling someone that you feel this way will open the door to talk about ending the relationship. They can talk about all the good things they shared together. Acknowledging the feeling of onsra can make the breakup more meaningful.
- Consider whether the other person is okay with the relationship ending before using that word. You don't want to surprise her with your feelings by using a new word.
Step 2. Shout the joy of the "retrouvailles"
Retrouvailles is pronounced gue-trguu-vay. It is a French word that refers to the joy of seeing someone loved after being separated for a long time. In Spanish it is translated as "reunion".
- This word can help you share the feeling of reunion when seeing the person you love again. But it does not have to be used only with a partner, you can also tell your friends that you have the feeling of reunion in their friendship.
- You can say “seeing you again feels like retrouvailles, a reunion of all the reasons why I love you and more”.
Step 3. Open your heart and tell about your "tuqburni"
Tuqburni is pronounced 'tuq-bur-naa. It is an Arabic word that literally translates as "you bury me." Describe the incredible and intense feeling of love for a person without whom you cannot imagine life.
- Use this expression with someone with whom you have a serious, committed, or deeply romantic relationship. For example, "I have waited so long to feel in love with someone in a tuqburni way. I finally found you and reached the tuqburni."
- Be careful not to saturate a new relationship with these types of intense emotions. Save this phrase for a relationship where intense love is shared.
- You can also joke with your friends about tuqburni.
Step 4. Send a message to share your feeling of "saudade"
Saudade is pronounced so-dad-yi. It is a word in Portuguese that means to be overwhelmed by the feeling of missing a loved one.
If you're looking for a new way to tell someone you love how much you miss them, try using the word saudade. For example, send him a text message saying “I can't take this saudade anymore. When will we meet again?"
Step 5. Explain that you already knew that "Koi No Yokan" would happen to both of you
Koi No Yokan is pronounced ‘koy-no-yo-kan. It is a word in Japanese that describes the feeling of knowing that you and a person you just met will end up falling in love.
- For example, if you want to play with someone, you can say "when I met you and talked about your wine club of the month, I felt the Koi No Yokan. I was sure that we would fall deeply in love."
- It's a cute way to express the delight of bonding with someone. Telling him that you knew it would be love from the start is a sweet way to compliment the person with whom you started something romantic.
- You can also use this expression if your romantic relationship had a slow process. This expression does not mean that there was love at first sight, but that you had the feeling that things were going to happen in the long run.
Step 6. Share the "mamihlapinatapai" moment
Mamihlapinatapai is pronounced ‘ma-mi-la-pi-na-ta-pay. It is a word from the Tierra del Fuego language called fuegian. It refers to that feeling shared between two people who want each other, but for some reason neither is willing to take the first step.
- After being together, you can ask her, "Is it my impression or did we have a mamihlapinatapai moment in the taxi we shared when we were friends?"
- Tell your friends about an exciting mamihlapinatapai moment you had with someone. It's always fun to hear these kinds of stories.
Step 7. Describe the "kilig" experience of seeing someone you like in an unexpected way
Kilig belongs to the Tagalog language and refers to that ridiculous and rushed feeling that occurs when something good has happened to you in love. You walk on the clouds when you experience the kilig.
For example, you can tell your friends how you gave a scream in the library when you read the message that someone you like sent you
Step 8. Forget it, you are "forelsket"
The word forelsket is from Norway, and it refers to the feeling of excitement and anticipation you have when you are falling in love with someone. Others may be sick of hearing you talk about that person all the time, but you can't help it, you are forelsket!
- You might want to thank your best friend when he passes the forelsket to you. You can say to him, "you were really there during my forelsket!"
- If you are in a relationship with the person you love, then say, "You really make me feel forelsket!"
Method 2 of 3: Learn translations of "I love you"
Step 1. Read the different translations for "I love you."
Note that in some languages there are different versions of "I love you" depending on the gender of the person you are talking to. In other cases, a distinction is made between saying I love you to your partner and to a friend. There are also different intensities of love, some stronger and some weaker. It's like saying "I love you" to a friend and "I love you" to your partner. In these cases, by saying "I love you" you know that you are taking an important step in a relationship.
- I love you in Afrikaans - Ek is lief vir jou
- I love you in German - Ich liebe Dich
- I love you in Albanian - te dua
- I love you in Alentejano (Portugal) - Gosto De Ti, Porra!
- I love you in Alsatian (elsass) - Ich hoan dich gear
- I love you in Amharic (Aethio) - Afekrishalehou
- I love you in Arabic - Ana Ahebak / Ana Bahibak
- I love you in Armenian - yes kez shat em siroom
- I love you in Assamese - Moi tomak bhal pau
- I love you in Akkadian - Az tha hijthmeke
- I love you in bambara - M'bi fe
- I love you in bangla - Ami tomakay bala basi
- I love you in batak - Holong rohangku di ho
- I love you in Bavarian - tuI mog di
- I love you in Belarusian - Ya tabe kahayu
- I love you in Bengali - Ami tomake bhalobashi
- I love you in Berber - Lakh tirikh
- I love you in bicol - Namumutan ta ka
- I love you in bisaya - Nahigugma ako kanimo
- I love you in Bosnian - Ja te volim (formal) or volim-te Turkish seni seviyorum
- I love you in Bulgarian - As te obicham
- I love you in Bulgarian - Obicham te
- I love you in Burmese- chit pa de
- I love you in Cambodian (to a woman) - bon saleng oun
- I love you in Cambodian (to a man) - oun saleng bonv
- I love you in Catalan - T'estim (Mallorcan)
- I love you in cebuano - Gihigugma ko ikaw
- I love you in chamoru (or chamorro) - Hu guaiya hao
- I love you in cherokee - Tsi ge yu i
- I love you in cheyenne - Ne mohotatse
- I love you in chibemba (from Zambia) - Nali ku temwa
- I love you in chichewa - Ndimakukonda
- I love you in Chechen - Chiholloli (the first 'i' is nasal)
- I love you in Chinese - Ngo oi ney a (Cantonese)
- I love you in Chinese - Wuo ai nee (Mandarin)
- I love you in Sinhalese - Mama oyaata aadareyi
- I love you in Korean - SA LANG HAE / Na No Sa Lan Hei
- I love you in Corsican - Ti tengu cara (to a woman)
- I love you in Corsican - Ti tengu caru (to a man)
- I love you in Creole - Mi aime jou
- I love you in Croatian - Volim te (used in common speech)
- I love you in Czech - Miluji Te
- I love you in Danish - Jeg elsker dig
- I love you in Dutch - Ik hou van jou
- I love you in Dutch - Jeg elsker dig
- I love you in English - I love thee (only in a Christian context)
- I love you in English - I love you
- I love you in Scottish Gaelic - Tha gra \ dh agam ort
- I love you in eskimo - Nagligivaget
- I love you in Spanish - I love you / I love you / I love you
- I love you in Esperanto - Mi amas vim
- I love you in Estonian - Ma armastan sind / Mina armastan sind (formal)
- I love you in Ethiopian - afekereshe alhu
- I love you in Basque - Nere maitea
- I love you in Faroese - Eg elski teg
- I love you in Persian - Tora dost daram
- I love you in Filipino - Mahal kita
- I love you in Finnish (Minä) rakastan sinua
- I love you in flamenco (Ghent) - 'k'ou van ui
- I love you in French (formal) - Je vous aime
- I love you in Canadian French - Je t'adore ("I love you")
- I love you in Canadian French - Je t'aime ("I like you")
- I love you in Friesian - Ik hald fan dei
- I love you in Gaelic - Tá mé i ngrá leat
- I love you in Gaelic - Querote (or) Amote
- I love you in Welsh - Rwy'n dy garu di
- I love you in Georgian - Miquar shen
- I love you in Greek - agapo se
- I love you in Greek - S'agapo
- I love you in Greenlandic - Asavakit
- I love you in Gronigués - Ik hol van die
- I love you in Gujarati - oo tane prem karu chu
- I love you in hausa - Ina sonki
- I love you in Hawaiian - Aloha au ia`oe
- I love you in Hebrew - Ani ohevet ota
- I love you in hiligainón - Guina higugma ko ikaw
- I love you in hindi - Main tumsey pyaar karta hoon / Maine Pyar Kiya
- I love you in Hmong - Kuv hlub koj
- I love you in hokkien - Wa ai lu
- I love you in hopi - Nu 'umi unangwa'ta
- I love you in Hungarian - Szeretlek te'ged
- I love you in Kenyan language (kalenjin) - Achamin
- I love you in Kenyan language (Kiswahili) - Ninakupenda
- I love you in Icelandic - Eg elska thig
- I love you in ilocano - Ay ayating ka
- I love you in indi - Mai Tujhe Pyaar Kartha Ho
- I love you in Indonesian - Saya tape padamu (usually used just 'saya')
- I love you in Inuit - Negligevapse
- I love you in Iranian - Mahn doostaht doh-rahm
- I love you in Irish - taim i 'ngra leat
- I love you in Italian - Ti amo / Ti voglio bene
- I love you in Japanese - Anata wa, dai suki desu
- I love you in Javanese (formal) - Kulo tresno marang panjenengan
- I love you in Javanese (informal) - aku terno kowe
- I love you in Kannada - Naanu ninna preetisuttene
- I love you in kikongo - Mono ke zola nge (mono ke 'zola nge')
- I love you in kiswahili - Nakupenda
- I love you in konkani - Tu magel moga cho
- I love you in Kurdish - Khoshtm Auyt
- I love you in lao - Chanrackkun
- I love you in Latin - I love you
- I love you in Latin for pigs - I-yea Ove-lea Ou-yea
- I love you in Latvian - Es mîlu Tevi
- I love you in Lebanese - Bahibak
- I love you in Ghanaian language- Me dor wo
- I love you in sign language - Spread your fingers so they don't touch. Bend your middle and ring fingers so they touch the palm of your hand.
- I love you in lingala - Nalingi yo
- I love you in Lithuanian - As Myliu Tave
- I love you in lojban - mi do prami
- I love you in luo - Aheri
- I love you in Luxembourgish - Ech hun dech gäer
- I love you in Macedonian - Jas Te Sakam
- I love you in Madrid- lingo I'm cool, tronca
- I love you in maiese - Wa wa
- I love you in Malay - Saya tapekan mu / Saya tape mu
- I love you in Maltese - Inhobbok hafna
- I love you in marati - Me tula prem karto
- I love you in Moroccan - Ana moajaba bik
- I love you in yucatecan maya - 'in k'aatech (the love of loves)
- I love you in mohican - Kanbhik
- I love you in Nahuatl - Ni mits neki
- I love you in Navajo - Ayor anosh'ni
- I love you in ndebele - Niyakutanda
- I love you in Niger (Hausa) - Ina sonki
- I love you in Niger (Yoruba language) - Mo fe ran re
- I love you in Norwegian - Jeg elsker deg
- I love you in Ossetian - Aez dae warzyn
- I love you in Pakistani (Urdu) - May tum say pyar karta hun
- I love you in pampango - Kaluguran daka
- I love you in pandacan - Syota na kita !!
- I love you in pangasinense - Inaru Taka
- I love you in papiamento - Mi ta stimabo
- I love you in Persian - To ra Doost Daram
- I love you in Polish - Kocham Cie
- I love you in Portuguese (from Brazil) - Eu te amo
- I love you in punjabi - me tumse pyar ker ta hu '
- I love you in Bolivian Quechua - Qanta munani
- I love you in Quechua from Ecuador - Canda munani
- I love you in Quenya - Tye-mela'ne
- I love you in Romanian - I adore you (strong)
- I love you in Romanian - Te iubesc
- I love you in Russian - Ya tyebya lyublyu
- I love you in Samoan - Ou alofa outou
- I love you in Sanskrit - tvayi snihyaami
- I love you in Serbo-Croatian - Volim te
- I love you in Serbo-Croatian (from Yugoslavia) - Ya te volim
- I love you in Setswana - Ke a go rata
- I love you in shona - Ndinokuda
- I love you in Sindhi - Maa Tokhe Pyar Kendo Ahyan
- I love you in slovenian - ljubim te
- I love you in Sesotho - Ke or Rata
- I love you in Sri Lanka - mame adhare
- I love you in Suriname - My lobi joe
- I love you in swajili - Naku penda
- I love you in Swedish - Jag älskar dig
- I love you in Swiss German - Ch-ha di gärn
- I love you in tagalog - Mahal Kita / Iniibig kita
- I love you in Tahitian - Ua here au ia oe
- I love you in Taiwanese - Wa ga ei li
- I love you in Tamil - Naan Unnai Khadalikkeren
- I love you in telugu - Nenu Ninnu Premisthunnanu
- I love you in Thai - Khao Raak Thoe / chun raak ter
- I love you in Tunisian - Ha eh bak
- I love you in Turkish - Seni Seviyorum
- I love you in Ukrainian - Yalleh blutebeh / ya tebe kohayu
- I love you in Urdu - Mea tum se pyaar karta hu (to a girl)
- I love you in Urdu - Mea tum se pyar karti hu (to a boy)
- I love you in Vietnamese (for women) - Em yeu Anh
- I love you in Vietnamese (for men) - Anh yeu Em
- I love you in vlaams (flamenco) - Ik hue van ye
- I love you in vulcano - Wani ra yana ro aisha
- I love you in Wolof - Da ma la nope
- I love you in Yiddish - Ich han dich lib
- I love you in Yoruba - Mo ni fe
- I love you in zazi (Kurdish) - Ezhele hezdege
- I love you in Zulu - Mina funani wena
Method 3 of 3: Express "I love you"
Step 1. Choose a language that means something to one or both of you
Consider the relationship you have with the person you want to tell that you love them. Do you speak other languages? Are you interested in a particular language? Do you have an intimate joke involving a country that would be fun to refer to?
For example, if you've just finished watching a series about London, learn to say "I love you" in English with a British accent
Step 2. Practice the pronunciation
Use Google Translate to practice pronunciation. Listen to the words and repeat them out loud at a normal volume. Give them to someone while you practice and listen to their reaction.
Say the words while looking at yourself in a mirror. Repeat the entire sentence you plan to say. Do it out loud until you feel comfortable
Step 3. Make the person you love laugh
Emphasize the words or say them funny after telling the person that you love them. You can be silly and playful and repeat the words over and over again.
Step 4. Make a note of the word on your cell phone
You can show the note to that person and explain why you feel that way about them. Seeing that you care enough to do that will make her feel loved.
Step 5. Send the word or phrase in a text message
Texting is a great way to communicate affection without having to worry about saying the words correctly. Receiving such a message will make the person feel especially loved and special.
Step 6. Tell him in person how you feel
This is a more intimate way to communicate your feelings. Find a situation where you can say the words. It can be during a walk or a conversation break over dinner.