Say “I Love You” in 54 African Languages Posted by Africa We say “I love you” all- year round to friends, family. Take the opportunity to say “I Love You” in one of these languages from Africa’s 54 countries !Afar – spoken in Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia: ko kicinio Afrikaans – spoken in South Africa, and Namibia: Ek’s lief vir jou / Ek het jou lief Akan/Twi/Fante – spoken in Ghana: Me dowapaa Amharic – spoken in Ethiopia: afekirishalehu (feminine), afekirhalehu (masculine) Arabic – spoken in Algeria, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, and Western Sahara: to a man – (ana uħibbuk) ٲﻧَﺎ ﭐﺣِﺒُّﻚ to a woman – (ana baħibbik) ٲﻧَﺎ ﺑَﺤَِّﻚ Bambara – spoken in Mali: M’bi fe Bemba – spoken in Zambia, Tanzania, Botswana, and Democratic People’s Republic of Congo: Nalikutemwa Berber – spoken in Algeria: Lakh tirikh Chichewa/Chewa – spoken in Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe: ndimakukonda Ewe – spoken in Togo, Ghana and Benin: Me lonwo Yaounde-Fang (including Ewondo) – spoken in Gabon and Cameroon: ma dzing wa / ma gnôre wa French – spoken in Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, CAR, Chad, Comoros, Cote D’Ivore, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Niger, Senegal, Seychelles, Togo, and Tunisia: Je t’aime Fula/Fulani – spoken in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Cameroon, and Mauritania: mi yidi ma Ganda/Luganda – spoken in Uganda: Nkwagala Nyo Gikuyu/Kikuyu – spoken in Kenya: Neguedete Hausa – spoken in Niger, Nigeria: Ina Sonki Igbo – spoken in Nigeria: A hurum gi nanya Kamba – spoken in Kenya: Ningwemdete Kanuri – spoken in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon: Nya Raakna Kirundi/Kinyarwanda – spoken in Burundi and Rwanda: Ndagukunda Kikongo/Kongo – spoken in Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola and Republic of the Congo: Mono ke zola nge Lingala – spoken in Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of the Congo: Nalingi yo Luo – spoken in Kenya and Tanzania: Aheri Luba-Kasai/Tshiluba – spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ndi mukusua Malagasy – spoken in Madagascar: Tiako ianao Malinke – spoken in Gambia: ni bi fe Mandingo/Mandinka – spoken in Mali, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea-Bissau and Chad: Nye kanu laye Mende – spoken in Sierra Leone: cale sa duie ca upeif Moore/Dagbani – spoken in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo and Mali: Mi ndigui Ndebele – spoken in Zimbabwe: Niyakutanda Nyanja – spoken in Zambia: Ndikufuna Oromo – spoken in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya: Ani sin Jaaladha Oshiwambo – spoken in Angola and Namibia: Ondi ku hole Portuguese – spoken in Angola, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and Sao Tome and Principe: amo te Pular – spoken in Guinea: Mbe de yid ma Punu – spoken in Gabon: ni u rondi Sango – spoken in Central African Republic: mbi yé mô Setswana/Tswana – spoken in Botswana: Ke a go rata Shona – spoken in Zimbabwe and Zambia: Ndinokuda! SiSwati – spoken in Swaziland: Ngiyakutsandza Somali – spoken in Somalia: Wa ku jeelahay Sesotho – spoken in Lesotho: Ke a o rata Soussou – spoken in Guinea: iran fan ma Spanish – spoken in Equatorial Guinea, Morocco, and Western Sahara: Te quiero Sukuma/Nyamwezi – spoken in Tanzania: itogwa benekele ne benekele Swahili – spoken in Burundi, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Uganda: Ninakupenda Begg naa la (general) Tigre – spoken in Eritrea: ana enti efete Tigrinya – spoken in Eritrea and Ethiopia: Y’fetwekum e’ye Tsonga – spoken in South Africa, Mozambique, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe: na ku rhandza Vai – spoken in Liberia, and Sierra Leone: Na lia Wolof – spoken in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania: Sopp naa la (I admire you – when courting) Nopp naa la (between partners) Xhosa – spoken in South Africa and Lesotho: Ndiya kuthanda Yorùbá – spoken in Benin and Nigeria: Mo nifẹẹ rẹ Zulu- spoken in South Africa and Lesotho: Ngiyakuthand
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 21:30:08 +0000
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