How to Say "I Love You" in Bengali

Last Updated: August 10, 2022

Whether you're curious about or learning the language, or just want to find a new way to express your appreciation of a loved one, this wikiHow will teach you how to say "I love you" in Bengali.

Steps

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Say আমি তোমাকে/তোমাদের ভালোবাসি. Bengali does not inflect for gender or number. However, it does have a plural form of the pronoun you.^{[1]
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- In singular-accusative (or object position), it is তোমাকে, roughly to.ma.ke with a soft 't'.
- For plural-accusative, it is তোমাদের, roughly to.ma.der with a soft 't'.
- আমি (a.mi) is 'I' and ভালোবাসি (bha.lo.ba.shi) is 'love'.
- The broad phonetic transcription is /ami tomake bhalobashi/ or /ami tomader bhalobashi/.
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Tweak the phrase for romance. For romantic love, instead of /bhalobashi/, প্রেম করি i.e. /prem kori/ can be used.

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Change the wording if you're replying in kind. To say 'I love you' back to some one, just add /o/ with /ami/, like আমিও তোমাকে ভালোবাসি i.e. /amio tomake bhalobashi/.^{[2]
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- আমিও তোমাকে আরো ভালোবাসি (/amio tomake aro bhalobashi/) or আমিও তোমাকে আরো বেশি ভালোবাসি (/amio tomake aro beshi bhalobashi/) means I love you (even) more". The feeling can be further intensified by lengthening the sound /o/ of /aro/
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Go a little more formal when required. Instead of তোমাকে/তোমাদের, আপনাকে/আপনাদের (ap.na.ke/ap.na.der, with soft 'd' like 'th' of 'other' in English) can be used for more respect or formal situations (colloquially, it's mostly used for formal addressals).^{[3]
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- তোকে/তোদের (to.ke/to.der, again, with soft 't' and soft 'd') can be used as highly informal address.
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Adjust your wording for emphasis or poetry. Bengali is a free-phrasal language. So, the words can be re-ordered to shift emphasis or for poetic requirements. For example, তোমাকে আমি ভালোবাসি (/tomake ami bhalobashi/) may mean, "It is you, whom I love" or ভালোবাসি তোমাকে আমি (/bhalobashi tomake ami/) may mean "It is love what I feel for you".

Community Q&A

Question

How do you say an endearing, kind term for a man you love in Bangla, from a man to a woman? AI am looking for a term only used for the person you love, almost like a nickname.

Medha Deb

Community Answer

The word /shona/, meaning gold can be used neutrally for a loved one irrespective of gender or your relationship with the person. However, it is not used to refer to someone older than you unless the person is your partner.
Question

How do I say that she/he doesn't love me in Bengali?

Community Answer

Bengali pronouns are gender-neutral, so you just say "shey amaake valo basena."
Question

What is the meaning of "kamon acho"?

ths 130028

Community Answer

Kamon Acho means How Are You? in Bengali. However, this is informal. The formal way to say it would be Apni Kemon Achhen?.