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.

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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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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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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".

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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.

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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.

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

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

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A soft 't' is pronounced with the tongue touching the back of the teeth instead of the hard palette, as in 'th' of 'thin' in English.

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Please note: the 'a' sounds are similar to the 'a' sound of 'bath'. Do not pronounce it like 'a' sounds of about or able or always.

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