How to Say I Love You in Romanian

Last Updated: December 16, 2020

Are you in love with a Romanian man or woman? The most common way of expressing it is by saying "Te iubesc". It's simple and easy. You will most likely impress your loved one by making the effort of saying it in Romanian.

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This wikiHow will teach you how to pronounce each single word, phonetically it sounds like this: /te ju'besk/.
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This is the "you" in " I love you." You can pronounce the T as in t iger and the e as in b e d.

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This is the "love" in "I love you." You can pronounce the iu as in you , be as in be d and sc as in sc ale.

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If your loved one tells you "I love you" and you would like to answer back, you need to say: Și eu te iubesc . You are literally saying "And I love you". The phonetic transcription is /ʃi jew te ju'besk/
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To say "Și" you need to pronounce it like "she". To pronounce "eu" you need to pronounce it as the two letters in ye s followed by the "oo" as in b oo k.
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This is the "love" in "I love you." You can pronounce the iu as in you , be as in be d and sc as in sc ale.

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The literal translation is "I long for you". The phonetic transcription is /mje dor de 'ti.ne/. ^{[1]
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To pronounce i-e you need to say it as in ye s. The three letters Mi-e are to be pronounced together as one single word.
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To pronounce do you need to say avoca do followed by a trilled r .
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To pronounce de say it as in de n. To say tine you need to pronounce tea followed by ne as in ne t.

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The phonetic transcription is /ɨmʲ 'pla.t͡ʃe de 'ti.ne/.
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The sound î does not exist in English. To say place you need to pronounce pla as in pla teau followed by ce as in che st.
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To pronounce de say it as in de n. To say tine you need to pronounce tea followed by ne as in ne t.

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