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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.

  1. Bengali does not inflect for gender or number. However, it does have a plural form of the pronoun you. [1]
    • 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/.
  2. For romantic love, instead of /bhalobashi/, প্রেম করি i.e. /prem kori/ can be used.
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  3. To say 'I love you' back to some one, just add /o/ with /ami/, like আমিও তোমাকে ভালোবাসি i.e. /amio tomake bhalobashi/. [2]
    • 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/
  4. 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]
    • তোকে/তোদের (to.ke/to.der, again, with soft 't' and soft 'd') can be used as highly informal address.
  5. 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.
    Medha Deb
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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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    How do I say that she/he doesn't love me in Bengali?
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    Bengali pronouns are gender-neutral, so you just say "shey amaake valo basena."
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    What is the meaning of "kamon acho"?
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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.
      • 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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