How to Say "I Love You" in Bengali

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Say আমি তোমাকে/তোমাদের ভালোবাসি.

   Bengali does not inflect for gender or number.
   
   However, it does have a plural form of the pronoun you.
   
   In singular-accusative (or object position), it is তোমাকে, roughly tomake with a soft 't'.
   
   For plural-accusative, it is তোমাদের, roughly tomader with a soft 't'. আমি (ami) is 'I' and ভালোবাসি (bhalobashi) is 'love'.
   
   The broad phonetic transcription is /ami tomake bhalobashi/ or /ami tomader bhalobashi/.
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   Step 2: Tweak the phrase for romance.

   For romantic love, instead of /bhalobashi/, প্রেম করি i.e. /prem kori/ can be used., To say 'I love you' back to some one, just add /o/ with /ami/, like আমিও তোমাকে ভালোবাসি i.e. /amio tomake bhalobashi/ 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/ , Instead of তোমাকে/তোমাদের, আপনাকে/আপনাদের (apnake/apnader, 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). তোকে/তোদের (toke/toder, again, with soft 't' and soft 'd') can be used as highly informal address. , 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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   Step 3: Change the wording if you're replying in kind.

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   Step 4: Go a little more formal when required.

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   Step 5: Adjust your wording for emphasis or poetry.

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