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I love you in Hindi

The phrase is मैं तुमसे प्यार करता हूँ — but the verb ending changes depending on whether you are male or female.

मैं तुमसे प्यार करता हूँ
main tumse pyaar karta hoon
“I love you” · said by a male speaker

“I love you” in Hindi is मैं तुमसे प्यार करता हूँ (main tumse pyaar karta hoon) — but there's one crucial thing to get right. The verb ending depends on the gender of the speaker, not the person being loved. A man says करता हूँ (karta hoon); a woman says करती हूँ (karti hoon). So a woman telling anyone she loves them says मैं तुमसे प्यार करती हूँ (main tumse pyaar karti hoon).

This is one of the first places learners meet Hindi's gendered grammar. The verb करना (karna, to do) agrees with whoever is doing the action — here, मैं (main, I). Masculine subject → करता; feminine subject → करती. The rest of the sentence — मैं तुमसे प्यार (I … love with you) — never changes. Get the ending right and the whole phrase falls into place.

Two useful pieces: तुमसे (tumse) is तुम (you, informal) + से (with/to), because प्यार करना takes its object with से. And प्यार (pyaar) is everyday "love"; the literary, more elevated word is प्रेम (prem).

By speaker gender and register

Same meaning — only the verb ending and the “you” word shift.
Speaker / registerHindiPronunciation
Male, informalमैं तुमसे प्यार करता हूँmain tumse pyaar karta hoon
Female, informalमैं तुमसे प्यार करती हूँmain tumse pyaar karti hoon
Male, respectful (आप)मैं आपसे प्यार करता हूँmain aapse pyaar karta hoon
Female, respectful (आप)मैं आपसे प्यार करती हूँmain aapse pyaar karti hoon
Male, literary (प्रेम)मैं तुमसे प्रेम करता हूँmain tumse prem karta hoon
Female, literary (प्रेम)मैं तुमसे प्रेम करती हूँmain tumse prem karti hoon

Example sentences

Loving lines, with the speaker's gender noted.
EnglishHindi
I love you very much. (male)मैं तुमसे बहुत प्यार करता हूँ।
I love you very much. (female)मैं तुमसे बहुत प्यार करती हूँ।
I love only you. (male)मैं सिर्फ़ तुमसे प्यार करता हूँ।
I will always love you. (female)मैं हमेशा तुमसे प्यार करती रहूँगी।
You are my love.तुम मेरा प्यार हो।
Cultural note. Saying मैं तुमसे प्यार करता हूँ outright is direct and romantic — heard in films and between couples, but less often blurted in conservative or family settings, where affection is shown more obliquely. The respectful form with आपसे can sound tender and old-fashioned, while प्रेम lends a poetic, devotional weight. Match the word to the relationship.

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Frequently asked

How do you say I love you in Hindi?
A man says मैं तुमसे प्यार करता हूँ (main tumse pyaar karta hoon) and a woman says मैं तुमसे प्यार करती हूँ (main tumse pyaar karti hoon). The verb changes with the gender of the speaker, not the listener.
Why does I love you change for men and women in Hindi?
Hindi verbs agree with the gender of the subject. Since the subject of I love you is the speaker, a male speaker uses करता (karta) and a female speaker uses करती (karti). Everything else in the sentence stays the same.
What is the formal or respectful way to say I love you in Hindi?
Replace तुमसे (tumse) with the respectful आपसे (aapse): मैं आपसे प्यार करता हूँ / करती हूँ. The literary word for love is प्रेम (prem), as in मैं तुमसे प्रेम करता हूँ, which sounds poetic and formal.
What does तुमसे mean in I love you?
तुमसे (tumse) means with you or to you — it is तुम (you, informal) plus the postposition से. प्यार करना, to love, takes its object with से, so love is literally done with someone.
How do you say I love you a lot in Hindi?
Add बहुत (bahut, very much): मैं तुमसे बहुत प्यार करता हूँ (male) or मैं तुमसे बहुत प्यार करती हूँ (female), meaning I love you very much.