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# ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ

Main Tainu Pyaar Karda Haan

Say it**main TAI-noo pyaar kar-DA haan**Type**Phrase**

In short

I love you in Punjabi is ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ (main tainu pyaar karda haan) when a man says it, and ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦੀ ਹਾਂ (main tainu pyaar kardi haan) when a woman says it: only the verb ending changes. For elders and in poetry, ਤੈਨੂੰ (tainu) becomes ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ (tuhaanu), the respectful you.

## How it's used

1. 1ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ੤I love you. (a man speaking) _The phrase_
2. 2ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦੀ ਹਾਂ੤I love you. (a woman speaking) _The phrase_
3. 3ਮੈਂ ਵੀ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ੤I love you too. (a man speaking) _The reply_

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਈ ਲਵ ਯੂ ਲਈ ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ੤ ਮੁੰਡਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ ਕਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਕੁੜੀ ਕਰਦੀ ਹਾਂ, ਫ਼ਰਕ ਸਿਰਫ਼ ਕਿਰਿਆ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੈ੤ ਬਜ਼ੁਰਗਾਂ ਲਈ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਦੀ ਥਾਂ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਵਰਤੋ੤ ਪਿਆਰ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਦਾ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਕੋਮਲ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਹੈ੤

I love you in Punjabi is **ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ (main tainu pyaar karda haan)**. Punjabi marks the speaker's gender in the verb, so a woman says **ਕਰਦੀ ਹਾਂ (kardi haan)** where a man says ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ (karda haan). This page breaks the sentence down, gives the respectful form for elders and poetry, and adds the softer ways Punjabis declare affection in family life.

## The phrase, part by part

**ਮੈਂ (main)** \- I

**ਤੈਨੂੰ (tainu)** \- to you, the intimate form, for a partner or someone close

**ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ (tuhaanu)** \- to you, the respectful form, for elders and in poetry

**ਪਿਆਰ (pyaar)** \- love, deep affection

**ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ (karda haan)** \- I do, said by a man

**ਕਰਦੀ ਹਾਂ (kardi haan)** \- I do, said by a woman

## When to use it

The sentence is built on [ਪਿਆਰ (pyaar)](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/pyaar/), love, the gentlest of the Punjabi feeling words; its full page is on the [feelings list](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/punjabi-emotions-words/). Use ਤੈਨੂੰ (tainu) with a partner or spouse. With ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ (tuhaanu) the same sentence turns respectful, and that is the form you will meet in songs and poems addressed to God, a teacher or a parent.

Within families, love is often said sideways in Punjab: **ਮੈਨੂੰ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਬਹੁਤ ਪਸੰਦ ਹੋ (mainu tussi bahut pasand ho)**, I like you very much, or through care itself, food made, feet pressed, a door waited at. But the direct sentence is fully understood and increasingly said, and a learner who says it correctly, with the right verb for their own gender, will be understood exactly as intended.

## What people say back

**ਮੈਂ ਵੀ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ (main vi tainu pyaar karda haan)** \- I love you too, from a man

**ਮੈਂ ਵੀ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦੀ ਹਾਂ (main vi tainu pyaar kardi haan)** \- I love you too, from a woman

**ਮੈਂ ਵੀ (main vi)** \- me too, the short and smiling reply

## How do you say I love you in Punjabi?

I love you in Punjabi is ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ (main tainu pyaar karda haan) from a man, and ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦੀ ਹਾਂ (kardi haan) from a woman.

## Why does the Punjabi sentence change for men and women?

Punjabi verbs agree with the speaker's gender in this construction: ਕਰਦਾ (karda) is masculine and ਕਰਦੀ (kardi) is feminine. The rest of the sentence stays the same.

## How do you say I love you respectfully in Punjabi?

Replace ਤੈਨੂੰ (tainu) with ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ (tuhaanu): ਮੈਂ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ (main tuhaanu pyaar karda haan). This is the form for elders, teachers and poetry.

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Sources (2)
1. [Useful Punjabi phrases, Omniglot](https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/punjabi.php)
2. [Learn Punjabi: the guided path, Jugti Kosh](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/learn-punjabi/)
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On this page[In short](#in-short)[How it's used](#how-used)[ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ](#pa-meaning)[The phrase, part by part](#s-k1)[When to use it](#s-k8)[What people say back](#s-k11)[How do you say I love you in Punjabi?](#s-k17)[Why does the Punjabi sentence change for men and women?](#s-k19)[How do you say I love you respectfully in Punjabi?](#s-k21)

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