Are you in love with a Ukrainian man or woman? Great choice! Now you should learn some Ukrainian love phrases to impress your beloved and make him or her love you more. Here are 10 Ukrainian love expressions and romantic words with different variations you could use every day. ❤️️

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1. Я кохаю тебе! Я люблю тебе! – I love you

Love is so important for Ukrainians that we even have two different words to name it:

• Кохання – only romantic love
• Любов – romantic love + all other kinds of love (to your family, country, or borshch)

Therefore, there are two ways to say I love you in Ukrainian:

• Я кохаю тебе!
• Я люблю тебе!

You can interchange them, as well as add some дуже (very much) at any place:

• Я дуже тебе кохаю!
• Я тебе дуже люблю!
• Дуже-дуже-дуже люблю тебе!

2. З Днем святого Валентина! – Happy Valentine’s Day!

День святого Валентина is Valentine’s day in Ukrainian. Although it is a new holiday for us, Ukrainians do celebrate it nowadays. So, give your loved one a валентинка – St. Valentine’s card with a greeting:

• З Днем святого Валентина, коханий!  – Happy Valentine’s Day my love (man)!
• З Днем святого Валентина, кохана! – Happy Valentine’s Day my love (woman)!

You can also add some other phrases from this list.

Listen to the Ukrainian Lessons Podcast Episode #29 to hear an example of Valentynka and learn more about the St. Valentine’s Day in Ukraine.

3. Я сумую без тебе, Я скучив (скучила) – I miss you!

Distances can be hard. There are several ways to say I miss you in Ukrainian:

• Я сумую без тебе – I am sad without you
• Я сумую за тобою – I am sad for you
• Я скучив – I’ve missed you (if you are a man)
• Я скучила – I’ve missed you (if you are a woman)

4. Будеш моєю дівчиною / моїм хлопцем? – Will you be my girlfriend / my boyfriend?

In Ukrainian, the words for a boyfriend and girlfriend are the same as a boy and a girl – хлопець і дівчина. If you want to ask a guy to be your boyfriend in Ukrainian, say:

• Будеш моїм хлопцем?
• Хочеш бути моїм хлопцем? 

If you want to ask a girl to be your girlfriend, choose one of the questions:

• Будеш моєю дівчиною?
• Хочеш бути моєю дівчиною?

5. Ти такий гарний / Ти така гарна! – You are so beautiful!

Giving compliments is one of the keys to the heart (another one is cooking Ukrainian food 😉 )

If you are giving a compliment to a girl in Ukrainian, you can say:

• Ти така гарна – You are so beautiful
• Ти чудова – You are great
• Ти неймовірна – You are amazing
• Ти така добра – You are so kind
• Ти особлива – You are special

If you are saying this to a man, just change the ending of the adjective:

• Ти такий гарний – You are so beautiful
• Ти чудовий – You are great
• Ти неймовірний – You are amazing
• Ти такий добрий – You are so kind
• Ти особливий – You are special

Learn more useful Ukrainian adjectives with their opposites here.

6. Моє серденько, моє сонечко… – My sweetheart, my sunshine…

Here are just a few common cute terms of endearment to call a person you love in Ukrainian:

To HIM	To HER	Universal
коханий – my love любий – dear милий – my love, my cute ведмежатко – little bear горобчик – sparrow принц – prince	кохана – my love люба – dear мила – my love, my cute моя зірочка – my star моя квіточка – my flower принцеса – princess	серденько – sweetheart сонечко – little sun зайченя = зайчик – rabbit котеня = котик kitten малятко – baby кохання – love

7. Я щасливий / щаслива з тобою – I am happy with you

Кохання = щастя (happiness). Tell a person you love you are happy with him or her:

• Я щасливий з тобою! (if you are a man)

• Я щаслива з тобою! (if you are a woman)

Learn 10 great ways to express gratitude in Ukrainian here.

8. Обійми мене! – Hug me!

Обійматися, обійнятися is to hug in Ukrainian. Обійми is the noun for hugs. Note how the stress changes in the imperative:

• Обійми мене! – Hug me!

9. Поцілуй мене! – Kiss me!

To kiss in Ukrainian is цілуватися. Поцілунок – a kiss. And here is how to say Kiss me in Ukrainian:

• Поцілуй мене! 

10. Виходь за мене! – Marry me!

At last (hopefully not the last Ukrainian romantic phrase you use in your partnership), there is the big proposal. If you are a man and you want to ask a woman to marry you in Ukrainian, say:

• Виходь за мене заміж! or simply:
• Виходь за мене!

If you are a woman making a proposal to a man, say:

• Ти будеш моїм чоловіком? – Will you be my husband?

There is also a universal one:

• Давай одружимося! – Let’s get married!

Love is…

To enjoy every moment spent with you.

 

Here is an idea you could use right now. You could send one of our pictures with short Ukrainian romantic phrases to your коханий чи кохана as a message.

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Let’s love in Ukrainian!

❤️️🇺🇦

 

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