Are you in love with a Ukrainian? Great choice! Now you should learn some Ukrainian love phrases to impress your loved one and make them fall in love with you even 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 borshcht 😉)
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 fairly 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 (male form)!
- З Днем святого Валентина, кохана! – Happy Valentine’s Day, my love (female form)!
You can also add some other phrases from this article!
Listen to the Ukrainian Lessons Podcast Episode #29 to hear an example of Валентинка 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 (I miss you)
- Я сумую за тобою – I miss you
- Я скучив – I’ve missed you (male form of “have missed”)
- Я скучила – I’ve missed you (female form of “have missed”)
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? – Will you be my boyfriend?
- Хочеш бути моїм хлопцем? – Do you want to be my boyfriend?
If you want to ask a girl to be your girlfriend, choose one of the questions:
- Будеш моєю дівчиною? – Will you be my girlfriend?
- Хочеш бути моєю дівчиною? – Do you want to be my girlfriend?
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 (pretty)
- Ти чудова – You are awesome
- Ти неймовірна – You are incredible
- Ти така добра – You are so kind
- Ти особлива – You are special
If you are saying this to a guy, just change the ending of the adjective:
- Ти такий гарний – You are so beautiful (handsome)
- Ти чудовий – You are awesome
- Ти неймовірний – You are incredible
- 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 – little 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 them:
- Я щасливий з тобою! – I’m happy with you! (male form of “to be happy”)
- Я щаслива з тобою! – I’m happy with you! (female form of “to be happy”)
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! – Kiss me!
10. Виходь за мене! – Marry me!
Lastly (but 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!
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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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Are you beginning to learn Ukrainian? Check our Ukrainian Lessons Podcast and start with our list of 14 most common expressions right now.
Thank you!
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I am already saying these compliments to my girl
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