Ways to say it
| Urdu | Romanization (Wiktionary) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| تُم مُجھے پَسَنْد ہو | tum mujhe pasand ho | informal |
| آپ مُجھے پَسَنْد ہَیں | āp mujhe pasand ha͠i | formal |
This is how you tell a friend or a peer that you like them. To say you like them a lot, use مجھے تم بہت پسند ہو۔
What does it mean word for word?
تُم is you, مُجھے is to me, پَسَنْد means liked or pleasing and ہو is are. Literally the phrase says you are pleasing to me.
Which one should you use?
Use the tum form with friends, peers or people younger than you. Use آپ مُجھے پَسَنْد ہَیں, with the respectful pronoun آپ, for elders, strangers or in professional settings. محبت means love and is much stronger than liking.
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
تُم مُجھے پَسَنْد ہو is informal. آپ مُجھے پَسَنْد ہَیں and مجھے آپ پسند ہیں۔ are formal.
How does it change in a sentence?
mujhe is the oblique form of I. It is used because the person who is liked is the grammatical subject and the speaker is the one who receives the feeling.
How do you pronounce it?
It is romanized as tum mujhe pasand ho.
When do people say it?
For a playful, exaggerated way to say it, people say مجھے تم مجنوں کی طرح پسند ہو۔, I like you like Majnoon, after the famous lover of the old tale.
Did you know?
- The formal pronoun آپ used to say 'you' is etymologically linked to the concept of the 'soul' or 'self'.
- Comparing one's liking to مجنوں refers to a legendary figure from a classic tale of tragic, obsessive love.
- The formal version of the phrase changes the verb from ہو to ہَیں to match the respectful pronoun آپ.
Examples in context
- سارہ، تُم مُجھے پَسَنْد ہوSara, tum mujhe pasand hoSara, I like you.
- کیا تُم جانتے ہو کہ تُم مُجھے پَسَنْد ہو؟kya tum jaante ho ke tum mujhe pasand ho?Do you know that I like you?
Example conversation
Ahmed is expressing his feelings to Sara in a park.
- احمد Ahmedسارہ، میں یہ کہنا چاہتا ہوں کہ تُم مُجھے پَسَنْد ہوSara, mein yeh kehna chahta hoon ke tum mujhe pasand hoSara, I want to say that I like you.
- سارہ Saraسچ میں؟ شکریہ احمد!Sach mein? Shukriya Ahmed!Really? Thank you, Ahmed!
- احمد Ahmedکیا تم بھی مجھے پسند کرتی ہو؟Kya tum bhi mujhe pasand karti ho?Do you like me too?
- سارہ Saraہاں، میں بھی تمہیں پسند کرتی ہوں۔Haan, mein bhi tumhein pasand karti hoon.Yes, I like you too.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “I like you” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries آپ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
