I love you in Welsh
Rydw i'n dy garu di
In Welsh, the phrase to know first is "Rydw i'n dy garu di" (I love you). The others are below, each with a note on when to use it.
I love you in Welsh is Rydw i'n dy garu di. Below are the shorter spoken forms and the words of endearment you will hear.
Greetings
Rydw i'n dy garu di
I love you
The full form.
Dwi'n dy garu di
I love you
The everyday spoken form.
Rwy'n dy garu di
I love you
Another spoken form.
Useful words
cariad
love; darling
The feeling and the person.
fy nghariad
my love
Cariad becomes nghariad after fy.
About the words
The sentence is built from rydw i, "I am", the verb caru, "to love", and dy … di, the familiar "you". Caru softens to garu after dy. Cariad, from caru and -iad, means both love and a beloved person, and it is used on its own as a term of endearment.
Common questions
How do you say I love you in Welsh?
Rydw i'n dy garu di, or in everyday speech Dwi'n dy garu di.
I love you in the other Celtic languages
Further reading
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Sources
Every phrase and fact on this page was checked against the sources below. Last checked 2026-10-20.
- Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org
- Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org
- blas. course data
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