How you say love in Swahili?

Upendo is the abstract noun. Pendo, with the same meaning is a common personal name, as is Upendo itself. Penzi means romantic love. Penzi letu means "our love" between a man and a woman. A loving person is mtu wa upendo.The verb is kupenda (inf.). Nakupenda, I love you, Napenda muziki, I love (or like) music. Since kupendameans either love or like you, must depend on the context to tell you which is the correct English translation.