i love you
| 11:26 Dec 20, 2000 |
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| na | ich liebe dich |
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| na | Je t'aime/Je vous aime |
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| na | Je t' aime/Je vous aime |
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| na | Mon coeur brûle pour vous/ mon coeur bat pour vous. |
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| na | Je t'adore |
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| na | Je t'aime/Je vous aime |
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ich liebe dich Explanation: another possibility would be "ich hab' dich lieb", but "ich liebe dich" is the BIG statement none needed |
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Je t'aime/Je vous aime Explanation: The choice of pronoums depends on the kind of relationship between them. If she is close enough to the man, if they are friends, peers, coleagues, etc., she can say: "Je t'aime". But if he is a stranger, somebody she never spoke with, or a distant acquaintance, or a hierarchical superior, she could say: "Je vous aime". |
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Je t' aime/Je vous aime Explanation: Je t'aime / Je vous aime Both are OK, depending on how well you know the person or how polite you want to be :) Uel, I'm afraid you're dwelling in the realms of a different language :) HTH |
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Mon coeur brûle pour vous/ mon coeur bat pour vous. Explanation: Fully romantic it would literaly translate in English: my heart beats for you! Romantic story |
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Je t'adore Explanation: This is stronger than Je t'aime. Literally: Je t'adore = I worship you. (The t' (tu) renders it familiar.) |
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Je t'aime/Je vous aime Explanation: Follow the advice of csherman or deltra. I just wanted to add that if the text you are translating is in an oldish context (i.e. at least pre-war) there's more chance that 'je vous aime' will be better than 'je t'aime', notwithstanding the advice given already. By way of example, if my memory serves me well, in the French-language version of the film Casablanca (Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid Bergman), Elsa (Bergman) tells Bogey "je vous aime...", in a context of 1942 (the film was made in 1943). And you can't get much more romantic than Bogey & Bergman! Casablanca, directed by Michael Curtiz (1943). |
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