J'ai le coup de foudre pour toi.
English translation: I'm mad/crazy about you.
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| na | I'm mad/crazy about you. |
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| na | see below |
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| na | I'm head over heels in love with you |
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| na | madly in love with you / head over heels in love/ besotted |
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I'm mad/crazy about you. Explanation: Salut, "le coup de foudre" translates in English to love at first sight, but the Oxford Hachette does have the idiomatic expression "avoir le coup de foudre pour qqn/qqch" which it defines as "to be really taken with someone or something" Oxford Hachette 2nd Ed. |
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see below Explanation: Literally means "thunderstruck" or struck by lightning. From there you can get all sorts of ways to say it. The true equivelant, as suggested above, is love at first sight but in the context you give would mean something more like "I've got a kick for you" or .., take you pick. |
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I'm head over heels in love with you Explanation: Other answers were good but I thought you might like this formula for the strong impact it has. |
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madly in love with you / head over heels in love/ besotted Explanation: \"thunderstruck\" to me denotes vaguely unpleasant surprise - I would translate this as \'head over heels in love with you\' \'madly in love with you\' or \'besotted with you\' You could be a bit more jokey and say \'nuts about you\'. Personally I think \'madly in love with you\' is the most romantic. Bon chance! Mary |
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