IF you want to know how do you say I love you in Spanish, you have to take into consideration the person you are planning to use your newly learned phrase on. If the person is your husband or wife, boyfriend or girlfriend, someone for whom you have romantic love, the phrase is te amo or yo te amo.

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But if the person you want to declare your affection to is your grandmother or niece or best friend, then you would say te quiero or yo te quiero. Te quiero is also OK to say to a lover, by the way, but te amo is typically not appropriate to say to your child. While this may not be the case in every Spanish culture, anyone just starting to learn Spanish would do well to stick to this rule. Better safe than sorry!

Te quiero (pronounced teh kyeh-roh) comes from the verb querer, which is the infinitive form and means to want.  Te means you. The subject pronoun yo may or may not be used as you prefer because that information is included in the conjugation of the word itself. Quiero is the first person indicative of the verb querer.

While the literal translation is I want you, te quiero is how to say I love you in Spanish to anyone from friends to family to lovers. It does not imply lust, although it is possible to convey that feeling by tone of voice, expression of the eyes and, of course, the context in which it is spoken.

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THE Spanish language is a romance language – and what is more romantic than the words I love you? So how do you say I love you in Spanish? Very simply, the answer is: Te amo.

Te (pronounced teh) stands for you.

Amo (pronounced ah-moh, with the stress on the first syllable) stands for I love.

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In Spanish, as in many other languages, it is not necessary to use the subject pronoun, in this case, the word I, because this information is indicated by the way the verb is conjugated. In this case the verb is amar, which is the infinitive form and means to love. The conjugation amo tells you that it is the first person pronoun.

While it is common not to use pronouns in conversation, it is perfectly correct and normal to include them when you speak Spanish, as well. The choice is yours.

How do you say I love you in Spanish including the subject pronoun? Yo te amo.

Note that te amo or Yo te amo is a Spanish phrase typically reserved for use only with your lover. While in the English language, the verb to love is used to reflect a positive emotion towards lovers, spouses, friends, family, animals, toys, music, tv shows, food, shoes, shopping, dancing – basically, anything and everything that there is a strong desire, enjoyment or appreciation for, etc. – in Spanish there are other words used that are more appropriate for expressing this feeling toward other people, places, things and activities. Click here to learn another way of saying I love you in Spanish.

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WHILE the German language may not flow off your tongue like, say, Spanish or French might, you can nevertheless delight your fraulein by whispering sweet nothings into her ear. And what better phrase to start with than those three little words?

How do you say I love you in German?

Ich liebe dich.

Ich (pronounced ikh or ish; it varies by region) means I. Liebe (pronounced leeb-uh) means love. Dich (pronounced dikh or dish) means you.

The pronunciation ‘ikh’ is difficult to transcribe. It’s not like a hard ‘k’ sound at all, but more like a harsh exhalation with the slightest hint of ‘k’. It is similar to the way the ‘loch’ is said by someone from Scotland. Or say the English word ‘here’ or ‘huge’ – the sound of the ‘h’ when you pronounce those words is very close to the way ‘ch’ is pronounced in German.

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Pet names are commonly used by the majority of Germans. Now that you have learned how to say I love you in German, you can easily add a term of endearment to the foreign phrase. The one that is perhaps the most widely used is Schatz, the German word for treasure. Also popular is Mausi, which means little mouse. Others you can try are Engel (angel), Liebling (darling or beloved), Hasi (bunny), Kuschelbär (huggy bear), Süße (sweetie), Spatzi (little sparrow) and Schneckchen (little snail).

Little snail?

On second thought, maybe it’s best to keep it simple, after all! You can’t go wrong with Ich liebe dich.

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FRENCH is a romance language, and what is more romantic than those three little words: I love you? So how do you say I love you in French? The short answer is: Je t’aime.

Je (pronounced zhe, like the letter ‘s’ in the word ‘pleasure’ put together with the vowel sound in the word ‘wood’) stands for the first person pronoun I.

T’aime (pronounced tem) is actually two words. Te (pronounced on its own as tuh) means you. Aime (pronounced em) means I love.

Aime is the first person indicative of the infinitive verb aimer, which is a regular -er verb in the French language. It means to love but it also means to like. Therefore it is used much the way English speakers use the word love to reflect affection towards all sorts of things – I love ice cream, I love skiing, I love the Twilight movies, I love my little sister, I love my husband.

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Now that you have learned how to say I love you in French, there is more to it. While you can say J’aime Londres, which translates into I love London, and also j’aime mon frere, meaning I love my brother, to use aimer to mean that you like someone, have affection for, are fond of, and other such less-than-romantic feelings, you have to tack on another word that will lessen the love, so to speak, of the verb on its own.

The word assez (pronounced ah-say) literally means enough and rather. But in J’aime assez Antoine, it makes the phrase mean I kind of like Antoine, or I like Antoine well enough. Another word you can use is bien (pronounced byan), which means good. J’aime bien Monique simply says that you like Monique.

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