Thread: I love you

I'm gonna have a hard time doing this since I cant see where I type in Russian but Ya tebya loublou means I love you right?

Yes, Ya tebya liubliu means "I love you" it is informal.

Thank you once again. Your most helpful

I've always said "Я люблю тебя", not "Я тебя люблю"... Is the latter more correct or are they essentially the same?

"Я люблю тебя"
I love you/ I love you

"Я тебя люблю"
I love you

But essentially the same

Ok, thank you all. I knew but I just wanted to make sure I knew!

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

"Я люблю тебя"
I love you/ I love you

"Я тебя люблю"
I love you

But essentially the same

I'm not sure of it. To me both written variants don't make any difference. It all depends on the intonation.

Я тебя люблю is how I was taught to say it by my Teacher

My mama always says to me "Я тебя люблю" much more than "Я люблю тебя" Perhaps it is your own preferance.

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

"Я люблю тебя"
I love you/ I love you

"Я тебя люблю"
I love you

But essentially the same

Should be other way around, nicht wahr?

My russian grammar teacher told us to say all the important stuff in the beginning of the sentence, and the less important at the end. She explained that Russians don't usually listen to the whole sentence (exaggeration of course). But she could be wrong, of course. Russian people may also be uncuncious on their choise of word order, depending on habit etc....

Formally, 'new' information comes last in a sentence, and 'given' information (understood, or assumed to be understood) comes at the beginning.

So in the sentence 'Я тебя люблю', Я and тебя are both 'given/understood' information, what's important is the 'new' information; 'люблю'.

'Я люблю тебя', on the other hand, answers the question 'кого ты любишь?'

I say 'formally', because it's possible to swap those around for emotive effect, especially in spoken Russian.

But, just to contradict that last sentence (given the subject), this doesn't normally appear to be one of those occassions, since I too have heard 'Я тебя люблю' far more often than 'Я люблю тебя'. In fact, I've even received a gently sarcastic comment from Mrs Scotcher whenever I've used the latter.

Originally Posted by scotcher

Formally, 'new' information comes last in a sentence, and 'given' information (understood, or assumed to be understood) comes at the beginning.

Yes, that's important for written Russian.

On alta-vista, it comes back as:

Я люблю вас.

Is this in anyway correct?

Another site: http://www.freetranslation.com/ also has this translation.

Matt Menefee

Originally Posted by Mattwm6698

On alta-vista, it comes back as:

Я люблю вас.

Is this in anyway correct?

Another site: http://www.freetranslation.com/ also has this translation.

Matt Menefee

Absolutely, but this means you are not on close familiar terms with the lady. Very formal. This way a nobleman confessed his love to a noblewoman.

And then at the end it's

http://max.mmlc.northwestern.edu/~mdenn ... u_once.htm

Originally Posted by chaika

And then at the end it's

http://max.mmlc.northwestern.edu/~mdenn ... u_once.htm

I like this translation better. It rhymes.

I loved you; and perhaps I love you still,
The flame, perhaps, is not extinguished; yet
It burns so quietly within my soul,
No longer should you feel distressed by it.
Silently and hopelessly I loved you,
At times too jealous and at times too shy.
God grant you find another who will love you
As tenderly and truthfully as I.

Originally Posted by Milanya

Originally Posted by chaika

And then at the end it's

http://max.mmlc.northwestern.edu/~mdenn ... u_once.htm

I like this translation better. It rhymes.

I loved you; and perhaps I love you still,
The flame, perhaps, is not extinguished; yet
It burns so quietly within my soul,
No longer should you feel distressed by it.
Silently and hopelessly I loved you,
At times too jealous and at times too shy.
God grant you find another who will love you
As tenderly and truthfully as I.

А кстати, классно перевели, правда.

how do you say "my Beloved" in russian?

and how do you pronounce the word?

to a woman: Милая (mee la ya)
to a man: Милый (mee lee)