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    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?
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    Yes, Ya tebya liubliu means "I love you" it is informal.
    Vrei să pleci dar nu ma, nu ma iei
    Nu ma, nu ma iei, nu ma, nu ma, nu ma iei
    Chipul tau si dragostea din tei
    Mi-amintesc de ochii tai

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    Thank you once again. Your most helpful
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    I've always said "Я люблю тебя", not "Я тебя люблю"... Is the latter more correct or are they essentially the same?
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    "Я люблю тебя"
    I love you/ I love you

    "Я тебя люблю"
    I love you

    But essentially the same
    Hei, rett norsken min og du er død.
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    Ok, thank you all. I knew but I just wanted to make sure I knew!
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    Quote 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.
    За ночь под свинцовым градом,
    За то, что меня нет рядом,
    Ты прости, сестра моя, Югославия...
    (Лена Катина, будущая "татушка", 1999 г.)

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    Я тебя люблю is how I was taught to say it by my Teacher
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    My mama always says to me "Я тебя люблю" much more than "Я люблю тебя" Perhaps it is your own preferance.
    Vrei să pleci dar nu ma, nu ma iei
    Nu ma, nu ma iei, nu ma, nu ma, nu ma iei
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    Quote 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?

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    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....
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    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.

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    Quote 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.
    За ночь под свинцовым градом,
    За то, что меня нет рядом,
    Ты прости, сестра моя, Югославия...
    (Лена Катина, будущая "татушка", 1999 г.)

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    On Alta-Visa

    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.

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    Re: On Alta-Visa

    Quote 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.

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    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.
    За ночь под свинцовым градом,
    За то, что меня нет рядом,
    Ты прости, сестра моя, Югославия...
    (Лена Катина, будущая "татушка", 1999 г.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by chaika
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Milanya
    Quote Originally Posted by chaika
    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.
    За ночь под свинцовым градом,
    За то, что меня нет рядом,
    Ты прости, сестра моя, Югославия...
    (Лена Катина, будущая "татушка", 1999 г.)

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    how do you say "my Beloved" in russian?

    and how do you pronounce the word?

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    to a woman: Милая (mee la ya)
    to a man: Милый (mee lee)
    Hei, rett norsken min og du er død.
    I am a notourriouse misspeller. Be easy on me.
    Пожалуйста! Исправляйте мои глупые ошибки (но оставьте умные)!
    Yo hablo español mejor que tú.
    Trusnse kal'rt eturule sikay!!! ))

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