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Japanese love
How do you say 'I love you' in Japanese?

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Sinead
Melay

June 24, 2004

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Re:Japanese love
It's aishiteru. Ai is love. Aishiteru is the statement of love it is implied that you are speaking of yourself to the person you are speaking to. If you want to say specifically that I love you it is Watashi no aishiteru. Watashi= I no+ shows ownership. Anata is the word for you so I gues you could also say Anata wa Aishiteru.

I hope this helps you.

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ArchivedMember
June 25, 2004

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Re:Re:Japanese love
I'm sorry, but this is completely not right. The Japanese do *not* use "ai suru" for this. Instead, this construction is used:
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(Watashi wa) anata(*) ga (dai)suki desu.**
here:
"Watashi wa" is optional and can be safely omitted (assuming it's clear from context that you are the one who's in love) ... it means something like "as for me"

"anata ga" this is the "you" with a subject particle. * NOTE: using anata isn't really recommended; use names like "tomoe-san", "atsuki-chan" or "daijirou-kun"

"suki" is actually and _adjective_ ... it's quite hard to explain... "dai" is optional, and makes it literally "big", more "love" instead of just "liking".

"desu" is the copula, could be also "da" in an informal setting.

hope this helps



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John
Doe

August 29, 2004

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35889
Re:Re:Re:Japanese love
andromeda williams....you kow japaneese right?....could yo please contact me?

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August 31, 2004

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