Waht's the difference between an english I LOVE YOU and an italian TI AMO?

Question

Do you english people say i love you even to simply friends? Because we italians say ti amo just to real loved guys*...

sorry for bad english, hope you can see the sense of what i meant

:-)

Answer 1

I Love you, is NOT normally the sort of thing you would just say to friends

Unless you're drunk

or they had just done something VERY nice

Answer 2

I think I know what you're asking. Languages like Italian, French,Welsh, Portuguese etc have a second person singular for a person you know well or a child but use the second person plural for someone you don't. eg

If you wanted to say 'your brother' to 1) a close friend, 2) a stranger, you would say:

Italian...1)Tuo fratello. 2) Suo fratello

French...1) Ton frère. 2) Votre frère.

Welsh...1) Dy frawd. 2) Eich brawd.

Portuguese...1) Teu irmão. 2) Seu irmão.

English used to have a second person singular but it's not used any more. 1) Thy brother. 2) Your brother.

Thou, thee, thy are not used any more.Everyone, whether you know them well or not are called 'you'.

I think English has lost something by getting rid of these.

Answer 3

questo sito può aiutare

http://www.italiansrus.com/articles/ourp...

(It kind of explains the difference

We say I love you to alot of things. It all depends on the voice tone. We use it for passion, just to be friendly and to show that we really want something in our lives, such as a shirt.Ti Amo means in love so what we would use it as passion.

We say I love you most of the time as you would say Ti voglio bene)

E 'di tipo spiega la differenza

Diciamo ti amo a un sacco di cose. Tutto dipende dal tono di voce. Lo utilizziamo per passione, solo per essere di facile e per dimostrare che vogliamo davvero che qualcosa nella nostra vita, come ad esempio una camicia.

Ti Amo in mezzo amore così ciò che avrebbe utilizzato come passione.

Diciamo ti amo la maggior parte del tempo, come si direbbe Ti voglio bene

dispiace mio italiano non è quella grande

Answer 4

yeah we say i love you to family, friends as well as the people we are truly in love with...it just means different thing depending on who you say it to like if you say "i love you" to your dad...of course that won't be the same kind of love that you have when you say "i love you" to your boyfriend or something...