45: How to say "I love you" in Italian (and avoid an embarrassing mistake)
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🗓️ 27 May 2018
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Summary
Did you know that in Italian, there are two different ways to say “I love you”?
But they’re not interchangeable. If you use the wrong one with the wrong person, you might end up saying something embarrassing by accident!
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Today's Italian words
Come si dice “I love you” in Italiano = How do you say “I love you” in Italian?
Dipende = it depends
Ti amo = I love you (romantic love) lit. “you I love”
Il fidanzato = the boyfriend
La fidanzata = the girlfriend
Il marito = the husband
La moglie = the wife
Ti voglio bene = I love you (between family or close friends) lit. “you I want well”
TVB = acronym of ti voglio bene
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| 0:00.0 | Did you know that in Italian there are two different ways to say, I love you? |
| 0:05.0 | But be careful, they're not interchangeable. |
| 0:08.0 | If you use the wrong one with the wrong person, you might end up saying something a bit embarrassing by accident. |
| 0:14.0 | Learn how Italians say I love you to different people in episode 45 of Five Minute Italian. |
| 0:34.9 | Ciao to all and Benvenuti at Five Minute Italian. |
| 0:35.7 | I'm Katie. |
| 0:36.7 | And there, Matteo. |
| 0:37.4 | Ciao. And in today's episode, you'll learn two ways Italian. I'm Katie. And there, Matteo. Chiao. |
| 0:37.9 | And in today's episode, you'll learn two ways to say I love you in Italian. |
| 0:42.8 | And more importantly, how to distinguish between them so you don't say the wrong one to the wrong person. |
| 0:49.5 | First, we'll have a mini chat about it in Italian so you can practice your listening and then we'll break it down in English. |
| 0:58.4 | Matteo, how is he says, I love you in Italian? |
| 1:04.6 | Well, it depends. If we're talking of the love romantic, we say, |
| 1:11.6 | we love. |
| 1:12.6 | But if we're about |
| 1:14.6 | the love in family or |
| 1:16.6 | or, |
| 1:17.6 | we'll, |
| 1:18.6 | we'll, |
| 1:19.6 | I want you |
| 1:20.6 | well. |
| 1:22.6 | So, you first heard the question. |
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