Preference: I Love You in Your Own Language
By Shavkat
@Shavkat (140119)
Philippines
April 1, 2017 4:19am CST
I am sure some of you are bilingual or multilingual. It was a good thing to know different languages. In terms of expressing oneself in loving someone, “Do you say I Love You in your own language?” Shall we say, “Can you feel the love more on hearing or saying three magic words in your own language?”
I had this particular ex-girlfriend. She told me that, it is better to say “I love you” in our native tongue “Mahal Kita.” I think there is nothing wrong but I am not comfortable with saying it in that way. I used to say it in the English language. Since she preferred it in my native tongue, I used to say it to her.
“How about you, guys?” “Do you have any preference of saying these three magical words?”
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18 responses
@excellence7 (3655)
• Mauritius
1 Apr 17
Hi, that's an interesting discussion. During my early and mid twenties, I "was" deeply in love with someone. I would tell her "I love you" in different languages as here in Mauritius, we speak several languages. At first, I would say it in English as I would be even writing a lot of letters to her. But as time flew, the "I love you" went into our subconscious mind and it was somehow a habit for us to say it in different languages that we know though every time we would say it, we would definitely say it with love and so much meaning. I remember I once traveled to Kenya and she was so worried. I asked my driver how do we say "I love you a lot" in Swahili (the local language of Kenya) and he said "It would be Nakupenda Sana". I texted my angel and said the same thing to her in Swahili. She asked what does that mean. When I told her the meaning of the words, she was so delighted and she said it exactly the same way to me too. I think the languages in which we say "I love you" does matter; some gives the words more meaning somehow.
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@AnthOcean (407)
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1 Apr 17
exactly. the feelings matter. No matter what you say in which language, What really matters is how you share your emotions. This will be respected in any language.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
hmmm, another 'the fish is caught through its own mouth'. yes, you are in love, my friend. woohoo. raise the roof. awooo, awooo.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
1 Apr 17
@Shavkat In a way also because I'm a natural Pilipino and English speaker, both languages are spoken in the house , yes "Taglish" is very cute when you are courting a Filipina 
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@Shavkat (140119)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
@louievill I think we have the same cuteness on courting a girl.
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
2 Apr 17
I always say it in English because it is more meaningful for me and the people I say it to because they only speak English ..
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
1 Apr 17
Je t'aime in French or Ti amo in Italian
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@youless (112586)
• Guangzhou, China
1 Apr 17
Chinese are shy. We hardly say I love you in Chinese. We don't get used to express this feeling so much. Most of the time we say it in English, too. I don't know why. Perhaps saying it in a foreign language makes you feel less embarrassed?
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@allknowing (137772)
• India
1 Apr 17
Saying it in English always seems more appropriate. When I was learning German I used to quite like to say 'Ich liebe dich'
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
1 Apr 17
I say them in English.....but my granddaughter also get a Je t'aime from me when I tuck her into bed at night.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
hmm, 1-4-3-4-4 is good for me, but this would also mean I HATE YOU VERY MUCH! hahaha!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 Apr 17
@Shavkat oo nga (yes it is true), number coding? hahaha! in Filipino, it is 5-2-5-4.
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
1 Apr 17
But I like Mahal Kita...Mahal Kita...Mahal Kita..ah..ah..ah..nice to say like that
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@AnthOcean (407)
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1 Apr 17
it's so good to learn this three magical word in so many languages. But i think it doesn't matter with language. It matters with respect for this emotion. Rest all are to enhance.
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@subhajitsil6 (961)
• Kolkata, India
2 Apr 17
For us in Bengali if you say it is "Ami Tomay Bhalobasi" the magical words. But what I feel is, a look from your eyes is enough to help with this magical words.
