{"id":34345,"date":"2021-12-03T15:25:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T14:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=34345"},"modified":"2021-12-03T15:25:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T14:25:49","slug":"aimer-adorer-plaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/aimer-adorer-plaire\/","title":{"rendered":"Aimer, Adorer, Plaire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bonjour!<\/em><\/h3>\n

Today it’s all about the verbs aimer, adorer<\/em>, and plaire<\/em> (to like\/love, to adore, to please\/like) and how to express these sentiments in French to your petit-copain<\/em> or petite-copine<\/em> (boyfriend or girlfriend)!<\/p>\n

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I love you<\/h3>\n

The French use the verb ‘aimer’ to express love in the following expressions:<\/p>\n

Je t’aime<\/em> – I love you<\/p>\n

Je t’aime beaucoup<\/em> – I love you a lot<\/p>\n

Je t’aime \u00e0<\/span> la folie<\/em> – I love you like crazy<\/p>\n

Je t’aime de tout mon c\u0153ur<\/em> – <\/span>I love you with all my heart<\/p>\n

Je t’aime pour toujours<\/em> – I love you forever<\/span><\/p>\n

Je t’aime \u00e0 mourir<\/em> – <\/span>I love you to death.<\/p>\n

I adore you<\/h3>\n

Yes, adorer<\/em> means to ‘adore’ or ‘love’ something but it’s not the main verb you would use to tell someone you are in love with them, but it’s still sweet to express your adoration of someone! When talking about loving anything other than a person though, use this verb!<\/p>\n

Je t’adore, ma puce – <\/em>I adore you, my flea (yes, it’s a common pet-name!)<\/p>\n

On adore la musique classique<\/em> – We love classical music<\/p>\n

I like you<\/h3>\n

Here are two ways you can say ‘I like you’ in French:<\/p>\n

*Tu me plais<\/em> – I like you (lit. you are pleasing to me)<\/p>\n

**Je t’aime bien<\/em> – I like you<\/p>\n

\u26a0 What’s up with the conjugation of tu me plais<\/em> here? Shouldn’t it be ‘je te plais<\/em>‘ – nope! The verb plaire<\/em> is conjugated quite differently, as it means something is pleasing to you (whether that me a person or something else!) Therefore, watch the subject of the verb plaire <\/em>when conjugating – the verb agrees with the thing being liked, not the person who likes it. (Another example of a verb like this – manquer <\/em>(to miss) tu me manques<\/em> – I miss you [you are missing to me])<\/p>\n

Some more examples:<\/p>\n

Le chocolat\u00a0pla\u00eet \u00e0<\/strong> Brigitte<\/em> – Brigitte likes chocolate (Chocolate is pleasing to Brigitte)<\/p>\n

Je te plais? – You like me? (I am pleasing to you?)<\/p>\n

Les fleurs me\u00a0<\/em>plaisent<\/em> – <\/b><\/span>I like the flowers (The flowers are pleasing to me)<\/span><\/p>\n

Nous plaisons \u00e0 Anthony<\/em> – Anthony likes us (We are pleasing to Anthony)<\/p>\n

\u26a0\u26a0Now you may be confused – wouldn’t je t’aime bien<\/em> also means ‘I love you a lot’? Nope, the adverb ‘bien<\/em>‘ in this case does the opposite – it softens the meaning to ‘like’ and not ‘love<\/strong>.’ So be careful!<\/p>\n

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Other ways to express some warm and fuzzy feelings in French:<\/p>\n

J’en pince pour toi<\/em> – <\/span>I have a crush on you (lit. I pinch it for you)<\/p>\n

Je pense \u00e0 toi tout le temps<\/em> – <\/span>I think of you all the time<\/p>\n

Tu es le soleil de ma vie<\/em> – <\/span>You are the sunshine of my life<\/p>\n

Tu fais battre mon c\u0153ur<\/em> – <\/span>You make my heart race<\/p>\n

Have some other sweet sentiments? Share them below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Bonjour! Today it’s all about the verbs aimer, adorer, and plaire (to like\/love, to adore, to please\/like) and how to express these sentiments in French to your petit-copain or petite-copine (boyfriend or girlfriend)! I love you The French use the verb ‘aimer’ to express love in the following expressions: Je t’aime – I love you…<\/p>\n

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