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Phrases d’amour
Are you crazy in love? These loving French phrases will help you express yourself.
| avoir quelqu’un dans la peau | (informal) | to be crazy about someone | |
| Ça a été le coup de foudre. | It was love at first sight. | ||
| le cinq-à-sept | ~ afternoon tryst | ||
| Elle m’aime un peu, beaucoup, passionnément, à la folie, pas du tout. |
~ She loves me, she loves me not. | ||
| Embrasse-moi. | Kiss me. | ||
| éperdument amoureux | madly in love | ||
| Est-ce que tu m’aimes ? | Do you love me? | ||
| être amoureux de quelqu’un | to be in love with someone | ||
| être fou de quelqu’un être folle de quelqu’un |
to be crazy about someone | ||
| se faire aimer de quelqu’un | to win someone’s heart / affection | ||
| Il m’aime un peu, beaucoup, passionnément, à la folie, pas du tout. |
~ He loves me, he loves me not. | ||
| J’ai besoin de toi. | I need you. | ||
| J’ai un faible pour toi. | (informal) | I have a crush on you. | |
| Je craque pour toi. | (informal) | I have a crush on you. | |
| Je ne peux pas vivre sans toi. | I can’t live without you. | ||
| Je pense toujours à toi. | I’m always thinking about you. | ||
| Je suis amoureux (de) Je suis amoureuse (de) |
I’m in love (with) | ||
| Je t’adore. | I adore you. | ||
| Je t’aime. | I love you. | ||
| Je t’aime à la folie. | I’m crazy about you. | ||
| Je t’aime de tout mon cœur. | I love you with all my heart | ||
| Je t’aime plus que tout. | I love you more than anything. | ||
| Je t’aime plus qu’hier et moins que demain. | I love you more than yesterday and less than tomorrow. | ||
| Je veux être avec toi pour toujours. | I want to be with you forever. | ||
| la lune de miel | honeymoon | ||
| Moi aussi, je t’aime. | I love you too. | ||
| Mon cœur t’appartient. | My heart belongs to you | ||
| tomber amoureux (de) tomber amoureuse (de) |
to fall in love (with) | ||
| Tu es l’amour de ma vie. | You’re the love of my life. | ||
| Tu es l’homme de mes rêves. Tu es la femme de mes rêves. |
You’re the man of my dreams. You’re the woman of my dreams. |
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| Tu es incroyable. | You’re amazing. | ||
| Tu me manques. | I miss you. | ||
| Tu me rends heureux. Tu me rends heureuse. |
You make me happy. | ||
| Tu possèdes la clé de mon cœur. | You hold the key to my heart. | ||
| vivre d’amour et d’eau fraîche | to live on love alone | ||
Loving French grammar
Lessons on the potentially confusing grammar in the above expressions.
- Ça a été – indefinite demonstrative pronoun
- Ça a été – passé composé
- Embrasse-moi – imperative
- Embrasse-moi, Je pense toujours à toi – stressed pronouns
- Irregular adjectives: fou / folle
- tu m’aimes, je t’aime – direct objects
- se faire aimer – reflexive causative
- Tu me manques (I miss you) – manquer lesson
Loving French verbs
| adorer | to adore | |
| aimer | to like, love | |
| appartenir | to belong | |
| avoir | to have | |
| être | to be | |
| faire | to do, make | |
| manquer | to miss | |
| penser | to think | |
| posséder | to fall | |
| pouvoir | can, to be able | |
| rendre | to make | |
| tomber | to fall | |
| vivre | to live | |
| vouloir | to want |
Related lessons
- French love language
- French pick-up lines
- French terms of endearment
- Valentine’s Day vocabulary
- All about aimer
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N’importe literally means “no matter” or “(it) doesn’t matter.” This indefinite expression can precede an interrogative adjective, adverb, or pronoun when talking about something indefinite or non-specific.