te amo

[government agent]

I have been trying to learn spanish but there is some phrases that I don't understand. There are the things I know for I love you in spanish. But I don't know which is the right one to use.

Te armor tu
Te amo tu

Which means I love you and the other what does it mean?

 

[sarinchis]

Te amo - I love you
Te quiero - I love you

Te amo is usually more serious than Te quiero.

 

[government agent]

I thought te quiero means to care.
So what does yo armor tu mean?

 

[sarinchis]

"yo armor tu" does not mean anything. it is badly written.
te quiero can be translated many ways, however when said to another person, friend, boyfriend/girlfriend, family, etc...it means I love you, but it is more casual than "te amo". it could be interpreted as meaning really really caring about someone. in spanish there are 3 way main ways to express feeling to someone:
me gustas - I like you
te quiero - I love you
te amo - I love you (more serious)

however, in English there are really only two forms "I like you" and "I love you".

hope this helps some.

 

[government agent]

It does thanks. I have also had an issue with the phrase "I want"
Why are there like about 4 diffrent words for that in spanish?

 

[sarinchis]

specifically, I want is "quiero", from the verb "querer" which means "to want". what are the other words that you are thinking of?

 

[government agent]

Well you know the taco bell advertisement when he says I want taco bell. They said okedo taco bell. But it isn't spelled right I just spelled it how it sounded.

 

[sarinchis]

Yo quiero Taco Bell = I want Taco Bell

Yo = I
quiero = I want

you do not necessarily need to use "yo" when you are using the I form of querer or "quiero", the yo is implied.

 

[funnydeal]

I'm copying the link of the thread about this topic, it is very interesting.

I hope it helps.


http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=51



Please correct me.