"I love you" in your language, how strong is it?

[onihC]

Originally Posted by burgler09

te amo is a very strong word in spanish.

I'm from USA but my wife is from Chile and we only speak Spanish... so Spanish is more my language anyways..

Yes "Te Amo" can be as strong as "Ai****emasu" (Japanese). People don't just throw it around as in the English language.

[Mikelee81]

I used to be real weird about using the word, but anymore a girl shakes her cute booty in my face or something generally the response is..

I love you

[Norne]

Originally Posted by onihC

Can people say stuff like "I love ice cream...I love this pencil..." or would it sound odd?

For the most part people say "Ich mag... " or "Mir gefällt" ( = "I like") when talking about objects.

Ich mag Eis - I like ice cream.
Mir gefällt dieser Bleistift - I like this pencil.

You can use "Ich liebe..." when you are talking about something that is a great passion of yours.

Ich liebe klassische Musik

And a little note: the "ch" in "ich" is pronounced not like the ch in the English word "change", but rather like the initial "h" in "huge" or "human" but with still a little more emphasis.

[MillennialUrbanist]

Originally Posted by Norne

And a little note: the "ch" in "ich" is pronounced not like the ch in the English word "change", but rather like the initial "h" in "huge" or "human" but with still a little more emphasis.

Basically, like the J in the Spanish word "jalapeño" or the CH in the Yiddish word "tuchus".