me rakastamme sinua
In Finnish, the phrase for "we love you" is me rakastamme sinua.
This phrase is used to express deep affection or romantic love for another person.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of me (we), rakastamme (we love) and sinua (you in the partitive case).
Which one should you use?
If you are expressing love to more than one person, or using the formal "you", use me rakastamme teitä instead.
How does it change in a sentence?
The verb rakastamme is the first-person plural form of rakastaa, where the -mme suffix indicates "we". The object sinua is in the partitive case because the verb rakastaa (to love) requires the partitive case for the object of affection.
Did you know?
- In spoken Finnish, you will often hear me rakastetaan sinua instead of rakastamme. This uses a passive construction to express a collective 'we'.
- While me rakastamme sinua is grammatically correct, Finns often omit the pronoun me entirely because the -mme ending already tells the listener that 'we' are the ones loving.
- Because Finnish is an agglutinative language, the phrase rakastamme is built like a Lego set, adding the root for 'love' and the suffix for 'we' into one word.
Examples in context
- Me rakastamme sinua juuri sellaisena kuin olet.We love you just the way you are.This sentence is useful for expressing that the love is unconditional, using the form me rakastamme sinua.Tatoeba #5876903 by Silja, translation #5767540 by CK
- Me rakastamme sinua.We love you.
- Me rakastamme sinua kovasti.We love you very much.
Example conversation
A family is giving a heartfelt toast to a daughter at her wedding.
- LauraMe rakastamme sinua, tyttömme.We love you, our daughter.
- AnttiKiitos, rakas äiti ja isä.Thank you, dear mother and father.
- LauraOlet meille todella tärkeä.You are very important to us.
- AnttiMinä rakastan teitä myös.I love you too.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
