trying to figure out what it means to love

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19 Apr 2019, 3:33 pm

Exactly. I can also decide if I want to keep an infatuation when it seems worthwhile or to let it die if it isn't.



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21 Apr 2019, 11:59 am

magz wrote:
In my native language, "being/falling in love" (initial stages) and "love" (continuus state) are two separate words.
It helps sort out some concepts.


That makes so much sense. English really fails with that.

I am initial stage and wish I had a word for that. We are no where near the deeper continuous state, so "I love you" is not appropriate yet.



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21 Apr 2019, 12:23 pm

It's liking / interested in him in English.

English is a rich language, check out its words count compared to other languages.



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21 Apr 2019, 2:14 pm

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
It's liking / interested in him in English.

English is a rich language, check out its words count compared to other languages.

Nope, liking/interest can have very little to do with love yet.
Infatuation is the closest translation. But it has slightly wrong shade of meaning.
English has very rich vocabulary but poor word formation - in Slavic languages or e.g. Antient Greek you can easily make up a new word with meaning clear to everyone. English uses enormous set of existing words instead.


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