French help

[kitesurfer]

If you want to say 'my love' how do you say it:
1. From a man to a girl
2. From a girl to a man

Also how do you say 'my girlfriend' and 'my boyfriend'

Merci beaucoup

[novalis]

ma cherie
mon cherie

mon amie
mon ami

It's not ma in front of amie because you use mon in front of a vowel.

[novalis]

Sorry - should be mon cheri ( no e at end )

[kitesurfer]

ok cool thatnkyou!!!! what about Mon amore in the female though please :)

[R1Geezer]

Now I may not be an expert on the old froggy chit chat but Mon amie means "My friend", Poirot says it all the time to his sidekick and I Don't think he's a bandit

[novalis]

Mon ami is masculine
Mon amiE is feminine.
Both pronounced the same way. Mon for the feminine form because amiE begins with a vowel.

[fredpuli47]

' My girlfriend' is 'ma petite amie' and 'my boyfriend' is 'mon petit ami' Literally that's 'little friend', but French can be odd like that! 'Ami' and 'amie' alone normally mean only 'friend'.Sometimes, in context, 'ami' / 'amie' may be understood to be a reference to a boyfriend/girlfriend but you see the danger when you realise the context: it suggests a lover/mistress and the use of ami/amie is euphemism !

'My love' as an endearment, when someone is speaking to their lover, is best translated as 'mon cheri' (woman to man) and 'ma cherie' ( man to woman). Note: Both 'cherie' and 'cheri' have an acute accent ( / ) over the first E.

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[Dovetail27]

If you ever need to translate anything to or from anything try babble fish! its brilliant

[~max~]

For "my love", you can say "mon amour", literally. Mon ch�ri, to a man, or ma ch�rie, to a woman, are less "dramatic" though! lol

Ami/amie primarily mean friend, not partner, although as Fred said, it can be used to mean partner in some cases (when the couple is a bit older, for example, and saying "mon copain / ma copine would sound a bit childish)

Girlfriend is copine, boyfriend is copain. However, over a certain age (say...30?), it sounds a bit stupid, so you would revert to "mon ami/e", as said above.

Petit ami / petite amie are both quite old fashioned expression, although still in use, especially in novels.