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How to Say "I like you" in French
Je t'aime bien
/ʒə tɛm bjɛ̃/
Literally: I like you fine
Je
I
t'
you
aime
love
bien
well, quite
Formal and plural
Formal or pluralJe vous aime bien
Register is the whole point of this page. Je t'aime bien is friendship. Je t'aime is a declaration. For liking a thing rather than a person, use j'aime bien ce film with no ambiguity at all.
Correct
Je t'aime bien
What people say wrong
Je t'aime
I love you
The mistake to avoid. Adding bien makes it weaker, not stronger, the opposite of how intensifiers work in English. Je t'aime is a declaration of love; je t'aime bien is I like you as a friend. People have ended relationships over this one word.
In context
Je t'aime bien, tu es drôle.
I like you, you're funny.
Je l'aime bien, mais ce n'est pas plus que ça.
I like him, but it's nothing more than that.
J'aime bien ce film.
I like this film.