I love you vs. 我愛你

One summer my son stayed in China longer than I did. We talked often, and he usually ended our conversation with “I love you mom!” One day he ended it with “我愛你，媽!” I was so thrilled and screaming “wow …” He was puzzled, asked “Mom, what happened?” I said, “You just said I love you in Chinese!" “Yes, is I love you in Chinese different? “he asked. “Yes, I feel it is so special!” I replied. “Why?” he was really intrigued. I said “Because Chinese usually don't say I love you, and almost never say I love you to their parents.” “Really? You never say I love you to grandma?” Nobody had asked me this question before, I paused, then said “No, I don't think I ever did." “Wow, you should call grandma and tell her you love her.” he was so surprised. Next time when I called my mom, I took a deep breath, said “我愛你，媽!” I felt weird, and my voice is a little louder than usual, I guess I was nervous and maybe subconsciously trying to make up the loses that my whole life to that point that I had never said I love you to my mom.  I don’t remember what she said but I remember there was a silence. I can imagine that was so foreign to her to hear those words first time from her daughter, and she didn’t know how to respond to it. But I knew she must feel good and sweet. 

After that first time, I said “我愛你，媽” every time I called her. My son doesn't say “I love you mom.” anymore, and he always says “我愛你，媽.” This got me realize I got a culturally sensitive son who knew these three words weight lot more in his mom’s native language.

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• 中英文還有點不同，英文說快了無歧義，中文說快了不停頓，你兒子的實際意思是，他愛的是奶奶。 -陶陶三- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/27/2021 postreply 19:44:51

• 不明白 “中文說快了不停頓，你兒子的實際意思是，他愛的是奶奶。” -Lily2005- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/27/2021 postreply 19:56:51

• he said, 我愛你媽（即奶奶or姥姥），叫他下次說：媽，我愛你。 -AP33912- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/27/2021 postreply 20:02:00

• Lol, 謝謝指點！ -Lily2005- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/27/2021 postreply 20:06:39

• 下次要學著對俺媽說：） -AP33912- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/28/2021 postreply 07:01:00

• 翻譯得真好。：-） -陶陶三- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/27/2021 postreply 20:11:28

• 小小的故事，溫情滿滿：） -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/27/2021 postreply 21:10:06

• I love u, u love me ,we are happy family -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/28/2021 postreply 05:25:28

• 寫得真好，細膩，溫情，很有共鳴，中國人不說愛，也不擁抱，深沉默默地愛著 -天玉之- ♀ (309 bytes) () 07/28/2021 postreply 05:44:05

• 天玉之、謝謝鼓勵！ -Lily2005- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/28/2021 postreply 18:31:00

• 好溫情的故事。喜歡！這樣記下生活中的點滴，真好。 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/28/2021 postreply 07:05:24

• 恭喜Lily。首頁進來，謝謝網管，“ I love you vs. 我愛你 ” 推薦成功 -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/28/2021 postreply 16:31:31

• 謝謝beautifulwind的鼓勵！ -Lily2005- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/28/2021 postreply 18:29:00

• 讚，感人的故事。 -忒忒綠- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/28/2021 postreply 17:19:00

• 歡迎點讚的花有意來美壇玩！：）歡迎來玩每周三的聽歌練聽力，每周五的一句話翻譯，每月一日公布的主題活動！：） -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/28/2021 postreply 19:17:42

• 很好玩的活動，群主把這個壇搞得生機勃勃！ -Lily2005- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/28/2021 postreply 20:21:00

• Lily果醬！壇子興旺熱鬧是需要每個人的付出，希望大家在美壇玩得開心，學得開心。也等著你參加8月份活動：） -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/28/2021 postreply 22:46:46

• 期待參加！關注、潛水，cheer leading 你的活動好久了???????? -Lily2005- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/29/2021 postreply 09:37:00

• 昨天讀了後就好感動，想想真的也沒這這樣說過似的，每次都是心裏說我愛你！ -天山晨- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/29/2021 postreply 05:07:54

• 理解啊，如果不是那次契機，我可能一直都不會說。說了以後的感覺真好，尤其是想像我媽聽後的感受。 -Lily2005- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/29/2021 postreply 09:44:00

• "媽，我愛你" == "mom, I love you" -順序是否有要求- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/29/2021 postreply 12:37:16

• 歡迎順序來美壇玩兒！歡迎參加每周三的聽歌練聽力，每周五的一句話翻譯，每月一日公布的主題活動，都是大家輪流主持：） -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/29/2021 postreply 14:30:15

• 兩個順序都聽到過、應該都可以吧。 -Lily2005- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/29/2021 postreply 15:46:00

• 兩個順序都聽到過、應該都可以吧。 -Lily2005- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/29/2021 postreply 15:46:00