Я тебе верю.

I believe you.

Breakdown of Я тебе верю.

• я: I
• тебе: you
• верить: to believe

Questions & Answers about Я тебе верю.

Why is it тебе and not ты or тебя?

Because верить normally takes the dative case for the person you believe or trust.

• ты = nominative, used for the subject
• тебя = accusative/genitive
• тебе = dative

So in Я тебе верю, я is the subject, and тебе means to you in a grammatical sense.

A very literal breakdown is:

• Я = I
• тебе = to you
• верю = believe / trust

Russian says it more like I believe to you, even though natural English is I believe you.

What form of the verb is верю?

Верю is the 1st person singular form of верить.

That means:

• верить = to believe / to trust
• я верю = I believe / I trust

A few present-tense forms:

• я верю = I believe
• ты веришь = you believe
• он / она верит = he / she believes
• мы верим = we believe
• вы верите = you believe
• они верят = they believe

So the ending -ю here tells you the subject is I.