Ti amo con tutto il cuore.

From Lesson 137:Il corpo (the body)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Ti amo con tutto il cuore.

Why use Ti amo here instead of Ti voglio bene?
Ti amo is specifically used for romantic love. If you want to say 'I love you' to a friend or family member, you would use Ti voglio bene instead. Because this sentence is 'with all my heart,' it is highly romantic, making Ti amo the right choice.
The translation says 'my heart', but the Italian says il cuore (the heart). Why is there no word for 'my'?
In Italian, when you talk about body parts, you usually do not use possessive words (like mio) if it is already obvious whose body part it is. Since you are the one doing the loving, it is naturally assumed you are using your own heart.
Why is there an il between tutto and cuore?
In Italian, when you use tutto (all or whole) to describe a noun, it almost always needs to be followed by the definite article (the word for 'the'). So 'all my heart' translates to 'all the heart' (tutto il cuore).
Why does the sentence start with Ti?
Ti is a direct object pronoun meaning 'you'. In Italian, these pronouns go directly before the conjugated verb, not after it like they do in English. So instead of saying 'I love you', the Italian structure literally says 'You I love' (Ti amo).

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