"I want you" in spanish???

[68automagpwnr]

alright, well this one girl i know was saying how her friend is gross and said "quiero tu" to her...and this is supposed to mean "i want you" in spanish. she's in spanish 3 and my friend he has taken 4 years of spanish and he was saying that shes wrong and that the real way to say it is "yo te quiero" or something along those lines and he atleast knew she was saying it was wrong.


tl;dr-girl thinks it's "quiero tu" and my friend thinks its "yo te quiero" or something along those lines

ANYWAYS so how is it really supposed to be worded?

edit*
GIRL: and btw, i asked my teacher about the spanish thing.. she said whoever told you that is on crack
GIRL: and needs to go back to 1st year spanish

[Kevmaster]

its 'te quiero'

i havn't studied the language in 6 years, but i rmember that

[Target Practice]

"Yo te quiero" is the proper way to say "I want you." "Yo quiero tu" is just an ugly way of saying it, IMO.

EDIT: Beaten lie an unwanted stepchild by the BE geek...

[68automagpwnr]

lol alright thanks, i'm gonna ask some mexican girls tomorrow and see what they say.

[gamarada717]

That's what she meant, she just asked it in a form that doesn't make much sense.... Te quiero is correct, the yo is optional since quiero means "I want".

[alooney11]

te quiero, is correct thats how they would say it in mexico, also on commercials (taco bell) the yo is not needed it is understood becuase of the "o" ending in quiero.

[magman007]

te quiero, yo te quiero or... te quiero mucho (i want you alot, baisically meaning i love you)

are all correct.

Spent a year in Chile, fluent in the language. tell that dump chick to chupa mis huevos (suck my testicles)


if you want any others (you know like curses) pm me, and il give you the low down on the dirty tongue i picked up in chile.

[Target Practice]

Since we're on the subject, for those Spanish speakers out there...

Who likes to leave out the "yo, tu, Ud." etc. when speaking? I do, personally, just because I believe it sounds more fluid. However, if I am speaking to someone who is not quite comfortable with the language, I leave them in.

[tropical_fishy]

it depends on the sentence, for me... in the books i've read they tend to leave out the article.

I actually thought te quiero was used more for "i love you" than "i want you," but I had some weird AP spanish teacher who i wouldn't trust at all.

[Gunga]

Are you sure it's not...

[Target Practice]

Are you sure it's not...

You know, I knew it was just a matter of time until that damn thing showed up...

[magman007]

Since we're on the subject, for those Spanish speakers out there...

Who likes to leave out the "yo, tu, Ud." etc. when speaking? I do, personally, just because I believe it sounds more fluid. However, if I am speaking to someone who is not quite comfortable with the language, I leave them in.

it really depends on the conversation. if it is formal i will leave them in, but in usual every day spanish, most of the artices can be dropped, its odd. you know when to use them, and when not to. its just how i picked it up, you just know when to use it.

it depends on the sentence, for me... in the books i've read they tend to leave out the article.

I actually thought te quiero was used more for "i love you" than "i want you," but I had some weird AP spanish teacher who i wouldn't trust at all.

te quiero means i want you, as a tearm of endearment, like i want your hot sexy body or something. it is like i live you. in chile, one girl i got involved with we would say te quiero mucho to eachother after departing our ways after meeting eachother, meaning i want you alot, it is almost interchangeable with i love you, but its not as hot and heavy.

entiendes?

[Target Practice]

entiendes?

Siempre entiendo.

[magman007]

Siempre entiendo.

que bueno, ahora saca la basura por favor!

[Target Practice]

que bueno, ahora saca la basura por favor!

No.