It’s almost Valentine’s Day and since love is in the air I thought it’d be fun to explore how we talk about love in the most romantic of the languages, the Romance languages!

The Romance languages all come from Vulgar Latin and split into French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian. Rick and I have been studying Italian for about four years now and I took Spanish in high school, him in French, and let me tell you it can get confusing real quick trying to switch between them. More power to anyone who speaks multiple Romance languages!

Right now I’m working on Portuguese for our trip to Lisbon this spring and half the time I find myself trying to answer in Italian. So good news is the Italian is here to stay, bad news is it seems my brain only wants to know one extra Romance language.

Rick and I can attempt to have a full-blown conversation in Italian this Valentine’s Day, but if you’re looking to shake things up and tell your grand amour how much you adore them in an other language, here are some handy phrases for your night of romance!

Let’s cover ten phrases that might come in handy planning a date or having a date on a Valentine’s Day in these five languages.

1. Would you like to have dinner?
2. Do you want a glass of wine/beer?
3. Please
4. Thank you for a romantic evening
5. You are beautiful 
6. You make me happy
7. I love you
8. My love
9. Kiss me
10. Do you want to dance?

French

1. I would love to invite you to dinner — J’aimerais t’inviter à dîner
2. Do you want a glass of wine/beer? — Voulez-vous un verre de vin/bière?
3. Please — s’il vous plaît
4. Thank you for a romantic evening — Merci pour une soirée romantique
5. You are beautiful — Vous êtes belle
6. You make me happy — Tu me rends tellement heureaux/heureuse (female/male)
7. I love you — Je t’aime
8. My love — Mon amour
9. Kiss me — Embrasse-moi
10. Do you want to dance? — Voulez-vous danser?

Italian

1. Would you like to have dinner? — Ti piacerebbe cenare?
2. Do you want a glass of wine/beer? — Vuoi un bicchiere di vino/birra?
3. Please — Per favore
4. Thank you for a romantic evening — Grazie per una sera romantica
5. You are beautiful — Tu sei bello/bella
6. You make me happy — Mi fai felice
7. I love you — Ti amo
8. My love — Mio amore
9. Kiss me — Baciami
10. Do you want to dance? — Vuoi ballare?

Spanish

1. Would you like to have dinner? — ¿Te gustaría cenar?
2. Do you want a glass of wine/beer? — ¿Quieres una copa de vion/ un vaso de cerveza?
3. Please — Por favor
4. Thank you for a romantic evening — Gracias por una velada romantica
5. You are beautiful — Eres hermosa/hermoso (female/male)
6. You make me happy — Me haces feliz
7. I love you — Te amo
8. My love — Mi amor
9. Kiss me — Bésame
10. Do you want to dance? — ¿Quieres bailar?

Portuguese

1. Would you like to have dinner? — Você gostaria de jantar?
2. Do you want a glass of wine/beer? — Você quer um copo de vinho/ um copo de cerveja?
3. Please — Por favor
4. Thank you for a romantic evening — Obrigrado por uma noite romântica
5. You are beautiful — Você é lindo
6. You make me happy — Você me faz feliz
7. I love you — Te amo
8. My love — Meu amor
9. Kiss me — Me beija
10. Do you want to dance? — Você quer dançar?

Romanian

1. Would you like to have dinner? — Ți-ar plăcea să iei cina?
2. Do you want a glass of wine/beer? — Vrei un pahar de vin/de bere?
3. Please — Vă rog
4. Thank you for a romantic evening — Multumesc pentru o seara romantica
5. You are beautiful — Sunteți frumoasă
6. You make me happy — Tu mă faci fericit
7. I love you — Te iubesc
8. My love — Lubirea mea
9. Kiss me — Saruta-ma
10. Do you want to dance? — Vrei sa dansezi?

If you could only speak one of the Romance languages, which one would you choose? Sound off in the comments below!