what is love tagalog essay

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"Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own". Robert A. Heinlein

Para sa akin ang LOVE is something you would sacrifice and continuing in fighting for what you believe in. You wonder if this might be true. In other side "Oo", like sa family mo diba? But in a relationship as girl and boyfriend maybe "Yes" maybe "No". Sabi nila LOVE is so powerful, in my belief; I agree powerful talaga ang Pag-ibig kahit sa anong oras, lugar, tao, walang pinipili.

Minsan ang Pag-ibig ay nagiging masama kung ito'y inaabuso sa iba't ibang pamamaraan. Marami tayong nababalitaan na nag buwis ng buhay dahil they were being frustrated, galing sa break-up na hindi kayang tanggapin. Other side naman handang pumatay ng tao para lang sa kanilang mahal sa buhay.

Sa palagay mo ano ba talaga ang tunay ng kahulugan ng Pag-ibig?

Ang Pag-ibig ang syang nagbigay buhay sa bawat nilalang. Ito ang isang paraan kung bakit patuloy pa rin ang takbo ng gating buhay. Tulad ng Pag-ibig na binibigay sa atin ng ating mahal na Panginoong Hesus, a everlasting LOVE. Kaya ito'y dapat nating pahalagahan sapagkat ito'y bigay sa ating ng Maykapal. Mahalin mo ang iyong sarili sa pamamagitan ng di pag-abuso sa iyong kalusugan. Mahalin mo ang iyong Pamilya sapagkat sila ang nagbibigay ligaya sa iyong buhay. Mahalin mo ang iyong mga kaibigan sapagkat sila ang iyong sandalan sa t'wing puso mo'y nasasaktan.

Paano mo mahalin ang isang taong habambuhay mo nang makasama? Simpleng pagmamahal lang naman ang kailangan, hindi na ang mga material na bagay para lang sa isang pagmamahal. Mahalin mo kung sino at ano pa man sya. Ang Pag-ibig ay walang katumbas na kung ano mang yaman. Ang Pag-ibig ay Pag-ibig. Kailangan man natin ang mga material na bagay ngunit sa Pag-ibig hindi dapat ito ang basihan.

Minsan ang mga ganitong bagay pa ang sumisira sa isang relasyon. Pag magmahal ka eka nga h'wag kang hihingi ng kung ano mang kapalit kundi ang mahalin ka rin tulad ng pagmamahal mo sa kanya. Mahalaga ang bagay na ito sa isang relasyon, dapat mag mahalan talaga kayo ng totoo at sa habambuhay.

Loving someone that doesn't love you is like reaching for a star. You know you'll never reach it, but you just got to keep trying.

If you LOVE someone make sure that someone else LOVES you back in return, kasi masakit isipin na ikaw lang ang nag effort ng pagmamahal sa kabila ng lahat di ka pala mahal ng minamahal mo. When you LOVE do something para ma appreciate ang pagmamahal na ipinapakita mo sa kanya.

Habang hindi pa huli ang lahat ipadama mo na mahal na mahal mo talaga sya baka pagsisihan mo sa bandang huli. Kung mahal mo talaga ang isang tao gagawin mo ang mga bagay na sa tingin mo maligaya ka at sa ikakaligaya rin ng minamahal mo. Kahit na minsan risky din magmahal you must take the risk kasi pag di mo yon gagawin di mo malalaman kung ano ang tunay na nararamdaman ng bawat isa sa inyo.

When we love something it is of value to us, and when something is of value to us we spend time with it, time enjoying it and time taking care of it.

Mahalin nyo ang bawat isa sa inyo dahil ang Pag-ibg minsan lang yan darating sa buhay ng isang tao. Kung masasaktan man tayo ay dahil nagmamahal lang tayo.

H'wag nating isiping masakit magmahal. Minsan bigo man tayo sa Pag-ibig hindi yan hadlang upang hindi na tayo iibig pang muli. Masarap magmahal lalo na kung ika'y minamahal din ng mahal mo. Walang masama kung magmahal, lage lang natin tatandaan na kung tayo'y magmahal handa tayong masaktan.

TUKSUHAN POUNDING RICE , ni Galo B. Ocampo, 1974 The traditional dalagang Pilipina (Filipina maiden) is shy and secretive about her real feelings for a suitor and denies it even though she is really in love with the man. Tuksuhan lang (just teasing) is the usual term associated with pairing off potential couples in Filipino culture.  This is common among teenagers and young adults.  It is a way of matching people who may have mutual admiration or affection for each other.  It may end up in a romance or avoidance of each other if the situation becomes embarrassing for both individuals. Tuksuhan (teasing--and a girl's reaction to it) is a means for 'feeling out' a woman's attitude about an admirer or suitor.  If the denial is vehement and the girl starts avoiding the boy, then he gets the message that his desire to pursue her is hopeless.  The advantage of this is that he does not get embarrassed because he has not started courting the girl in earnest.  As in most Asian cultures, Filipinos avoid losing face. Basted (from English busted ) is the Tagalog slang for someone who fails to reach 'first base' in courting a girl because she does not have any feelings for him to begin with.  However, if the girl 'encourages' her suitor (either by being nice to him or not getting angry with the 'teasers'), then the man can court in earnest and the tuksuhan eventually ends.  The courtship then has entered a 'serious' stage, and the romance begins. A man who is unable to express his affection to a woman (who may have the same feelings for him) is called a torpe (stupid), dungo (extremely shy), or simply duwag (coward).  To call a man torpe means he does not know how to court a girl, is playing innocent, or does not know she also has an affection for him.  If a man is torpe , he needs a tulay (bridge)--anyone who is a mutual friend of him and the girl he loves--who then conveys to the girl his affection for her.   It is also a way of 'testing the waters' so to speak.  If the boy realizes that the girl does not have feelings for him, he will then not push through with the courtship, thus saving face.  Some guys are afraid of their love being turned down by the girl.  In Tagalog, a guy whose love  has been turned down by the girl is called sawi (romantically sad), basted (busted), or simply labless (loveless).   Click here for Tagalog romantic phrases used in Filipino courtship. Back to Top LIGAWAN : COURTSHIP IN PHILIPPINE CULTURE HARANA , ni Carlos V. Francisco Panliligaw or ligawan are the Tagalog terms for courtship, which in some parts of the Tagalog-speaking regions is synonymous with pandidiga or digahan (from Spanish diga , 'to say, express').  Manliligaw is the one who courts a girl; nililigawan is the one who is being courted.  In Philippine culture, courtship is far more subdued and indirect unlike in some Western societies.  A man who is interested in courting a woman has to be discreet and friendly at first, in order not to be seen as too presko or mayabang (aggressive or too presumptuous).  Friendly dates are often the starting point, often with a group of other friends.  Later, couples may go out on their own, but this is still to be done discreetly.  If the couple has decided to come out in the open about their romance, they will tell their family and friends as well.  In the Philippines, if a  man wants to be taken seriously by a woman, he has to visit the latter's family and introduce himself formally to the parents of the girl.  It is rather inappropriate to court a woman and formalize the relationship without informing the parents of the girl.  It is always expected that the guy must show his face to the girl's family.  And if a guy wants to be acceptable to the girl's family, he has to give pasalubong (gifts) every time he drops by her family's house.   It is said that in the Philippines, courting a Filipina means courting her family as well. In courting a Filipina, the metaphor often used is that of playing baseball.  The man is said to reach 'first base' if the girl accepts his proposal to go out on a date for the first time.  Thereafter, going out on several dates is like reaching the second and third bases.  A 'home-run' is one where the girl formally accepts the man's love, and they become magkasintahan (from sinta , love), a term for boyfriend-girlfriend.  During the old times and in the rural areas of the Philippines, Filipino men would make harana (serenade) the women  at night and sing songs of love and affection.  This is basically a Spanish influence.  The man is usually accompanied by his close friends who provide moral support for the guy, apart from singing with him.  Filipino women are expected to be pakipot (playing hard to get) because it is seen as an appropriate behavior in a courtship dance.   By being pakipot , the girl tells the man that he has to work hard to win her love.  It is also one way by which the Filipina will be able to measure the sincerity of her admirer.  Some courtships could last years before the woman accepts the man's love.  A traditional dalagang Pilipina (Filipinpa maiden) is someone who is mahinhin (modest, shy, with good upbringing, well-mannered) and does not show her admirer that she is also in love with him immediately.  She is also not supposed to go out on a date with several men.  The opposite of mahinhin is malandi (flirt), which is taboo in Filipino culture as far as courtship is concerned. After a long courtship, if the couple later decide to get married, there is the Filipino tradition of pamamanhikan (from panik , to go up the stairs of the house), where the man and his parents visit the woman's family and ask for her parents blessings to marry their daughter.  It is also an occasion for the parents of the woman to get to know the parents of the man. During pamamanhikan , the man and his parents bring some pasalubong (gifts).  It is also at this time that the wedding date is formally set, and the couple become engaged to get married.  Back to Top TAMPUHAN TAMPUHAN , a classic painting by Juan Luna, 1895.  This painting depicts sweethearts having a lovers' quarrel. The Tagalog term tampo has no English equivalent.  Magtampo is usually translated as 'to sulk', but it does not quite mean that.  'Sulk' seems to have a negative meaning which is not expressed in magtampo .   It is a way of withdrawing, of expressing hurt feelings in a culture where outright expression of anger is discouraged.  For example, if a child who feels hurt or neglected may show tampo by withdrawing from the group, refusing to eat, and resisting expressions of affection such as touching or kissing by the members of the family.  A woman may also show tampo if she feels jealous or neglected by her beloved.  Tampuhan is basically a lovers' quarrel, often manifested in total silent treatment or not speaking to each other. The person who is nagtatampo expects to be aamuin or cajoled out of the feeling of being unhappy or left out.  Parents usually let a child give way to tampo before he/she is cajoled to stop feeling hurt.  Usually, tampo in Filipino culture is manifested in non-verbal ways, such as not talking to other people, keeping to one's self, being unusually quiet, not joining friends in group activities, not joining family outing, or simply locking one's self in his or her room.  Back to Top Tagalog Love Words (An Essay) Our loving ways by Edilberto Alegre "Mahal kita, mahal kita, hindi ito bola." The phrase is the first verse line of a song which was written by a teenager, so said a DJ of the time, in the early 1970s. That's some three decades ago. And yet we still hear it played on the radio, especially around this time of the year. The line literally means "I love you, I love you, I am not joking." Bola means ball, as in basketball. To "make bola ," a patent and peculiar English Tagalog statement, derives from Tagalog: e.g. Binobola mo lang ako , which implies saying untruths but in such a charming manner that what the speaker says appear to be true. It's related to " binibilog ang ulo ," literally making a head round -- bola (ball) and bilog (circle) have the same shape round. It remotely recalls "drawing circles" around someone. To make the title of this section sound closer to English, then: "Seriously, I love you." That deflates the statement though, since the translation is bereft of all that affection in a Pinoy's wooing of a woman. Affection and the lightness of language -- for she, if Pinoy, too, knows he can just be saying it but not truly meaning it, so he enjoins her at the end of the line plaintively: do believe me, hindi ito bola , seriously, peks man , cross my heart and hope to die. Deep down the Pinoy knows words are just that -- words. Sounds articulated by the vocal cords. Nice to say, good to hear. They need not always carry the weight of truth. And we're adept at manipulating them. It's a cultural attitude to language. We're not supposed to believe everything we hear. Verbal meaning is kahulugan . The root word is hulog which means "fall" ( nahulog sa hagdan -- (s)he fell down the stairs) primarily and "partial" ( hulugan -- installment) secondarily. So there are always implications and nuances and the truth is more in them than in the words themselves. So, the bearer must be assured by the speaker -- Hindi ito bola . Oral speech especially is, then, a game. Politicians are masters of the game. Quezon and Marcos were acknowledged orators who exhibited their genius for bola in public fora here and abroad. Love in the oral level is a game. There is the pursuer and the pursued. And there are the arrows of words to slay the wooed into belief. Even in the written certainly, the attitude to language is the same. No wonder then that the perennial best-seller continues to be a thin book of samples of loveletters. In Tagalog, that is. Where is the truth of the loving, then? In the acts of loving, in the action of love -- especially those which are not meretricious; those which do not advertise the feeling of love and loving behind the act and actions. Wala sa salita; nasa gawa. Not in the words but in the actions. How does one show na hindi ito bola ? There is a cultural context to it, of course. As red roses in the west. There's the gift giving, too. But traditionally it's pasalubong -- bringing someone a gift since (s)he was not there when the giver was. A gift to show that one remembered. Valentine's Day is a foreign idea which has not yet seeped into our traditional cultures. But let me dwell on it a bit. Red is the emblem of the heart (so very bloody, though!), as roses should be red if one wishes to get across love as the message of the giving. This one day even old people won't feel corny wearing red shirts or red skirt. I know, in fact, a few who have Valentine's Day attire which they take out only once a year. In the 1970s there was this red-and-white taxi named Alfredo's. On that one day, riders who wore red or red-and-white were entitled to a 50% discount. See, how far we can go! Luneta (national park) in those times bloomed in red. That one crazy day! They are not that crazy in Japan. Primarily it's because the culture which Valentine's Day still tries to penetrate does not possess the articulate meretriciousness of ours. Theirs is an oppressed society -- oppressed by feudalism which continues to fuel it. Their extreme behavior on this day consists of a mild reversal of roles, namely, the girls can gift the boys with chocolates to express their feelings. And that's confined to the young. Just the young. Let me contrast that with a story here in Tacloban, Leyte (Eastern Visayas). A couple who had been married for almost three decades had seven children between them. On Valentine's Day morning, the husband forgot to greet his wife. She let it pass. In the evening he came home a bit tipsy. He had forgotten completely that it was Valentine's Day. When he was changing his clothes she threw her slippers at him. Love and loving we expect even after decades of togetherness. HINDI ITO BOLA These are stories from my hometown, Victoria in the province of Tarlac (Central Luzon). True-to-life love stories. There are many such stories there. The first has to do with the parents of my closest friend, Ely. His father, Apo Sinti, was taciturn. Ely feared him. He knew he could whip a guava branch to pulp on an offending son's butt. During his entire life Ely remembers only one event -- the father made a top for him using only a bolo (sword). He does not remember him talking to him at all. In contrast, the mother -- Apo La Paz -- was always talking. They had a huge house on our Calle Real (now Rizal St.) and they had always a slew of maids. She inherited quite a large mass of riceland so she was used to ordering people about. Apo Sinti found eating at the family table a bother. Perhaps he could not stand Apo La Paz's incessant yakking which became worse during meals. So, Apo Sinti had his special table in the kitchen. A rather small one. He always ate ahead of everybody. Apo La Paz herself, not a maid, would set the table. Then she'd have him called. He'd come, sit down, and eat silently. She'd be bustling in the kitchen -- checking the food a-cooking on the stoves, the setting of their huge family table, the gradual filling up of the dining room with people, food, and the drinks and sweets which were on another table ready for serving. During all this she would check on Apo Sinti -- saw to his glass of iced water which had to be replenished always, and the banana which was his preferred fruit. They did not speak with each other. He ate all that was served him. She knew exactly how much rice he ate and what viands he preferred and how much of these he consumed. Then as silently as he came in, he'd leave. Apo La Paz would then call one of the maids to clean the table and place it in one corner of the kitchen. One Sunday morning, Apo Sinti staggered to a traysikad, a bicycle with a side car, even before the mass ended in our one Catholic Church proximate to the town plaza. He didn't make it back to their house. He had a heart attack. Apo La Paz cried, but she didn't wail. She saw to all the funeral arrangements. She was the overseer of the wake. After the funeral she retired to her room. She had to be called for the family meals. She receded into silence. After a month, she died. The second story, has to do with the old couple across our house. I don't remember their names. They were a very quiet, self-contained husband-and-wife. They married late, it seems. Their only child was a loquacious tall male who since childhood manifested strong signs of effeminateness. The son was away for high school. And then a terribly extended medical schooling. They didn't seem to mind. The old man hardly went out of the house. The old woman we hardly saw. All that I remember of them is her standing around as he watered the many plants their son loved. Their yard was a veritable garden. Every few days a young boy would sweep the yard. The old couple would be seated in their veranda. I have no recollection of their voices. But they did talk with each other. I could see them from our own second-floor veranda. One day the old man fell ill. The young boy called my father, who was a medical doctor. My father said it was serious. After three days he died. The effeminate son came back and made quite a scene in his wailing and flailing about. He returned to his medical school after the funeral. We only got news of the old woman from the young boy who stayed with her. He was the son of one of their tenants. He said that she refused to go out of her room. He served her her meals there. She receded into silence. After two weeks, she died. These two old couples remind me of a Guy de Maupassant short story. A hunter shot a bird. The other bird, its mate obviously, circled around it. It refused to leave. It kept going around the spot where the first bird fell. Gradually it went down, still moving in circles. It was as if it wanted to be shot, too. The hunter aimed at it and killed it. They remind me, too, of an old Indian myth. In the beginning, Man and Woman were one. Somehow they got separated. The Man went to the right. The Woman went to the left. They had been looking for each other since then. Love or, I suppose, marriage in the myth is the discovery of our other half. The Man and the Woman become one again. We go through life looking for our other half, that which would complete us. Sometimes we succeed. Sometimes not. If we don't then we go through another cycle of life, another cycle of searching. Life is a quest for completion by way of finding the Man or Woman who is our lost other half. In our culture we call this completion of self love. BASICALLY LOVE IS What does our language tell us about love? There's a range starting with wooing, suyuan , an old fine Tagalog word that indicates a man's declaration of his love by overt action, verbal or otherwise. Usually it's non-verbal -- singing, glancing or stealing glances, services -- and indirect. Ligaw , a more modern term, has directness. Ibig connotes desire, wanting, even an impulse to possess the other. Its highest statement, though, is love of country -- pag-ibig sa tinubuang lupa which carries a hint of self-immolation. Mahal implies valuation, therefore, the other is prized, valued highly. It's root meaning has to do with the monetary cost of goods as in Mahal ang mga bilihin ngayon (Goods are costly now). While manuyo (from suyo ) and manligaw are active, they are traditionally a man's action toward a woman. A one-sided wooing, a pursuit of the woman's heart. Ibig and mahal are feelings. They express the content of the heart that pursues. The words are focused on what the wooer feels for the wooed. There are three words which have become poetic because, I think, they are old expressions. Irog is fondness or affection for another. When there's a hint of yearning it becomes giliw . When there is reciprocity it becomes sinta . And thus sweethearts or lovers or magkasintahan . And when one introduces the other the term of reference is kasintahan . If it's friendship it's ka-ibig-an ; a friendship which has a latent possibility for desire. Kasintahan is closer to affection. Purely physical desire is of another category altogether: pagnanais . The root word nais implies focused desire; focused on an object or objection, that is. While that which is desirable is kanais-nais , its opposite, di-kanais-nais , is not only not nice but unpleasant. In contrast to pagnanais the words which refer to love or loving ( suyo , ligaw , ibig , mahal , irog , giliw , sinta ) contain a lightness -- fondness, affection, yearning. There's no obsessiveness, no imprisoning. There's the lightness of flowing air, the grace of morning's tropical sunlight. No possessiveness. Perhaps this has to do with man's regard for woman, for it is the man who woos. More probably though, it has to do with the completion of the self with, in, and through one other person (the kita relationship in Tagalog) as only one aspect of the I -- personhood: there's also ako (just the self and no other), tayo (relationship with two or more persons, including the person directly addressed) and kami (also with two or more persons, but excluding the person directly addressed). The completion of the self in kita cannot possibly deny tayo and kami . While one desires, one wants, too, to yield. There can be and there is passion, physical, but it dissolves in tenderness, in affection, in fondness. Softness wins out in Pinoy loving: it's only in yielding the self that one becomes complete. Loving is the dialectic dialogue between desire and affection. And love brings us to a new realm -- beyond desire, beyond tenderness, beyond body: the penetration of a new world! From Pinoy na Pinoy column, Businessworld 14 February 2002 Back to Top

Filipino Love Phrases: How to Say “I Love You,” in Tagalog

Filipinos are known to be very romantic. In fact, Filipinos are ranked as the fourth most romantic lovers in the Asia-Pacific, despite the reality that the Filipino culture of courtship has significantly evolved over the past several decades. 

Before, a young Filipino man would serenade the love of his life to express his feelings for her in a gesture called harana . Courtship slowly shifted from the traditional serenading to phone calls and love letters. The grand arrival of the internet and the mobile phone eventually gave way to online dating. 

So, in modern times, how does one say “I love you,” in Tagalog?

Despite the gradual changes to courtship and dating in the Philippines, what remains are the utterances used in expressing one’s feelings and the passion behind them.

Whether you’re planning to have a romantic relationship with a Filipino or already have one, it’s vital for you to learn some of the most common Tagalog love phrases. And that just scratches the surface of what you’re going to learn in this article!

O Love! Thou all-omnipotent one, Who sporteth ev’n with sire and son; Once sworn to thee, a heart then on Defies all else: thy will be done. – Francisco Balagtas, 1788-1862

• Confessing Your Affection: Pick-up Lines and More
• Falling in Deeper: Saying “I Love You,” and More
• Take it One Step Further: “Will You Marry Me?” and More
• Filipino Endearment Terms
• Must-know Filipino Love Quotes
• Learn More Important Tagalog Phrases with FilipinoPod101!

1. Confessing Your Affection: Pick-up Lines and More

The Filipino term for courtship is panliligaw . Unlike in many Western societies, courtship in Philippine culture is indirect and a bit more subdued. Men don’t want to come off as mayabang (“presumptuous” or “arrogant”) or presko (the term literally means “fresh,” but in this context, it means “aggressive”), so when they’re interested in a woman, they have to be discreet and somewhat mysterious at first.

The courtship starts with the manliligaw (the one who courts) asking the nililigawan (the one being courted) out on a date, oftentimes with a chaperone. But even before that, the young man must know to choose his words carefully in order to avoid rejection.

“Hi, I’m Will. God’s will.”

2. Falling in Deeper: Saying “I Love You,” and More

In this section, you’ll learn how “I love you,” is actually said in Filipino, plus more expressions used for showing affection between two lovers.

Sobrang in lab ako sa iyo. / “I’m so in love with you.”

3. Take it One Step Further: “Will You Marry Me?” and More

Pagkahaba-haba man daw ng prusisyon, sa simbahan din ang tuloy.  “The procession may be long, but it will surely still end up in the church.”

This famous Filipino proverb perfectly describes traditional Filipino courtship, particularly how arduous and long the process can be when the rules of the game are strictly followed. At the end of the day, it’s not the guy who’s richer and better-looking who wins, but the one who perseveres until the end. Before the grand church procession happens, however, one must first learn how to ask the million-dollar question in Filipino. But first, let’s meet the parents!

Papayag ka bang magpakasal sa akin? / “Will you marry me?”

4. Filipino Endearment Terms

Filipinos never use Tagalog terms of endearment. Such terms can only be found in literature, or are sometimes heard spoken by the older generation. Nowadays, Filipino couples make use of English terms to address each other romantically. They use terms like “honey,” “babe,” “darling,” or “sweetheart.” But for the sake of this lesson, allow us to show you some of the most common Filipino terms of endearment.

5. Must-know Filipino Love Quotes

In the past, Filipino love quotes were mostly from classic Tagalog love songs, movies, or literature, such as those written by the great Filipino poet, Francisco Balagtas . These days, you’ll usually get them from what the younger generations refer to as hugot . This is the Filipino term for “pull out,” like when you’re pulling money from a deep pocket. If you search the web using the keyword “Filipino love quotes,” you’ll be amazed that most of the results are not purely classic love quotes, but modern “hugot lines.” These lines are usually given birth by deep emotional experience, such as falling in (or even out of) love. 

Now that you have some cultural context, here are some of the most common love quotes in Filipino…

Kay tamis ng kanyang mga salita! / “How sweet his words are!”

6. Learn More Important Tagalog Phrases with FilipinoPod101!

This has been a long lesson on how to say “I love you,” in Tagalog, and we could still go on and on because there are actually many more love phrases in Filipino and cultural details to explore! 

To learn more important Filipino phrases, why not just create your account on FilipinoPod101.com ? With FilipinoPod101, you’ll learn more than just romantic Filipino phrases and Tagalog pick-up lines. Here, you’ll learn the basics of Filipino grammar , including how to construct sentences properly , pronounce difficult Tagalog words , and appropriately apply Filipino expressions to any situation.

FilipinoPod101 is unlike any other online language learning platform. Here, you can study lessons that are tailored to perfectly match your requirements. And with our MyTeacher service for Premium PLUS members, you can learn how to speak fluent Tagalog in no time with the help of a Filipino teacher who will provide you with guidance and ongoing assessment. 

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Meaning of "love", love •.

• 1. a fond, deep, tender feeling: pagmamahal, pag-ibig, paggiliw, pagsinta, pag-irog. ("Pagsinta" and "pag-irog" are more poetical)
• 2. a person who is loved: mahal, ang minamahal, irog, ang iniirog, sinta, ang sinisinta
• 1. to have a tender feeling for: umibig, ibigin, magmahal, mahalin, suminta, sintahin, umirog, irugin
• 2. to like very much: magkagusto; gustuhin, ibigin, katuwaan
• 3. to fall in love, to begin to love, come to feel love: umibig, magmahal, magkagusto, sibulan ng pag-ibig
• affectionate: maibigin

» synonyms and related words:

• 1. pleasant and friendly: magiliw
• 2. full of kindness and love: mapagmahal
• 1. to look after: mag-alaga, alagaan, mang-alaga, pangalagaan, tumingin, tingnan
• 2. to protect, to have custody of: kumalinga, kalingain
• 3. to rear or provide for: mag-ampon, ampunin, mag-aruga, arugain
• 4. to support: magsustento, sustentuhin
• 5. to solicitously take care of one in need: magkandili, kumandili, kandilihin
• 6. to care about, to be concerned about, etc.: mag-intindi, intindihin, magasikaso, asikasuhin
• 7. to take care, to be careful: mag-ingat, ingatan, pag-ingatan
• 1. thought or thoughtfulness: pag-aalaala
• 2. worry: pagkabalisa
• 3. attention: pag-iintindi, pag-aasikaso
• 4. charge: pamamahala
• 5. love: pagmamahal
• 6. looking after: pag-aalaga, pag-aaruga
• 7. being careful: pag-iingat, kaingatan
• 1. fearful that somebody you love may prefer someone else to you: naninibugho, selosa/o, nagseselos
• 2. envious: nananaghili, naiinggit
• 1. to worship as a deity: sumamba, sambahin
• 2. to love very much: pakamahalin
• 3. to like very much (coll.): gustung-gusto
• a feeling of deep respect mixed with wonder, fear, and love: galang, paggalang, pitagan, pagpipitagan, pamimitagan, pakundangan, pagpapakundangan
• to revere, to regard with reverence: gumalang, igalang, magpitagan, magpakundangan
• true and faithful to love, promise, or duty: tapat, matapat, tapat na loob
• to fold in the arms to show love: yumakap, yakapin, yumapos, yapusin
• 1. strong, tender attachment: pagmamahal
• 2. love: pag-ibig, pagsuyo, pagsinta
• 1. a love affair: romansa, pag-iibigan, pagmamahalan
• 2. a love story: kuwento ng romansa, kuwento ng pag-iibigan
• 3. a story or poem telling of heroes: romansa, kasaysayan ng kabayanihan
• 1. a quality which delights: panghalina, pang-akit, alindog
• 2. an amulet to avert evil, etc.: antinganting, galing
• 3. a love charm, potion: gayuma, panggayuma
• 1. to please greatly, delight: magpalugod, makalugod, ikalugod
• 2. to fascinate: humalina, makahalina, mahalina, halinahin
• 3. to bewitch as by a charm: manggayuma, gumayuma, makagayuma, gayumahin, mambighani, bumighani, makabighani, bighaniin
• 4. to attract: mang-akit, umakit, makaakit, akitin
• 1. pining for love: uhaw sa pag-ibig
• 2. broken-hearted: sawi sa pag-ibig
• 1. to touch with the lips as a sign of love, greeting or respect: humalik, halikan, hagkan
• 2. to kiss each other: maghalikan
• 3. to kiss an elders hand: magmano
• chain of love, Mexican creeper
• love, affection
• dear, loved, costly, noble, well-esteemed, expensive
• magmaghal, mahalin (mag-:-in) to hold dear, to love. Mahalin mo ang iyong mga magulang. Love your parents.
• sumumpa' (-um-) to promise, to make an oath, to curse. Sumumpa kang mamahalin mo ako habambuhay. Promise to love me for as long as I live. sumpain (-in)
• to curse a person. Huwag mo akong sumpain. Don't curse me.
• want, like, wish, desire [syn. gusto]. Ibig niyang kumain ng suha. He wants to eat the grapefruit. umibig, mang-ibig, ibigin (-um-, mang-:-in)
• to want, to like, to desire, to wish, to love. Umibig si Nora kay Tirso. Nora loves Tirso. mangingibig
• beau, suitor
• love between man and woman, love of man for the diety, love for the country kasintahan (ka-an)
• sweet-heart

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10 Love Lessons We Learned from Tagalog Movies

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Love is complicated–there’s no denying that. That’s why for years, people (of all ages) have been decoding the mysteries of love. One good source of love lessons? Movies. Here are 10 love lessons that we have learned from our favorite Tagalog flicks:

1. Every effort counts.

Loving someone is not easy. It takes a lot of work. Whether it’s bringing your partner his or her favorite tea in the morning or surprising her with a romantic vacation to her dream destination, each gesture of love counts. After all, what’s the use of loving someone when you don’t express it? Take what Apollo did for Irene in My Amnesia Girl . Just to prove how much he loves her, he helped Irene with her work. He fetched Irene’s camera gear, carried heavy camera equipment, and stood in for a model (even if his ego got bruised when the client rejected him because of his not-so-perfect body) . Of course, you need not to cover every square inch of your partner’s house with post-it notes just to show affection. Even small gestures count, like how Irene showed her love by appreciating Apollo’s gift (a pair of sandals) by refusing to walk in the muddy streets while it was raining. Simply put: when you love someone, show it.

2. However, never let someone think you love them romantically.

Being friendzoned is such a bitter reality. Sometimes, people are not aware how their actions define their relationship with others. And when reality fails to meet our expectations, we get crushed. So it’s very important that you do not lead anyone on. Take Wacky and Cat from She’s the One . Wacky treats Cat like she is his “ hilaw na girlfriend.” His actions lead to Cat falling in love with him, causing her to answer to his every whim in the hopes that he would fall in love with her. When Wacky fails to commit, Cat gets her heart broken that creates a void in their friendship. So, if there’s no intention of being in a relationship with your best friend, make sure that your intentions are clear. It’s tough to lose a partner, but it’s even tougher to lose a friend.

3. Love makes you discover new things about yourself.

Once you’re in a relationship, you constantly learn new things about your partner. However, you also learn new things about yourself–just like how Laida Magtalas and Miggy Montenegro made their own self-realizations from their very complicated relationship(s). While in a relationship, both evaluated their personalities, their changing priorities, and their own capacity to love. From A Very Special Love,  You Changed My Life, to It Takes a Man and a Woman , Laida and Miggy have grown, both as a couple and as individuals. And they owe it to each other.

4. Before you love someone, you must love yourself.

One of the best lines in One More Chance was spoken by Krizzy, Basha’s friend. She said, “Don’t you see it? Kung hindi nya pinili ang sarili niya, kung hinayaan nya na ikaw parati ang masunod, her heart would have been broken every moment she’s with you.” Loving herself was not a priority when Basha was with Popoy. In the beginning of the film, she always obeyed Popoy and accepted his criticisms. She rarely stood up for herself; when she did, they end up fighting. Because of this, she needed to find herself by letting go of their relationship. That’s the thing with love; you need to have it for yourself before you can give it away. In relationships, you need to know who you are and how much love you’re capable of to make it last. Otherwise, you might find yourself miserable that you’d throw away a good relationship.

5. Loving your partner includes loving his/her family.

When you love someone, you need to also love their family. Take a look at how Noel tried his best to love his lover’s (Mark) mother (Shirley) in the movie In My Life . Even if Shirley did her best to show how much she disliked Noel, he still loved her unconditionally. Eventually, Shirley was able to realize this and learned to love him back. So, the next time your partner’s mother criticizes you, take a deep breath and smile. Choose to love her. You might be surprised to learn how much she actually cares for you.

6. When you love someone, you must be ready to make sacrifices.

Making sacrifices is part of any relationship. Simple sacrifices, like adjusting to your partner’s schedule for your date or watching the basketball game instead of your favorite sitcom, will be a daily part of any relationship’s routine. However, when it comes to the things that matter—your religion, your career, your family status, etc.—how much are you willing to sacrifice? For Athena, she was willing to give up Kenji, her one and only love. In She’s Dating a Gangster , Athena chose to break up with Kenji after learning about the reason why Kenji’s ex-girlfriend Abi broke up with him. Knowing that Kenji’s first love is Abi, she stepped aside so that their relationship can continue. She did it wholeheartedly and without any regrets. It just goes to show that no matter how small or big the sacrifice is, if it’s show your love to someone, it’s worth it.

7. Take a step back and get some perspective.

When   Tere left Julian after he spoke with his ex-girlfriend in English Only Please , everyone in the cinemas let out a groan. From the third-person perspective (aka the moviegoers), it was foolish of Tere to walk away from something good based on Julian’s actions toward his ex-girlfriend, when her only basis was an audio-less conversation seen through a store’s windows. In real life, there’s always a need to step back from the rush of emotions. If only Tere decided to clarify things with Julian, she would’ve been spared of an undeserving heartache.

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8. Sometimes, it’s not meant to be.

Ever had that feeling that you’re supposed to be with someone? Well, at times, those feelings are wrong. Just like when Ginny felt that she and Marco should be together in Starting Over Again . Even if Marco was already in a happy relationship with Patty, that did not stop Ginny to think that she should win back Marco. This is even when Marco clearly rejected her multiple times in the hopes of making him fall in love with her again, Ginny succeeded in only hurting herself. There are times when you can only see how your actions will benefit you. You fail to see how these actions will hurt others, especially your partner. In the end, you only end up hurting yourself. There’s always a need to reflect on your current relationship status and check if it’s still working. You may be the only one who thinks you and your partner are meant to be.

9. Love is never about longevity.

The formula for a successful relationship is never about the longevity. Yes, ots of couple strengthen their relationship with time. However, that doesn’t mean relationships that only started a few weeks are not at par with longer relationships. Longevity will never be a basis for love. Just like in That Thing Called Tadhana , Mace was with his fiancé for eight years. They have laid out their plans of a life together, which were shattered when Mace’s fiancé broke up with her. Then, she meets Anthony. She falls in love with someone whom she spends less than a week with. By the end of the movie, everyone was rooting for them to be together. So no, the longer you are with someone does not guarantee that your relationship will be successful.

10. Sometimes, you need to be patient with love.

In Miss You Like Crazy , Alan and Mia kept missing each other’s perfect timing for love. Alan waited too long to pursue Mia that eventually she had to go to Malaysia. When he finally decided, Mia was already engaged to someone else. It seemed as if their relationship is never going to work out. But funnily enough, they were able to wait for their right time together. There are real-life stories that were similar to Mia. Some people found their love at first sight, and some had to wait. Sometimes, you have to wait for your love one to meet you. Sometimes, you have to wait for them to end their relationship with someone else. The key is to know when to wait and when to let go. If you found someone who you can fall in love with every single day, then wait for the perfect timing.

Overall, the best lesson I learned from Tagalog movies is this: being in love and in a relationship is hard, but when you’ve found the right person to love, you’ll fight for him/her. Here’s to hoping your lovelife is filled with joy and devoid of drama!

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5 Lessons from ‘Hello, Love, Goodbye’

The newest masterpiece of Star Cinema “Hello, Love, Goodbye” just premiered in the UAE. It was so well-received in other countries that when it came here, the movie was almost sold out for the first three days of its screening. Fans from rival networks united together to support this movie and see what it has to offer. It turns out, it was so deserving of the hype.

How so? Not only did “Hello, Love, Goodbye” made sparks fly with the unexpected chemistry of Alden and Kathryn—who are both known as halves of the love teams AlDub and KathNiel, respectively—it also shows the raw experiences of Overseas Filipino Workers, so real they almost hurt.

The film centers around the lives of Joy (Kathryn) and Ethan (Alden), OFWs in Hong Kong who live very different lives. Joy is a domestic helper who barely scrapes by with her unstable main job and other gigs on the side (buy-and-sell, waiting, joining a pageant for the cash prize, and dish-washing at a bar). Ethan, meanwhile, is a happy-go-lucky bartender on his way to residency in Hong Kong. The two meet in the most unexpected way and at the most unexpected time, their relationship mirroring a lot of “what ifs” and complexities in the process.

There are many other takeaways from the film, and if you have seen it as well, you’d probably agree about these following lessons:

(This article contains major spoilers. If you have not seen it yet, we strongly recommend you read no further.)

Not all who work abroad have tons of money

We have all heard it, even at some point said it. The lines that go from “Nasa abroad ka kaya malamang mayaman ka!” to “Gusto ko ng bagong sapatos or cellphone, mama/papa/ate/kuya.” Many of us have been guilty of automatically assuming people we know who are living abroad have their wallets loaded with money. Hello, Love, Goodbye shows how it’s hardly the case for many OFWs, and it brilliantly does so just within the first few minutes of the film—Joy hustling almost every hour just to earn money and provide for her father and siblings back home, even engaging in jobs that put her status in Hong Kong at risk. Not many realize what most OFWs go through, especially domestic helpers in Hong Kong and around the world.

There is almost nothing we cannot do for family

Joy has become so keen on providing for her family that her eyes do not anymore spark what her name actually means. Many OFWs hardly say the sacrifices they do to earn, and the film, through the brilliant performance of Kathryn, depicts every point in the rawest way possible. Throughout the movie, Joy has always told Ethan that her plan to go to Canada also majorly stems from her dream to reunite her family again after so many years. She wants to salvage her mother—played excellently by Maricel Laxa-Pangilinan—from his abusive husband whom she had married only for a residence status, as well as petition her father and siblings residing back home.

Ethan has also shown his fair share of love for his family. While it was implied that he left them before, he desperately tries to make up for it by tending to his ill father and showing undeniable patience towards his brother who resents him. He is shown to be this carefree guy without any direction in life but towards the end of the film, we see Ethan taking in charge, finally putting into reality his responsibility to them.

Choosing yourself is not selfishness

Have you ever felt like you don’t have a choice in life because of your responsibility towards others? They say the most powerful stories are the ones you can greatly relate to, and if you have been in that situation, Joy’s story in the film will probably well you up big time.

Despite having a college degree, Joy ended up as a domestic helper in Hong Kong. It’s obviously not what she had dreamed for herself, but because of the need to provide, she felt like she had no choice but to stick it up. The scene where she screamed her heart out in Victoria Harbour, saying how she loves her family but it makes her feel tired, is so powerful because it hits the right spots really hard. Many people, especially those who work hard to support their families, often forget to stop and reflect about what they want. And it is mainly because they feel like a choice is a luxury they can’t afford to have. Just like what Joy said, “Ang choice, para lang sa mayayaman.”

It also happens in relationships, even more often than we realize. We fall in love so hard we choose what makes the relationship work, even if it goes against our own dreams. Ethan, already head over heels with Joy, tries desperately to make her stay. Joy told him that while she wants to, she cannot promise that she won’t regret it and resent him in the long run.

The film teaches that no matter how many reasons you may have to stay and give up on your dreams—even if these include people you love the most—in the end, choosing yourself is still the most fulfilling decision you can do. In this generation of self-preservation and personal goals, falling in love is not the end-all of things.

True love never restricts

“It’s not a question of love,” Joy answers when Ethan doubts her feelings for him because she couldn’t stay. Ethan has made aggressive moves to convince her that she can still have a good life in Hong Kong. This is typical in many relationships. Some people don’t realize the restrictions they are placing upon their partners. Hello, Love, Goodbye perfectly shows the pureness of letting go, that loving someone means giving them wings to explore horizons of growth.

There are people who will be there for only a short period of time but will change your life forever

Hello, Love, Goodbye is not your typical romantic film. It’s not banking on the  kilig  emotions—although Alden has successfully made women swoon with his banters with and melting looks to Kathryn—but on the gravity of Joy and Ethan’s relationship, albeit brief. We always have this notion that people who love us will stay with us, but the film is definitely the antithesis of that. It teaches us that just because a relationship doesn’t last does not mean love is not true and real. We meet people for a reason, and some will even have profound effects on our lives to the point of changing it permanently. They don’t need to stay for a long period of time to make a difference in our lives.

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LOVE IN TAGALOG – This article will show you the best Filipino/Tagalog translation of the English word Love. What is the meaning of the word love in Tagalog?

What is the meaning of Love In English?

Love is a deep attachment to another person that is based on family or personal relationships. It is the feeling of love and tenderness between lovers.

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What is Love In Tagalog Translation?

The English word Love can be translated in Tagalog as follows:

The best Filipino translation of the word love in Dictionaries are pag-ibig, pagmamahal, pagsinta, irog,iniibig, mahal, amor, sinta.

What is Love meaning in Tagalog?

Ang  pag-ibig  ay nangahulugang isang pakiramdam o espesyal na mararamdaman o nararamdaman para sa isang tao, maging sa iyong kaibigan, sa iyong kapwa, sa iyong pamilya at higit sa lahat sa Panginoon na nagbigay sa atin ng buhay at nagturo sa ating lahat kung paano magmahal .

Ang  pag-ibig  ay maraming kahulugan depende na lamang sa iyong nararanasan sa buhay .

Love In Tagalog Translation Example Sentences

There are a couple of words in the Filipino language that could translate into love. However, the use of these words depends on the context of the sentence; therefore, be mindful of what you write or say.

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From songs and poems to novels and movies, romantic love is one of the most enduring subjects for artworks through the ages. But what about the science?

Historical, cultural and even evolutionary evidence suggests love existed during ancient times and across many parts of the world. Romantic love has been found to exist in 147 of 166 cultures looked at in one study.

The complexity of love has much to do with how people experience it differently and how it can change over time.

Read more: Friday essay: finding spaces for love

Like, love, or ‘in love’?

Psychological research over the past 50 years has investigated the differences between liking someone, loving someone and being “in love”.

Liking is described as having positive thoughts and feelings towards someone and finding that person’s company rewarding. We often also experience warmth and closeness towards the people we like. In some instances we choose to be emotionally intimate with these people.

When we love someone we experience the same positive thoughts and experiences as when we like a person. But we also experience a deep sense of care and commitment towards that person.

Being “ in love ” includes all the above but also involves feelings of sexual arousal and attraction. However, research into people’s own views of love suggests that not all love is the same.

Passionate vs companionate love

Romantic love consists of two types: passionate and companionate love. Most romantic relationships, whether they be heterosexual or same sex , involve both these parts.

Passionate love is what people typically consider being “in love”. It includes feelings of passion and an intense longing for someone, to the point they might obsessively think about wanting to be in their arms.

The second part is known as companionate love . It’s not felt as intensely, but it’s complex and connects feelings of emotional intimacy and commitment with a deep attachment toward the romantic partner.

How does love change over time?

Research looking at changes in romantic love over time typically finds that although passionate love starts high, it declines over the course of a relationship.

There are various reasons for this.

As partners learn more about each other and become more confident in the long-term future of the relationship, routines develop. The opportunities to experience novelty and excitement can also decline, as can the frequency of sexual activity . This can cause passionate love to subside.

Although a reduction in passionate love is not experienced by all couples, various studies report approximately 20-40% of couples experience this downturn. Of couples who have been married in excess of ten years, the steepest downturn is most likely to occur over the second decade .

Life events and transitions can also make it challenging to experience passion. People have competing responsibilities which affect their energy and limit the opportunities to foster passion. Parenthood is an example of this.

Read more: Love by design: when science meets sex, lust, attraction and attachment

In contrast, companionate love is typically found to increase over time.

Although research finds most romantic relationships consist of both passionate and companionate love, it’s the absence or reductions in companionate love, moreso than passionate love, that can negatively affect the longevity of a romantic relationship.

But what’s the point of love?

Love is an emotion that keeps people bonded and committed to one another. From an evolutionary psychology perspective, love evolved to keep the parents of children together long enough for them to survive and reach sexual maturity .

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The period of childhood is much longer for humans than other species. As offspring rely on adults for many years to survive and to develop the skills and abilities needed for successful living, love is especially important for humans.

Without love, it’s difficult to see how the human species could have evolved .

A biological foundation too

Not only is there an evolutionary foundation to love, love is rooted in biology. Neurophysiological studies into romantic love show that people who are in the throes of passionate love experience increased activation in brain regions associated with reward and pleasure.

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In fact, the brain regions activated are the same as those activated by cocaine.

These regions release chemicals such as oxytocin, vasopressin and dopamine, which produce feelings of happiness and euphoria that are also linked to sexual arousal and excitement.

Interestingly, these brain regions are not activated when thinking about non-romantic relationships such as friends. These findings tell us that liking someone is not the same as being in love with someone.

What’s your love style?

Research has found three primary styles of love. First coined by psychologist John Lee , the love styles are eros, ludus and storge. These styles include people’s beliefs and attitudes about love and act as a guide for how to approach romantic relationships.

This style of love refers to erotic love and is focused on physical attraction and engaging in sex, the quick development of strong and passionate feelings for another and intense intimacy.

This style involves being emotionally distant and often involves “game-playing”. It’s not surprising people who endorse this love style are unlikely to commit, feel comfortable ending relationships and often start a new relationship before ending the current one.

Storge is often regarded as a more mature form of love. Priority is given to having a relationship with a person who has similar interests, affection is openly expressed and there is less emphasis on physical attractiveness. People high on storge love are trusting of others and are not needy or dependent on others.

Or is a mixture more your style?

You may see yourself in more than one of these styles.

Evidence suggests some people possess a mixture of the three main love styles; these mixtures were labelled by Lee as mania, pragma and agape.

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Manic love includes intense feelings for a partner as well as worry about committing to the relationship. Pragmatic love involves making sensible relationship choices in finding a partner who will make a good companion and friend. Agape is a self-sacrificing love that is driven by a sense of duty and selflessness.

Why do you love the way you do?

A person’s love style has little to do with their genetics . Rather, it’s associated with the development of personality and a person’s past relationship experiences.

Some studies have found people who are high on dark traits, such as narcissism, psychopathy and machiavellianism, endorse more of a ludus or pragma love style.

Read more: There are six styles of love. Which one best describes you?

People who have an insecure attachment style , involving a high need for validation and preoccupation with relationship partners, endorse more mania love, while those who are uncomfortable with intimacy and closeness do not endorse eros love.

No matter the differences in the way love is experienced, one thing remains common for all: we as humans are social animals who have a deep fascination for it.

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Before You Write a Love Essay, Read This to Get Examples

The day will come when you can’t escape the fate of all students: You will have to write a what is love essay.

No worries:

Here you’ll find tons of love essay topics and examples. No time to read everything? Scroll down to get a free PDF with original samples.

Definition: Essay on Love

First, let’s define what is love essay?

The most common topics are:

• Definition of love
• What is love?
• Meaning of love

Why limit yourself to these hackneyed, general themes? Below, I’ll show how to make your paper on love original yet relevant to the prompt you get from teachers.

Love Essay Topics: 20 Ideas to Choose for Your Paper

Your essay on love and relationship doesn’t have to be super official and unemotional. It’s ok to share reflections and personal opinions when writing about romance.

Often, students get a general task to write an essay on love. It means they can choose a theme and a title for their paper. If that’s your case,  feel free to try any of these love essay topics:

• Exploring the impact of love on individuals and relationships.
• Love in the digital age: Navigating romance in a tech world.
• Is there any essence and significance in unconditional love?
• Love as a universal language: Connecting hearts across cultures.
• Biochemistry of love: Exploring the process.
• Love vs. passion vs. obsession.
• How love helps cope with heartbreak and grief.
• The art of loving. How we breed intimacy and trust.
• The science behind attraction and attachment.
• How love and relationships shape our identity and help with self-discovery.
• Love and vulnerability: How to embrace emotional openness.
• Romance is more complex than most think: Passion, intimacy, and commitment explained.
• Love as empathy: Building sympathetic connections in a cruel world.
• Evolution of love. How people described it throughout history.
• The role of love in mental and emotional well-being.
• Love as a tool to look and find purpose in life.
• Welcoming diversity in relations through love and acceptance.
• Love vs. friendship: The intersection of platonic and romantic bonds.
• The choices we make and challenges we overcome for those we love.
• Love and forgiveness: How its power heals wounds and strengthens bonds.

Love Essay Examples: Choose Your Sample for Inspiration

Essays about love are usually standard, 5-paragraph papers students write in college:

• One paragraph is for an introduction, with a hook and a thesis statement
• Three are for a body, with arguments or descriptions
• One last passage is for a conclusion, with a thesis restatement and final thoughts

Below are the ready-made samples to consider. They’ll help you see what an essay about love with an introduction, body, and conclusion looks like.

What is love essay: 250 words

Lao Tzu once said, “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” Indeed, love can transform individuals, relationships, and our world.

A word of immense depth and countless interpretations, love has always fascinated philosophers, poets, and ordinary individuals. This  emotion breaks boundaries and has a super power to change lives. But what is love, actually?

It’s a force we feel in countless ways. It is the warm embrace of a parent, filled with care and unwavering support. It is the gentle touch of a lover, sparking a flame that ignites passion and desire. Love is the kind words of a friend, offering solace and understanding in times of need. It is the selfless acts of compassion and empathy that bind humanity together.

Love is not confined to romantic relationships alone. It is found in the family bonds, the connections we forge with friends, and even the compassion we extend to strangers. Love is a thread that weaves through the fabric of our lives, enriching and nourishing our souls.

However, love is not without its complexities. It can be both euphoric and agonizing, uplifting and devastating. Love requires vulnerability, trust, and the willingness to embrace joy and pain. It is a delicate balance between passion and compassion, independence and interdependence.

Finally, the essence of love may be elusive to define with mere words. It is an experience that surpasses language and logic, encompassing a spectrum of emotions and actions. Love is a profound connection that unites us all, reminding us of our shared humanity and the capacity for boundless compassion.

What is love essay: 500 words

A 500-word essay on why I love you

Trying to encapsulate why I love you in a mere 500 words is impossible. My love for you goes beyond the confines of language, transcending words and dwelling in the realm of emotions, connections, and shared experiences. Nevertheless, I shall endeavor to express the depth and breadth of my affection for you.

First and foremost, I love you for who you are. You possess a unique blend of qualities and characteristics that captivate my heart and mind. Your kindness and compassion touch the lives of those around you, and I am grateful to be the recipient of your unwavering care and understanding. Your intelligence and wit constantly challenge me to grow and learn, stimulating my mind and enriching our conversations. You have a beautiful spirit that radiates warmth and joy, and I am drawn to your vibrant energy.

I love the way you make me feel. When I am with you, I feel a sense of comfort and security that allows me to be my true self. Your presence envelops me in a cocoon of love and acceptance, where I can express my thoughts, fears, and dreams without fear of judgment. Your support and encouragement inspire me to pursue my passions and overcome obstacles. With you by my side, I feel empowered to face the world, knowing I have a partner who believes in me.

I love the memories we have created together. From the laughter-filled moments of shared adventures to the quiet and intimate conversations, every memory is etched in my heart. Whether exploring new places, indulging in our favorite activities, or simply enjoying each other’s company in comfortable silence, each experience reinforces our bond. Our shared memories serve as a foundation for our relationship, a testament to the depth of our connection and the love that binds us.

I love your quirks and imperfections. Your true essence shines through these unique aspects! Your little traits make me smile and remind me of the beautiful individual you are. I love how you wrinkle your nose when you laugh, become lost in thought when reading a book, and even sing off-key in the shower. These imperfections make you human, relatable, and utterly lovable.

I love the future we envision together. We support each other’s goals, cheering one another on as we navigate the path toward our dreams. The thought of building a life together, creating a home filled with love and shared experiences, fills my heart with anticipation and excitement. The future we imagine is one that I am eager to explore with you by my side.

In conclusion, the reasons why I love you are as vast and varied as the universe itself. It is a love that defies logic and surpasses the limitations of language. From the depths of my being, I love you for the person you are, the way you make me feel, the memories we cherish, your quirks and imperfections, and the future we envision together. My love for you is boundless, unconditional, and everlasting.

A 5-paragraph essay about love

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• Check all the examples of what is love essay from this post.
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• Write your original and inspiring story.

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5 Remarkable Ways To Say I Love You In Tagalog

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If you want to romance your way to the Philippines, then learning how to say I love you in Tagalog is a must! Whether you are a language enthusiast or just plainly in love, you can impress someone by saying I love you in a language they have never heard before.  

In this blog post, we will guide you on the basic ways how you can express affection using the Filipino language. Ready to learn Tagalog with these few phrases? Let’s get to it!

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Ways to say i love you in tagalog.

Love is an emotion that grips us in surprising ways. Falling in love is easy, but saying those three little words proves to be harder than we thought. In fact, it is even more challenging to say if you are just learning a new language.

Similar to English, there are a lot of ways to express love in Tagalog with simple Tagalog phrases . The most common way of saying I love you is through the following:

* A quick tip: Filipinos deem the traditional way as poetic, which is why it is not usually used in conversations. You may encounter this word in dramatic movies, TV series, and original Pinoy music (OPM) as this variation is used to express intense yet old-fashioned love.

How Do You Say I Love You In Tagalog?

To love in Tagalog: Use of “mahal”

Unlike the way we greet the good morning in Tagalog , adding “po” to sound formal is not necessary for this instance. The word that you need to remember is the Tagalog term “ mahal ” which directly translates to “love”. In the Philippine setting, “mahal” is used sparingly in intimate conversations. It is also considered by some as a term of endearment.

Do note though, that the word “ mahal ” can also be used as an adjective that means “expensive.” Take note of the example below:

Use of “kita” in Tagalog

As you were reading the examples, I bet you are wondering what the word “ kita ” means in “ mahal kita”. This Tagalog term stands as the combination of “I” and “you” which means that from a grammatical point of view, “kita” is considered both the subject and the object.

In simple words, the speaker is the one doing the action, and the person being spoken to is the receiver of the action. To be fully enlightened on the Tagalog sentence structure , see the examples below:

Terms Of Endearment In The Tagalog Language

At this point, not only did you learn how to say I love you in the Tagalog language, but you also learned a thing or two about grammar .

Isn’t that great? Well, if things are getting serious between you and your Filipino loved one, we also prepared a few terms of endearment commonly used by couples. Judging from the table below, Filipinos are extremely creative when it comes to giving pet names.

The traditional syrupy terms on the right are commonly used to grab attention when writing poems, songs, and even letters. The variation on the left is more commonly used and is adapted from English.

How Would You Respond If Someone Says I Love You?

Now that you have learned how to say I love you in Tagalog, it is important that you also know the common responses and what they mean. Similar to our previous post on how to say good morning in the Tagalog language , all you need to worry about is the use of the word “din.” We are going to use “din” because the preceding word, “ mahal ”, ends with a consonant.

If ever you are gearing up to say I love you in Tagalog in various ways, we prepared a list of variations that can ultimately help you depending on your situation.

For additional reinforcement, be sure to check out the Ling app, which features fun mini-games and quizzes that can motivate you to practice. Download the Ling app from the App Store or Google Play Store now and learn more about Tagalog day by day!

Frequently Asked Questions About I Love You In Tagalog

What do filipinos call their lover.

There are many nicknames that you can call your lover in the Philippines. It sometimes isn’t Tagalog, too. Here are some examples of words you can use for your Filipino lover:

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What Is The Meaning Of Sinta In The Philippines?

Sinta is a formal, old Tagalog endearment word that is a cognate of the Malaysian and Indonesian word “Cinta.” It is used to call your lover but is considered very polite and respectful.

What Does Kilig Mean?

Kilig doesn’t have a direct English translation, but this Tagalog word is related to your feelings for someone . Kilig is a moment of excitement that can be romantic or not for someone that you truly love.

If you want to learn more sweet Tagalog phrases , try repeating these words to your Tagalog-speaking loved one daily and they may even give you additional words to say too!

Learning Basic Phrases In The Tagalog Language

With your newfound skill in properly expressing I love you in Tagalog phrases , you are definitely a lot closer to mastering the Filipino language ! Do remember that one of the best ways by which you can fully unlock your full potential is by practicing the target language consistently.

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Essay on Love for Students and Children

500+ words essay on love.

Love is the most significant thing in human’s life. Each science and every single literature masterwork will tell you about it. Humans are also social animals. We lived for centuries with this way of life, we were depended on one another to tell us how our clothes fit us, how our body is whether healthy or emaciated. All these we get the honest opinions of those who love us, those who care for us and makes our happiness paramount.

What is Love?

Love is a set of emotions, behaviors, and beliefs with strong feelings of affection. So, for example, a person might say he or she loves his or her dog, loves freedom, or loves God. The concept of love may become an unimaginable thing and also it may happen to each person in a particular way.

Love has a variety of feelings, emotions, and attitude. For someone love is more than just being interested physically in another one, rather it is an emotional attachment. We can say love is more of a feeling that a person feels for another person. Therefore, the basic meaning of love is to feel more than liking towards someone.

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Need of Love

We know that the desire to love and care for others is a hard-wired and deep-hearted because the fulfillment of this wish increases the happiness level. Expressing love for others benefits not just the recipient of affection, but also the person who delivers it. The need to be loved can be considered as one of our most basic and fundamental needs.

One of the forms that this need can take is contact comfort. It is the desire to be held and touched. So there are many experiments showing that babies who are not having contact comfort, especially during the first six months, grow up to be psychologically damaged.

Significance of Love

Love is as critical for the mind and body of a human being as oxygen. Therefore, the more connected you are, the healthier you will be physically as well as emotionally. It is also true that the less love you have, the level of depression will be more in your life. So, we can say that love is probably the best antidepressant.

It is also a fact that the most depressed people don’t love themselves and they do not feel loved by others. They also become self-focused and hence making themselves less attractive to others.

Society and Love

It is a scientific fact that society functions better when there is a certain sense of community. Compassion and love are the glue for society. Hence without it, there is no feeling of togetherness for further evolution and progress. Love , compassion, trust and caring we can say that these are the building blocks of relationships and society.

Relationship and Love

A relationship is comprised of many things such as friendship , sexual attraction , intellectual compatibility, and finally love. Love is the binding element that keeps a relationship strong and solid. But how do you know if you are in love in true sense? Here are some symptoms that the emotion you are feeling is healthy, life-enhancing love.

Love is the Greatest Wealth in Life

Love is the greatest wealth in life because we buy things we love for our happiness. For example, we build our dream house and purchase a favorite car to attract love. Being loved in a remote environment is a better experience than been hated even in the most advanced environment.

Love or Money

Love should be given more importance than money as love is always everlasting. Money is important to live, but having a true companion you can always trust should come before that. If you love each other, you will both work hard to help each other live an amazing life together.

Love has been a vital reason we do most things in our life. Before we could know ourselves, we got showered by it from our close relatives like mothers , fathers , siblings, etc. Thus love is a unique gift for shaping us and our life. Therefore, we can say that love is a basic need of life. It plays a vital role in our life, society, and relation. It gives us energy and motivation in a difficult time. Finally, we can say that it is greater than any other thing in life.

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Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire

Edited by Alice Wong Vintage: 384 pages, $19 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org , whose fees support independent bookstores.

To whom does desire belong? How about love and care? These are the questions at the heart of “Disability Intimacy,” a new book of essays and ephemera collected by the San Francisco activist Alice Wong, and the answers are painfully obvious: Those human experiences are for everyone. What’s less obvious to many, and acutely painful to some of us, is that those questions needed to be asked and answered. This book needed to exist.

It is a longstanding and unfortunate truth that disabled people are often seen as undesirable and even as unable to experience desire, love or care in the ways that all individuals do. As disabled people we understand how false that notion is and how harmful it can be. Giving and receiving love — physically or verbally, in a context of romance, sex, close friendship or family bonds — is as much our right to experience as anyone else’s, and our stories of intimate connections and losses are worth telling as much as anyone else’s. So I commend Wong and the collection’s 40 contributors for taking on this topic.

“Disability Intimacy” is not an extended lament. Many of its standouts are downright celebratory, as well as lessons in engaging storytelling. “The Last Walk” by Melissa Hung explores the grief of losing a beloved friend while simultaneously cherishing their last moments together and the sling bag that became a physical memory of her friend Judy. In “Hi, Are You Single?” by Ryan J. Haddad, one of the standout poems in the collection, Haddad explores the messy, awkward and welcome way a hookup can support their collective desire for pleasure.

Having contributed to and read Wong’s anthology from 2020, “Disability Visibility,” I thought I knew what I was getting into, but the two collections are quite different. It was disappointing to come away from “Intimacy” without a theme as clear as that of “Visibility,” perhaps in part reflecting the older collection’s more straightforward subject matter. Love is complicated. And 40 contributors is a lot.

As one of the first of its kind to attempt what it is attempting, “Disability Intimacy” has the unfair expectation to be everything for everyone, to answer the question of desirability for an entire community that is not monolithic. Wong refuses to shut out the “other” in favor of the conventionally digestible. This collection shines in its entries that take big swings, discussing topics such as BDSM, queer love and intergenerational relationships — and even laziness, a concept that one essay reclaims and celebrates as a purposeful act of rest, epitomized by the love between a father and son who connect over turning out the light and climbing in bed to take naps. In these pieces, the authors seem to be living as unapologetically on the page as they do in life.

Tucked among the essays, readers will be delighted to also discover poems and even a conversation between two disabled people of color about redefining intimacy for themselves, ableism and what they refuse to call intimacy. It’s a refreshing and effective shakeup of the anthology form. It’s also a lot to take in.

I had to reread certain sections as some of the points got lost along the way, and sometimes I found myself mentally rearranging the book because entries felt misplaced. Although many of the pieces could have been shorter, none should have been left out. Might the cause have been better served with these many entries divided between two volumes? This could have encouraged the reader to sit with the thoughts and feelings that come up rather than rushing onward.

There is often a lot of pressure placed on books of this kind that amplify marginalized voices or tackle taboo topics, but remember: Sometimes a book does the world a service not because it is encyclopedic or full of answers but simply because it raises questions and starts conversations.

In the end, what we readers ask of ourselves is what counts. Whom do we allow ourselves to desire, and why? Toward whose stories do we gravitate, and whom do we leave in the margins? How will we expand our own worldview?

Keah Brown , a journalist, activist, actor and screenwriter, is the author of “ The Pretty One ” and “ The Secret Summer Promise .”

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Sophia Bush Is Dating and in Love With Soccer Star Ashlyn Harris

The actor says she finally feels like she “can breathe” after revealing she’s queer

The One Tree Hill star publicly came out as queer in a candid personal essay for Glamour , admitting: “I finally feel like I can breathe.”

The magazine’s April cover star writes that her coming-out at age 41, with her girlfriend by her side, feels like something of a “first birthday” all over again.

“I don’t think I can explain how profound that is,” she writes. “I feel like I was wearing a weighted vest for who knows how long. I hadn’t realized how heavy it was until I finally just put it down. This might sound crazy—but I think other people in trauma recovery will get it—I am taking deep breaths again. I can feel my legs and feet. I can feel my feet in my shoes right now. It makes me want to cry and laugh at the same time.”

Bush’s revelation comes after filing for divorce from entrepreneur Grant Hughes in August 2023, after one year of marriage. Harris, who played on World Cup–winning U.S. women’s national soccer teams in 2015 and 2019, filed for divorce from wife Ali Krieger in September.

Contrary to the assumptions that Bush and the former soccer pro had an affair and then ended their marriages, the actor emphasizes in her essay that neither cheated.

“The idea that I left my marriage based on some hysterical rendezvous—that, to be crystal-clear, never happened—rather than having taken over a year to do the most soul crushing work of my life? … It feels brutal,” Bush writes.

She explains that she and Harris, who’d met in 2019, grew closer after their respective splits last year and helped each other heal, as friends. Then one day, Bush says, she asked Harris to go on a “non-friend-group-hang”—and it was one of “the most surreal experiences” of her life.

“Maybe it was all fated. Maybe it really is a version of invisible string theory. I don’t really know,” the actor writes. “But I do know that for a sparkly moment I felt like maybe the universe had been conspiring for me. And that feeling that I have in my bones is one I’ll hold on to no matter where things go from here.”

While Bush says her former partners have known about her interest in women, it took self-love and work for her to get to a place where she feels proud to acknowledge it aloud, and to let herself enter a relationship with another woman.

“It took me 41 years to get here,” she says. “When I take stock of the last few years, I can tell you that I have never operated out of more integrity in my life. I hope that’s clear enough for everyone speculating out there, while being as gentle as I possibly can be.”

Rosa Sanchez is the senior news editor at Harper's Bazaar, working on news as it relates to entertainment, fashion, and culture. Previously, she was a news editor at ABC News and, prior to that, a managing editor of celebrity news at American Media. She has also written features for Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue, Forbes, and The Hollywood Reporter, among other outlets. 

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Passover’s Radical Message Is More Vital Than Ever

By Shai Held

Rabbi Held is the president and dean of the Hadar Institute, which he co-founded, and the author of “Judaism Is About Love,” from which this essay is adapted.

What do we do with our pain? What, if anything, can we learn from it?

The Bible offers a startling and potentially transformative response: Let your memory teach you empathy and your suffering teach you love.

This week, Jews around the world will mark the beginning of Passover. We’ll gather for Seders, in which we’ll re-enact the foundational story of the Jewish people, the Exodus from Egypt. For Judaism, a religion preoccupied with remembering the past, no memory is more fundamental than the experience of having been slaves to a tyrant and having been redeemed from his murderous clutches by God.

Such a memory, for some, may seem impossible to summon now, in a time of so much trauma and devastation. But it is critical to remember the Exodus precisely at moments of horror and pain because it is the ultimate reminder that the present moment need not be the final stage of history. The status quo, no matter how intransigent, can and must be overturned. Further, we are meant not just to remember our suffering but also to grow in empathy as a result.

The Bible’s emphasis on empathy is particularly poignant in this agonized moment, when Israelis and Palestinians, two utterly traumatized peoples, are so overcome with grief and indignation that they can barely see each other at all. And yet if there is to one day be a different sort of future in the blood-soaked Holy Land, both peoples will need to do precisely that: to hear each other’s stories and histories, to listen to and bear witness to each other’s suffering. The revolution in empathy I am describing is urgently necessary to remember precisely now, when it seems so utterly out of reach.

The recollection of slavery and redemption has important theological and spiritual ramifications. We are meant to live with a sense of gratitude and indebtedness to the God who set us free. We are asked to recall — year after year — that we moved from serving a cruel human master who sought only to humiliate and tear us down to worshiping a loving divine master who blesses us and seeks our well-being. We are called to empathize with those who are exposed and endangered in the present, having ourselves been defenseless in the past.

“You shall not oppress a stranger,” the Book of Exodus teaches, “for you know the feelings of the stranger, having yourselves been strangers in the land of Egypt.” You know what mistreatment feels like, Exodus says, and therefore you should never inflict it upon anyone else.

Leviticus takes this further. “The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as one of your citizens,” it tells us. “You shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” Leviticus envisions something radical: a society that actively loves and seeks the welfare of its most vulnerable members.

There are longstanding debates in the Jewish tradition about precisely what loving our neighbor entails, but one thing is clear: The love we owe to our neighbor we owe to the stranger among us, too.

There is nothing obvious about this teaching, particularly in a moment when fear and anger threaten to suppress any hint of compassion.

Suffering can teach us love, but all too often we let it teach us apathy and indifference — or, worse, unbridled rage and hostility. Our afflictions harden us, turn our focus stubbornly inward, make our most aggressive impulses seem both necessary and justified. We come to feel entitled: I was oppressed, and no one championed my cause; I don’t owe anything to anyone. But the Bible encourages us to take the opposite tack: I was oppressed, and no one came to my aid; therefore I will never abandon someone vulnerable or in pain.

Many people who have suffered terribly, whether personally or politically, hear both voices in our heads and have both impulses in our hearts. One voice tells us that the pain we have endured (or are enduring) frees us from responsibility to and for others — justifies our fixating on ourselves — while another voice insists that our suffering must teach us to care more and more deeply for others. Through the mandate to love the stranger, the Bible commands us to nurture the latter impulse rather than the former, to let our suffering teach us love.

At a moment like this, the mandate to love the stranger can seem to be speaking to broad and intractable geopolitical conflicts, and in fact, it is, but it also addresses us personally, at the most intimate levels. I know both these voices only too well. Having lost my father as a child and been left alone with a mother who lacked the emotional tools to parent any child, let alone a grieving one, I struggle at times with feeling entitled to ignore other people’s pain and care for just my own. And yet — having experienced aloneness, abandonment and abuse — I also feel an intensified sense of empathy for and responsibility toward those who are alone, abandoned or abused. It is this impulse that the Bible seeks to nurture in me and in each of us.

This week, when we retell the Exodus story, we must remember its implications: Since we know vulnerability, the plight of the vulnerable — whether among our own kin or among those who do not look or pray or speak like us — makes an especially forceful claim on us.

The commandment to do this work is both individual and communal; it is, on the one hand and at various points in the Bible, very much specific to Jews. But on the other hand, it is fundamental to the heritage of human civilization, and thus it addresses every person and every people who hear it. Perhaps, having suffered, you are tempted to learn indifference or even hate. Refuse that temptation. Let your memory teach you empathy and your suffering teach you love.

To tell the story of our past is always also to internalize an ethical injunction for our present and our future: to love the stranger, for we know what it feels like to be a stranger — we know the vulnerability, the anxiety and the loneliness — having ourselves been strangers in the land of Egypt.

Shai Held is the president and dean of the Hadar Institute, which he co-founded, and the author of “Judaism Is About Love,” from which this essay was adapted.

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