Help with translation please!

Question

My boyfriend is Persian and am learning a little Farsi but would love to be able say to him “I love you more than pie.” Could anyone help me please?

Answer 1

Hi!

That sentence will not make sense at all if translated to Persian verbatim.

These are some variations that might help:

1. Yeh Donia Asheghetam (Literal translation: I love you the size of the world)
2. Asheghetam (I am in love with you/ I love you)
3. Eshghami (you are my love)
4. Kheili dooset Daram (I love/like you a lot)
5. Ghorboonet beram (my non-Persian husband loves this phrase and gets a kick out of it. It literally means "May I be sacrificed for you!", but it is a very popular and common phrase that people use left and right. It has no romantic connotation: you use it after having struck up a conversation with a stranger and while saying goodbye, you use it before saying goodbye to a friend, etc. But for a Persian speaker hearing it from a non-Persian speaker, it is really cute! I love it whenever my husband uses it on me, and I have heard similar sentiments from other Persian while hearing it from foreigners.

I hope this helps:)

Best,

Anita