"Jag gillar dig."

Translation: I like you.

[Vedun]

So what's the difference between tycker om and gillar?

[Arnauti]

None really. Gillar is a little bit more colloquial.

[Seraph259]

Can this mean both in the sense of as friends and in the sense of having a crush on someone? Is there a particular word/phrase for to have a crush?

[Lundgren8]

Yes, this could be both.

I’d say the closest Swedish equivalent for ”to have a crush on” is vara kär i. It is to be romantically interested in someone, but not ’love’ which is älska.

[Seraph259]

I thought that vara kär i meant to be in love with someone? That if someone älskar someone, then they är kär i dem?

[Arnauti]

Älskar is like love, but vara kär i or vara förälskad i can be more of 'having a crush on someone', they both denote a more short and intense sort of feeling. I usually say vara kär i for be in love with too though.
Children and teens sometimes use gillar for have a crush on too.

[Seeheer]

In the tree i answered Jag gillar dig and it was marked wrong. The answer was shown to be Jag gillar dej. I have Never Come across this Before. I would love an explanation

[HaroldWonh]

Is "dig" really pronounced "vell"? I find it impossible to make sense of the pronunciation!

[Vithralas]

When I listen to it, it's like "day", in your lesson is pronounced as "vell"? That would be really weird :/