"Jag gillar dig."

Translation: I like you.

[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.

[Vedun]

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

[Arnauti]

None really. Gillar is a little bit more colloquial.

[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

[whos.to.say]

https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/13914807/Dig-or-dej#:~:text=5%20Comments&text=Mej%20and%20dej%20is%20closer,correct%20way%20to%20spell%20them.&text=Like%20dom%20is%20becoming%20the%20spelling%20for%20de%20and%20dem.
Maybe to be more casual?

[Michael76897]

My ears still don't pick up the difference in pronunciation between "dig" and "det."