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Meaning of 'As long as you love me, I will love you.'



 
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Meaning of 'As long as you love me, I will love you.' Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:14 am  Meaning of 'As long as you love me, I will love you.'
 

Hello teachers,

What does this sentence really mean " As long as you love me, I will love you." ?

Thank you.
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Meaning of 'As long as you love me, I will love you.' Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:40 am  Meaning of 'As long as you love me, I will love you.'
 

Hi Rosalisa,

I'll love you till you stop loving me.

Hence:

If you stop loving me I'll cease to love you .

Does that help?
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Meaning of 'As long as you love me, I will love you.' Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:36 am  Meaning of 'As long as you love me, I will love you.'
 

Thank you, Pamela...It does help...

But can it mean " though you don't love, I will love you." ?
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Meaning of 'As long as you love me, I will love you.' Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:48 am  Meaning of 'As long as you love me, I will love you.'
 

I doubt it, Rosalisa. As long as is not the same as 'though' or 'although'
I guess this interpretation also works( but has another meaning):

Inasmuch as you love me, I'll love you.


Depends on the context. Wink
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Meaning of 'As long as you love me, I will love you.' Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:18 am  Meaning of 'As long as you love me, I will love you.'
 

Hi Rosalisa,

Your sentence:
Quote:
As long as you love me, I will love you.
Putting it quite unemotionally it could mean that the two 'loves' continue contemporaneously. Another view is that 'I will love you' is conditional on 'you love me'.

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