Actually, I love you in Pilipino is seldomly used. Filipinos do not directly say I love you not unless the relationship is very deep. Saying I love you to a lady will just end up with the lady laughing at you and thinking of it as a joke. There are several ways of saying I love you in Pilipino or Tagalog. For a loved one like your parents, we usually say something like please take care, you are dear to us. Like, " Lagi kayong mag iingat, mahal kayo namin". To somone like your wife, we say, the usual pseudonym like honey, or babes or sweet or darling etc., then we say simply, ingat which connotes that you care and love her. Ingat means take care. Filipinos do have a peculiar way of saying I love you and it is not usually being said straight as I love you. I love you simply translating is mahal kita but we don't use it not unless the guy or lady is saying goodbye to you as in forever and you want her to know that you would like her to stay, you say, mahal kitang talaga, which means I truly love you, with a sincere look of melancholy which reflects your real sincerity.

Mahal kita = the most common way of saying 'I Love You.' This phrase can be used with anyone, from your grandfather to your child, your wife or husband, to your friends. Iniibig kita = is a very dramatic way of declaring your love for someone. A bit old-fashioned, but it's the sort of phrase you use with an object of romantic affections.

I'm loving you = Minamahal kita I loved you = Minahal kita

I love you = Mahal kita (or sometimes) Iniirog kita

Mahal kita