kärlek or älska In Chinese the most common translation for love is '爱' but my boyfriend told me älska is action while kärlek is more of a feeling or atmosphere. so I'm wondering maybe the proper translation for kärlek is 爱恋，情感，牵绊 last Sunday bf spent all afternoon taught me directions, but saying those words aloud was nearly killing me. I decided to spend some time each day on this to get ear and tongue familiar with this language. Hej då!