When French kids like other kids in a special way, they use the words amoureux (“boyfriend”) and amoureuse (“girlfriend”). They also use a verb you already know, aimer (“to like” or “to love”). But aimer gets a bit tricky!

To Like a Lot — Aimer bien

Remember the different pronouns you've learned so far? You've learned the subject pronouns (je, tu, il/elle/il, nous, vous, ils/elles) and the reflexive pronouns (me, te, se, nous, vous, se). Aimer uses yet another kind of pronoun. Not the subject one, and not the reflexive one, though they're sort of the same. It's something called the “direct object” pronoun. Take a look at the map: