我说我爱你时是认真的。

I was serious when I said I love you.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我说 wǒshuō
  1. I wondered that and now it makes sense that...
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 我, 說 /说.
2 我爱你 wǒàinǐ I love you
=3 时 shí old variant of 时 shí
=3 时 Shí surname Shi
=3 时 shí
  1. o'clock
  2. time
  3. when
  4. hour
  5. season
  6. period
=4 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=4 是 shì variant of 是 shì
5 认真 rènzhēn
  1. conscientious
  2. earnest
  3. serious
  4. to take seriously
  5. to take to heart
=6 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=6 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=6 的 dí really and truly
=6 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target