Can someone translate for me?

[iwanttolearn]

I got this translation from a website (I don't remember which on). I want to know if it is correct, I am trying to write I love you, my girlfriend.

私は愛する

I check the correctness at Tokyo International University website: Reading Tutor - Toolbox and it seems to be correct, however one part is not translated:

は

Can someone help me out? Thanks! Also, I want to self teach myself Japanese, can someone recommend a good way to do so? I want to at least be able to communicate a little bit.

I know I'm asking a lot, but can someone how to write the phrase "I love you" correctly in Japanese? I would greatly appreciate it. I am looking at the characters, 私は愛する, but I don't think I will be able to write it, its kind of hard to see exactly. I want to surprise her!

 

[Elizabeth]

Well, the "wa" is just a particle that comes after 私
indicating the topic as "I" so the whole phrase is fine for saying "I love." If you want to say, I love you -->> あなたを愛しています。 Anata (or your girlfiend's name) wo aishite imasu.

 

[iwanttolearn]

So this --> あなたを愛しています。means "I Love You"? And this --> 私は愛する means just "I Love"? Looks like I wrote is incorrectly then on the picture I gave her. Actually, I had one heck of a time trying to just write 私は愛する, I don't know how I will be able to write あなたを愛しています。 I'm Korean, and I can write Korean characters pretty well, but Japanese is so much more complex and harder to write!

 

[bakadesu]

Edit: D'oh! I'm stupid. -_-; Caffeine, honestly.