46: Mi piace! How to say “I like” in Italian.
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🗓️ 24 June 2018
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Ever felt confused about how to say “I like…” in Italian? It’s completely different to how we say it in English! But once you learn to think like an Italian, it suddenly gets much easier.
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Today's Italian words/phrases
Che cosa ti piace dell’estate? = what do you like about summer?
Che cosa = what
Ti piace = you like (it pleases you - literally: to you, it pleases)
Dell’ = about the
Estate = summer
Mi piace il sole = I like the sun
Il sole = the sun
Mi piace = I like (it pleases me - literally: to me, it pleases)
Mi piace andare al mare = I like going to the seaside
E tu? = and you?
Mi piace mangiare il gelato = I like eating ice-cream
Mi piacciono le feste all’aperto = I like outdoor parties
Le feste all’aperto = outdoor parties (literally: parties at the outside)
Mi piacciono = I like them (they please me - literally: to me, they please)
C’è qualcosa che non ti piace? = is there something you don’t like?
Non mi piacciono le zanzare! = I don’t like mosquitoes
Non mi piacciono = I don’t like them (to me, they don’t please - literally: not, to me, they please)
Le zanzare = (the) mosquitoes
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever felt confused about how to say I like in Italian? |
| 0:05.0 | It's completely different to how we say it in English. |
| 0:08.0 | But once you learn to think like an Italian, it suddenly becomes much easier. |
| 0:13.0 | Find out how in episode 46 of 5 minute Italian. Ciao to all and bea-tututti and |
| 0:28.6 | I'm Katie and I'm Matteo, |
| 0:32.6 | Ciao. |
| 0:33.6 | And in today's lesson, you'll learn the easy way to use the verb like, as in I like, I scream, |
| 0:39.3 | correctly in Italian. |
| 0:41.3 | First, we'll listen to the conversation in Italian. |
| 0:47.3 | Let's listen to the conversation in Italian. |
| 0:50.3 | Then we'll look at the details and how to use the verb like. |
| 0:55.0 | Mateo, what do you like? |
| 1:00.0 | My p'o the |
| 1:02.0 | soul and I like to go to the mar and you? |
| 1:07.0 | And you? |
| 1:08.0 | I like to eat the gelato and I like the feste at the open. |
| 1:16.6 | There is something that not like? |
| 1:19.6 | Certe. |
| 1:20.6 | No, I don't like the zanzas. |
| 1:23.6 | So, the first sentence you heard was, What do you like about summer? |
| 1:35.3 | What do you like? What? |
| 1:39.3 | What? |
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