83: Did you like it? How to use piace in the past
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🗓️ 17 May 2020
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Summary
I like it = mi piace. It’s simple enough in the present, but in the past, things get a little tricky! Learn how to talk about things you liked in this episode.
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Today's Italian words:
Qual è l’ultimo film che hai visto = What’s the last film you saw?
Qual = which
È = is
L'ultimo = the last
Film = film or movie
Che = that
Hai = you have
visto = seen
Ti è piaciuto? = Did you like it?
Ti = to you
È = it is
Piaciuto = pleased
Gli è piaciuto = he, they liked it
Gli = to him, them
È = it is
Piaciuto = pleased
Le è piaciuto = she, you formal liked it
Le = to her, you formal
È = it is
Piaciuto = pleased
Ci è piaciuto = we liked it
Vi è piaciuto = you liked it (plural, for speaking to more than one person)
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| 0:00.0 | Me piace. It's simple enough to remember this phrase in the present, but in the past, things get a little bit tricky. |
| 0:07.8 | Learn how to talk about things you liked in this episode. By the end, you'll be able to say things like, I liked it, and ask peopleuited a 5 Minute Italian. I'm Katie. |
| 0:31.0 | And I'm Matteo. |
| 0:32.2 | Ciao. |
| 0:33.2 | In today's episode, you'll learn how to talk about things you liked and ask other people about |
| 0:38.2 | things they liked in the past. Let's start with a mini-conversazione. |
| 0:46.3 | Matteo, what is the last film that you've seen? |
| 0:50.6 | The last of Star Wars. |
| 0:53.2 | Did you like? |
| 0:54.9 | Not much. |
| 0:57.4 | So the first line you heard was, |
| 0:59.8 | What is the last film you saw? |
| 1:04.0 | Literally, |
| 1:07.8 | Which is? |
| 1:12.5 | L'Ultimo. And this is broken down into two words L-apostrophe, which means the and ultimo, which means last. |
| 1:19.4 | Film or movie, that I have seen. |
| 1:26.4 | And the film was |
| 1:28.2 | the last or the most recent |
| 1:33.1 | star wars |
| 1:34.4 | i'm surprised you didn't like the star wars film yeah long long long story |
| 1:40.1 | i mean it would be like a really long podcast, we can't fit it in five minutes. |
| 1:45.7 | Yeah, no. |
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