86: PIACERE in Italian: the ultimate guide to talking about things you like
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🗓️ 28 June 2020
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Today's Italian words:
Mi piace = I like it (lit. to me, it pleases)
Ci piace cucinare = We like cooking. (lit. to us, it pleases)
Ci = to us
Piace = it pleases
Cucinare = cooking
Mi piace = I like it (lit. to me, it pleases)
Ci piace = we like it (lit. to us, it pleases)
Ti piace = you like it (lit. to you, it pleases)
Gli piace = He likes it, they like it (to him/them, it pleases)
Le piace = She likes it, you formal like it (to her, you formal, it pleases)
Ci piace = We like it (to us, it pleases)
Vi piace = You plural like it (to you plural, it pleases)
Mi piacciono = I like them (to me, they please)
Ti piacciono = You like them (to you, they please)
Gli piacciono = He/they likes them (To him/them, they please)
Le piacciono = She likes them, you formal like them (To her/you formal, they please)
Ci piacciono = We like them (To us, they please).
Vi piacciono = You plural like them (To you plural, they please).
Mangi = you eat
Piaci = you please
Mi piaci = I like you (lit. to me, you please)
Piacete = you plural please
Mi piacete = I like you guys (lit. to me, you plural please)
Mangio = I eat
Piaccio = I please
Ti piaccio = You like me (lit. to you, I please)
Piacciamo = we please
Ti piacciamo = you like us (lit. to you, we please)
Mi sta simpatico = I like him (clearly platonic)
Mi sta simpatica = I like her (clearly platonic)
Mi piace cucinare = I like cooking (lit. to me, it pleases, cooking)
Mi piace andare al cinema = I like going to the cinema (lit. to me it pleases, going..)
Mi piace mangiare = I like eating (to me, it pleases, eating).
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I like it, you like me, we liked them. |
| 0:04.0 | In this episode, you'll learn how to use the verb, Piacere, in all its different forms, just like an Italian. |
| 0:23.6 | Ciao to all and bea-buttie and I'm Katie. |
| 0:26.6 | And then Matteo. |
| 0:27.6 | Ciao! |
| 0:28.6 | Over the last few lessons, we've gone into a lot of depth about how to talk about liking stuff in Italian and how the phrase changes. |
| 0:36.6 | For example, if the thing you like is singular or plural, |
| 0:40.3 | to talk about different people liking things, and how to use it in the past. |
| 0:45.3 | So in this episode, we're going to review all the individual episodes and pull it all together. |
| 0:50.3 | As this is an ultimate guide, we're going to go into a lot of details, so you have all the |
| 0:57.2 | information to use this verb like an Italian wood. |
| 1:01.0 | For this reason, it will be longer than our usual episodes, but we hope you'll find |
| 1:06.2 | it useful to have everything in one place. |
| 1:08.6 | Let's get started. |
| 1:09.6 | Commincchamo. |
| 1:10.6 | Let's start with the present tense. To say I like it in Italian we say, |
| 1:15.5 | me piace. And this leads us to the most important thing if you want to use this verb |
| 1:20.2 | correctly. Me piace is not a direct translation of I like. It literally means to me it pleases. So in Italian we don't say |
| 1:30.4 | we like a thing but rather the thing pleases us. This knowledge is fundamental for when you |
| 1:38.6 | want to talk about different people. For example, in the first episode in this mini-series, episode 82, we talked about |
| 1:47.5 | things Matteo has or doesn't have in common with his family. He said, |
| 1:53.1 | We like cooking. And can you remember what that little chi means? It's a shortened version of to us. |
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