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Today I’ll teach you some important rules that will help you to understand how to use the verb “piacere” in Italian
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The verb “Piacere” in Italian has a special construction! Below you can find some examples in order to let you understand better this special construction!
Mi piace la pasta! (La pasta piace a me! = literally: the pasta pleases to me – I like pasta).
“La pasta” does the action of pleasing me and becomes the subject of the sentence.
Mi piacciono le polpette! (Le polpette piacciono a me! = literally:polpette please to me – I like polpette)
“Le polpette” do the action of pleasing me and become the subject of the sentence.
Leggere mi piace! (Leggere piace a me! = literally: to read pleases to me – I like reading)
The act of reading, “leggere”, does the action of pleasing me and becomes the subject of the sentence.
Tu le piaci. (Tu piaci a lei). = She likes you.
Lei ti piace. (Lei piace a te). = You like her.
Ti piaccio? (Io piaccio a te?) = Do you like me?
A Luana piace mangiare. (Le piace mangiare). = Luana likes to eat.
A loro piacciono le canzoni italiane. (Gli piacciono le canzoni italiane). =They like Italian songs.
Al professore piacciono i libri storici. (Gli piacciono i libri storici). = The teacher likes history books.
Indirect Pronoun | Verb Piacere | To like |
| mi (a me)* | piace | I like |
| ti (a te) | piace | you like |
| gli (a lui) | piace | he likes |
| le (a lei) | piace | she likes |
| ci (a noi) | piace | we like |
| vi (a voi) | piace | you like |
| gli (a loro) | piace | they like |
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IMPORTANT!
Please note, with the verb “piacere” we use the auxiliary “essere” to form combined tenses: mi è piaciuto = I have liked it.
“Piacere” can be used also only in the sense of pleasing to someone.
Io piaccio = I please, I am liked, people like me.
Io piaccio a te = I please you, you like me (I do the action of being liked by you).
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