il verbo “PIACERE” In italiano piacere significa “to be pleasing” In English, the equivalent is “to like”

Per esempio: In English we say: “I like Italian.” In italiano diciamo: “To me, Italian is pleasing.”

I like the beach. In English: In italiano: “I” is the subject “like” is the verb “the beach” is the direct object In italiano: “the beach” is the subject “to please” is the verb “me” is the indirect object

The word order is actually “backwards”: In italiano…: The word order is actually “backwards”: The indirect object comes first: Mi Then the verb: piace Finally the subject of the verb: il mare. Make it negative by adding “non” at the beginning.

Indirect Object Pronouns: Who is doing the “liking”? Indirect Object Pronouns: mi ti gli/ le ci vi gli

“piace” = singular nouns = infinitives “piacciono” = plural nouns

Frase di qualificazione: He likes to swim. She likes to swim. You like to swim. “Gli piace nuotare.” They like the beach. You like the beach. “Gli piace il mare.”

Frase de qualificazione: Mi = a me Ti = a te Le/le/gli = a lei a lui a Lei (a Roberto) (a Lola) ci = a noi vi = a voi gli = a loro a Loro (a Roberto e a Luigi) (a Lola e a Carmela)

= Mi piace… / Mi piacciono… Ti piace… / Ti piacciono… Gli/ Le piace… / piacciono… ci piace… / ci piacciono… vi piace… / vi piacciono… gli piace… / gli piacciono… I like… You like… He / she / You like(s)… We like… You guys like… They / you like… =

“Coffee is pleasing to me.” Come si dice? “I like coffee.” Mi piace il caffé. “Coffee is pleasing to me.”

“Cars are pleasing to you.” Come si dice? “You like cars.” Ti piacciono le macchine. “Cars are pleasing to you.”

Come si dice? “He doesn’t like to dance.” Non gli piace ballare. “To dance is not pleasing to him.”

“Our teachers please us.” Come si dice? “We like our teachers.” i nostri professori. Ci piacciono “Our teachers please us.”

Come si dice? “You (guys) don’t like to go to the movies.” Non vi piace andare al cinema. “To go to the movies is not pleasing to you (guys).”

Come si dice? “They like history and spanish.” la storia e lo spagnolo. Gli piacciono “History and Spanish are pleasing to them.”

Come si dice in italiano? I like to study. Elena likes to watch television. We don’t like to do homework. Carlo and Miguel like cars. Do you guys like to look at photos? You like to go shopping, right? Mi piace studiare. (A Elena) le piace vedere la televisione. No ci piace fare i compiti. (A Carlo e Michele) gli piacciono le macchine. Vi piace guardare le foto? Ti piace fare lo shopping, vero?