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te piace VS ti piace

judenligne1412
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te piace VS ti piace

Postby judenligne1412 » June 21st, 2010 10:36 am

Hi, I noticed some people write "ti piace" and some write "te piace". What is the difference? Which one is the most correct Italian...?

konchan83
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Postby konchan83 » July 13th, 2010 8:43 am

Ciao,
the standard Italian, I mean the correct form is "ti piace".
"Te piace" sounds to me like the dialect from Roma. :D

Consuelo

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jjdon4453
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Postby jjdon4453 » October 12th, 2010 7:53 pm

konchan83 wrote:Ciao,
the standard Italian, I mean the correct form is "ti piace".
"Te piace" sounds to me like the dialect from Roma. :D

Consuelo


Since I just had an experience in Italy, I thought I'd pass it on, here. We were having dinner with friends/relatives - Italians - and I said "me piace" about something. He corrected me and said, "No, it's 'A me piace'". I said that later to another friend/relative and she said, yes it's technically true but in the real world everybody says "me piace". These are all native Italians, in Italy. The reason is because Piace/piacere doesn't actually mean "I like" or like or anything of that sort. What it means is, "It is pleasing". So, "A me piace" properly says "To me it is pleasing." Yes, people in Italy run around saying "me piace" every day. It's just a tidbit of technicality, since this is a language site. If you actually said "A me piace" all the time, people would think you just got out of a language school. Interesting, just the same.

roma55
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'me piace' non mi piace!

Postby roma55 » October 22nd, 2010 6:26 pm

Salve!

I would suggest you learn only 'mi piace' or ' a me piace' because these are the gramatically correct forms and, as a non native, you need to show respect for the language you are learning.

Personally I have only encountered 'me piace' either in dialect (I am from Rome) or when people imitate stupidity for comedy effect - sort of 'me Tarzan - you Jane ' speak.

Saluti! and Buono studio...

roma55

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