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Lesson Transcript

Introduction
Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Italian Season 1, Lesson 20 - Talking about your likes. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question ‘do you like?’ affirmatively in Italian.
Body
Becky: Here's the way to ask 'Do you like chocolate?' in Italian.
Ofelia: [Normal] Ti piace la cioccolata?
Becky: First is a phrase literally meaning 'it’s pleasing to you'
Ofelia: [Normal] ti piace [Slow] ti piace
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'the'
Ofelia: [Normal] la [Slow] la
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'chocolate'
Ofelia: [Normal] cioccolata [Slow] cioccolata
Becky: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning 'Do you like chocolate?'
Ofelia: [Slow] Ti piace la cioccolata? [Normal] Ti piace la cioccolata?
Becky: Now, imagine you want to refer to a group of things. Here's the way to ask, 'Do you like sweets?'
Ofelia: [Normal] Ti piacciono i dolci?
Becky: First is a phrase literally meaning ‘they’re pleasing to you'
Ofelia: [Normal] ti piacciono [Slow] ti piacciono
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'the'
Ofelia: [Normal] i [Slow] i
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'sweets'
Ofelia: [Normal] dolci [Slow] dolci
Becky: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning 'Do you like sweets?'
Ofelia: [Slow] Ti piacciono i dolci? [Normal] Ti piacciono i dolci?
Becky: Here's a response meaning 'Yes, I like it.' referring to a single thing
Ofelia: [Normal] Sì, mi piace.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'yes'
Ofelia: [Normal] sì [Slow] sì
Becky: Next is the phrase meaning 'it’s pleasing to me'
Ofelia: [Normal] mi piace [Slow] mi piace
Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'Yes, I like it.'
Ofelia: [Slow] Sì, mi piace. [Normal] Sì, mi piace.
Becky: Here's a response meaning, 'Yes, I like them.' referring to a group of things.
Ofelia: [Normal] Sì, mi piacciono.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'yes'
Ofelia: [Normal] sì [Slow] sì
Becky: Then comes the phrase meaning 'they’re pleasing to me'
Ofelia: [Normal] mi piacciono [Slow] mi piacciono
Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'Yes, I like them.'
Ofelia: [Slow] Sì, mi piacciono. [Normal] Sì, mi piacciono.
Cultural Insight
Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Ofelia: Knowing how to ask and talk about someone's likes and dislikes is necessary when you’re learning a new language. And it will help you to make small talk with people you don’t know well!

Outro
Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson!
Ofelia: Ciao!

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