Learn how to use the verbs "like" and "love"
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| 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 |
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| 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! |
13 Comments
HideHi Listeners, do you like studying?
Hi Regina,
both mean "the", but in Italian you should use "i" with plural masculine nouns, and "la" with singular feminine nouns.
Team ItalianPod101.com
Pls what is the difference between i and la
Ciao Emmanuel,
Thank you so much for your kind message! 😇❤️️
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
Good luck with your language studies.
A presto,
Levente
Team ItalianPod101.com
❤️️ Just started and I really love how things are moving
Ciao Bill,
Grazie for contacting us with your questions. It is great that you are an enthusiastic learner! 👍👍👍 Feel free to contact us anytime in the future when you have any questions about our lessons! Good luck!
Levente
Team ItalianPod101.com
Thank you, Valentina.
Thank you for your patience.
Ciao Bill,
Tua moglie piace questa macchina? -> A tua moglie
Tuo figlio piace questo giardino? -> A tuo figlio
Tua figlia piacciono i libri italiani? -> A tua figlia
You can think of those sentences as "To your wife, is this car pleasing?", "to your son", "to your daughter"...
Just as "a me / mi" means "to me", "a noi / ci" means "to us" and so on.
Valentina
Team ItalianPod101.com
Vi piace questa casa?
Sì, ci piace.
Tua moglie piace questa macchina?
Sì, le piace.
Tuo figlio piace questo gardino?
No, non gli piace.
Tua figlia piacciono i libri italiani?
Sì, le piacciono.
Vi piace studiare?
Sì, ci piace molto.
Ciao E,
ma spero che ti piaccia studiare l'italiano con noi! 😉
(but I hope you like studying Italian with us)
Valentina
Team ItalianPod101.com
Non mi piace studiare 😅