| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Mi piace (pause with a tap of the finger) prima di dormire. |
| Mi piace (pause with a tap of the finger) prima di dormire. |
| leggere |
| leggere |
| Mi piace leggere prima di dormire. |
| Mi piace leggere prima di dormire. |
| "I like reading before sleeping." |
| We use leggere in this sentence because the verb comes after piace, which requires an action in the infinitive mood. Leggere means "to read" and stays in its base form to describe the activity that is pleasing. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Ti piace (pause with a tap of the finger) la musica mentre lavori? |
| Ti piace (pause with a tap of the finger) la musica mentre lavori? |
| ascoltare |
| ascoltare |
| Ti piace ascoltare la musica mentre lavori? |
| Ti piace ascoltare la musica mentre lavori? |
| "Do you like listening to music while working?" |
| We use ascoltare in this sentence because after piace, we need a verb in the infinitive to express what activity is liked. Ascoltare means "to listen" and is the correct form to follow the structure: indirect object pronoun + piace + verb phrase (infinitive mood). |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Gli piace (pause with a tap of the finger) a calcio il sabato. |
| Gli piace (pause with a tap of the finger) a calcio il sabato. |
| giocare |
| giocare |
| Gli piace giocare a calcio il sabato. |
| Gli piace giocare a calcio il sabato. |
| "He likes playing soccer on Saturdays." |
| We use giocare here because the verb must remain in the infinitive mood after piace. Giocare means "to play," and it's used to talk about an action that is pleasing — in this case, playing soccer on Saturdays. |
| Unscramble the words to make a sentence. |
| Ready? |
| Le |
| Le piace |
| Le piace camminare |
| Le piace camminare al |
| Le piace camminare al parco |
| Le piace camminare al parco la |
| Le piace camminare al parco la mattina. |
| "She likes walking in the park in the morning." |
| Le piace camminare al parco la mattina. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Non mi piace (lavo or lavare) i piatti. |
| Non mi piace (lavo or lavare) i piatti. |
| lavare |
| lavare |
| Non mi piace lavare i piatti. |
| "I don't like washing the dishes." |
| Lavare is used here because when we talk about liking or disliking an action in Italian, we use the verb in its infinitive form. |
| Piace always pairs with an activity expressed this way — lavare means "to wash." |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Vi piace (imparare or impari) nuove lingue? |
| Vi piace (imparare or impari) nuove lingue? |
| imparare |
| imparare |
| Vi piace imparare nuove lingue? |
| "Do you all like learning new languages?" |
| Imparare fits here because it tells us what is pleasing — in this case, the action of learning. |
| After piace, the verb stays in the base infinitive form to describe the activity. |
| Let's translate some sentences into Italian. |
| Translate "We like watching movies on Friday night." into Italian. |
| Ci, the indirect object pronoun meaning "to us," |
| followed by |
| piace, the third-person singular form of piacere, meaning "is pleasing," |
| next |
| guardare, the infinitive verb meaning "to watch," |
| followed by |
| film, meaning "movies," |
| next |
| il venerdì sera, meaning "on Friday night." |
| We use piace + infinitive because the activity of watching movies is a single, general action. |
| Guardare stays in the infinitive to show what is pleasing to us — ci piace guardare... |
| Ci piace guardare film il venerdì sera. |
| Ci piace guardare film il venerdì sera. |
| "We like watching movies on Friday night." |
| Translate "Paolo likes cooking Italian dishes." into Italian. |
| A Paolo, the emphasized indirect object meaning "to Paolo," |
| followed by |
| piace, the third-person singular form of piacere, meaning "is pleasing," |
| next |
| cucinare, the infinitive verb meaning "to cook," |
| followed by |
| piatti italiani, meaning "Italian dishes." |
| We say A Paolo piace cucinare because piace needs an indirect object — in this case, a Paolo. |
| Cucinare stays in the infinitive form, because it's the activity that is pleasing. |
| A Paolo piace cucinare piatti italiani. |
| A Paolo piace cucinare piatti italiani. |
| "Paolo likes cooking Italian dishes." |
| Translate "Don't you like studying grammar?" into Italian. |
| Non, the negation word meaning "not," |
| followed by |
| ti, the indirect object pronoun meaning "to you," |
| next |
| piace, the third-person singular form of piacere, meaning "is pleasing," |
| followed by |
| studiare, the infinitive verb meaning "to study," |
| next |
| la grammatica, meaning "grammar." |
| We use non ti piace + infinitive to ask a negative question about a preference. |
| Studiare stays in the infinitive because it's the action being described — "to study grammar." |
| Non ti piace studiare la grammatica? |
| Non ti piace studiare la grammatica? |
| "Don't you like studying grammar?" |
| Listen to me as I speak. Which infinitive mood verb is used in the sentences? |
| Mi piace leggere prima di dormire. |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| Mi piace leggere prima di dormire. |
| Did you hear, leggere? |
| Leggere, meaning "to read," is the verb in the infinitive mood. |
| How about...? |
| Le piace camminare al parco la mattina. |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| Le piace camminare al parco la mattina. |
| Did you hear, camminare? |
| Camminare, meaning "to walk," is the infinitive verb used here. |
| Next… |
| Vi piace imparare nuove lingue? |
| One more time. |
| Vi piace imparare nuove lingue? |
| Did you hear, imparare? |
| Imparare, meaning "to learn," is the verb in the infinitive form. |
| And... |
| A Paolo piace cucinare piatti italiani. |
| One more time. |
| A Paolo piace cucinare piatti italiani. |
| Did you hear, cucinare? |
| Cucinare, meaning "to cook," is the infinitive verb used in this sentence. |
| Thank you for watching. |
| Now you know how to talk about what you like to do in your free time in Italian. |
| ...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway. |
| A presto! |
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