Italiano

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Italiano

• Il verbo piacere

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Whats the deal with piacere?

• In English, when we express an opinion about
  something, we often say that we like or dislike
  something.
• Ex
• I like pizza. He doesnt like books.
• We like to sleep. I dont like to study.
• They like soccer. She doesnt like kids.

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Getting fancy

• Another way to indicate like or dislike is
  to be pleasing and to be displeasing.
• Ex
• Pizza is pleasing to me.
• Kids are displeasing to her.
• Soccer is pleasing to Mario.
• This is where piacere comes in!

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Piacere to be pleasing, to like

• piaccio
• piaci
• piace

• piacciamo
• piacete
• piacciono

The most frequently used form of piacere is the
3rd person singular.
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Piacere requires.Indirect Object Pronouns!!!!

• mi - to/for me
• ti to/for you
• gli to/for him, her, you

• ci to/for us
• vi to/for you (all)
• gli to/for you/them

To use piacere with the pronouns requires
thinking outside of the box!!
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Examples

• I like pizza.
• Pizza is pleasing to me.
• Mi piace la pizza.
• I dont like to read.
• Reading is not pleasing to me.
• Non mi piace leggere.

Notice that the indirect object pronoun comes
BEFORE the conjugation of piacere!!!!
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Things to remember

• 1) Piacere is conjugated in agreement with the
  direct object (whatever is pleasing or
  displeasing)
• 2)Piacere requires the use of an Indirect Object
  Pronoun (I.O.P.)
• 3) Your I.O.P. must indicate who your recipient
  is (who finds the noun or activity pleasing or
  displeasing?)

Very rarely do your I.O.P. and your conjugation
of piacere agree. Ex Mi piaccio/ Ti
piaci / Ci piacciamo, etc.
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More examples

• Che cosa ti piace fare?
• Mi piace nuotare.
• Mi piace lacqua.
• Mi piacciono gli sport.
• Mi piacciono gli animali!

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More examples 2

• Che cosa non ti piace fare?
• Non mi piace studiare.
• Non mi piace lavorare.
• Non mi piace fare la spesa!!!

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Examples 2

• We like ice cream.
• Ice cream is pleasing to us.
• Ci piace il gelatto.
• Do you like to watch tv?
• Is watching tv pleasing to you?
• Ti piace guardare la televisione?

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Did you notice.

• that every conjugation of piacere is paired with
  an Indrect Object pronoun?
• That the indirect object pronoun matches who the
  recipient is?
• that piacere is conjugated to agree in NUMBER
  (singular or plural) with the direct object?

If you didnt notice one or more of these, GO
BACK AND LOOK FOR THEM in the previous slides!!!!!