Learn how to talk about your likes and dislikes
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Ciao! Hello and welcome back to Italian survival phrases brought to you by ItalianPod101.com, this course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Italy. You will be surprised at how far a little Italian will go. |
| Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by ItalianPod101.com and there, you will find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
| In today’s lesson, we’ll introduce you to a phrase you'll use countless times on your journey! For everyone out there who likes Italian food, this is the word you want to know so that you keep getting more of it! |
Lesson focus |
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| In Italian, “I like it” is mi piace. |
| mi piace. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: mi piace. |
| Now let's hear it once again: mi piace. |
| The first word, mi, means “to me." |
| Mi |
| mi |
| This is followed by piace which in English is “it likes." |
| Piace |
| piace |
| So to recap here, we have mi piace. Literally, this means “it likes to me” but it is translated as “I like it." |
| If you want to say that you really like something, then you can use this phrase. |
| In Italian, “I really like it” is mi piace molto. |
| mi piace molto. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: mi piace molto. |
| Now let's hear it once again: mi piace molto. |
| This phrase is essentially the same. There is just one additional word added. That word is molto. |
| molto. |
| This word is an adverb and literally means “a lot." |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: molto. |
| molto. |
| So the literal meaning of the entire phrase would be “it likes to me a lot” and it's translated as “I really like it." |
| In Italian, to express we really really like something, we also use the superlative of molto, which is moltissimo. |
| moltissimo. |
| Let's break down this word and hear it one more time: moltissimo. |
| moltissimo. |
| So we say mi piace moltissimo which in English could be translated as “I like it very much." |
| Let's break down this word and hear it one more time: mi piace moltissimo |
| mi piace moltissimo |
| In the event that you don't like something “I don't like it” is non mi piace. |
| non mi piace. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: non mi piace. |
| Now let's hear it once again: non mi piace. |
| The first word non means “not." |
| Let's hear it one more time: non |
| This is followed by the phrase we just covered for “I like it,” mi piace. |
| mi piace |
| So to build the negative form, you just need to add at the beginning of the phrase non, and you will have non mi piace. |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out this lesson, we'd like you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for shouting it aloud. You have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so buona fortuna, which means “good luck” in Italian. |
| "I like it." - Mi piace. |
| Mi piace. |
| Mi piace. |
| "I like it a lot." - Mi piace molto. |
| Mi piace molto. |
| Mi piace molto. |
| "I like it very much." - Mi pialce moltissimo. |
| Mi pialce moltissimo. |
| Mi pialce moltissimo. |
| "I dont like it." - Non mi piace. |
| Non mi piace. |
| Non mi piace. |
| That’s going to do it for today. Remember to stop by ItalianPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. Ciao ciao! |
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