{"id":10680,"date":"2014-07-25T18:57:33","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T09:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/?p=10680"},"modified":"2021-08-25T06:03:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T21:03:41","slug":"italian-verb-piacere-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/italian-verb-piacere-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian verb piacere and a bunch of pronouns &#8211; PODCAST"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1style=\"text-align:justify;\">&#8220;Mipiace&#8221;iswhatyoucanreadontheItalianfacebook&#8221;like&#8221;button,butitdoesn&#8217;ttranslateintoastraight&#8221;Ilikeit&#8221;.LearntheItalianverb<em>piacere\u00a0<\/em>andothersimilarverbs.Listentothepodcast.<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;\n<pstyle=\"text-align:justify;\"><em>Mi<\/em>piace,isoneofthefirstthingsyoulearninItalian.Andasithappensveryoften,whenyoustarttolearnaforeignlanguage,youjustmemorizesentencesbefore\u00a0gettingintodetailsandstructures.Nowit&#8217;stimetohaveasecondlook.Let&#8217;sthinkaboutthissimplesentence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2><spanstyle=\"font-size:x-large;\">Mipiaceilgelato=(Ilgelatopiaceame)<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<pstyle=\"text-align:justify;\">NativeEnglishspeakerstranslateitinto&#8221;Ilikeice-cream&#8221;,andthemeaningisjustright.Butifyoureaditcarefully,theItaliansentenceisactually&#8221;ice-creamispleasingtome&#8221;,where<em>Gelato\u00a0<\/em>isinfactthesubject,andnot\u00a0<em>Mi,<\/em>whichinsteadisanindirectpronoun.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ThestructureinEnglishis&#8221;AlikesB&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>ThestructureinItalianis&#8221;ToA,Bispleasing&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;where&#8221;toA&#8221;\u00a0isanindirectpronounand&#8221;B&#8221;istherealsubject.\n<pstyle=\"text-align:justify;\">Difficult?No,justdifferent.Let&#8217;sfirstdefinealltheItalianindirectpronouns:<\/p>\n<pstyle=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li>tome-&gt;ame\u00a0-&gt;MI<\/li>\n<li>toyou\u00a0-&gt;ate\u00a0-&gt;TI<\/li>\n<li>tohim\u00a0-&gt;alui\u00a0-&gt;GLI<\/li>\n<li>toher\u00a0-&gt;alei\u00a0-&gt;LE<\/li>\n<li>tous\u00a0-&gt;anoi\u00a0-&gt;CI<\/li>\n<li>toyou\u00a0-&gt;avoi\u00a0-&gt;VI<\/li>\n<li>tothem\u00a0-&gt;aloro\u00a0-&gt;GLI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<pstyle=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<pstyle=\"text-align:justify;\">InItalian,conjugationschangewiththesubject.ItbecomesmoreclearthatBistherealsubjectwithpluralnouns.SoifIsay&#8221;Ilikespaghetti&#8221;,\u00a0<em>piacere\u00a0<\/em>changesbecausethesubjectspaghetti(loro-they)isplural:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2>Mipiaccionogli\u00a0spaghetti=(glispaghettipiaccionoame)<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<pstyle=\"text-align:justify;\">WeusetheItalianverb<em>piacere\u00a0<\/em>verymuchincombinationwithinfinitiveverbs,whenwelikeanaction,\u00a0exactly\u00a0as\u00a0youdoinEnglishwiththegerund.Ifiwanttosay\u00a0&#8220;Ilikeswimm<strong>ing<\/strong>&#8220;inItalian&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2>Mipiace\u00a0nuot<em>are<\/em><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<pstyle=\"text-align:justify;\">Swimmingispleasingtome.IfIwanttosaythatswimming&#8221;ispleasingtoyou&#8221;Igo&#8221;tipiacenuotare&#8221;,ispleasingtohim&#8221;glipiacenuotare&#8221;,ispleasingtous,&#8221;cipiacenuotare&#8221;andsoon.Ifyouthoughtthatthelatterperhapsshouldbe&#8221;cipiacciononuotare&#8221;or&#8221;cipiacciamonuotare&#8221;(I&#8217;mprettysureyouhaveconsideredthoseoptions&#8230;)because<em>noi-us\u00a0<\/em>isplural,gobacktothebeginningofthispostandreaditagain&#8230;<\/p>\n<divstyle=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<p>Therearesomeotherimportantverbshavingthesamestructureof<em>piacere<\/em>,notably:<\/p>\n<p><em>interessare\u00a0<\/em>(tobeofinterest,tocareof),\u00a0<em>servire\u00a0<\/em>(toneed),<em>sembrare\u00a0<\/em>(toseem),<em>succedere\u00a0<\/em>(tohappen).Let&#8217;sseesomeexamplesandlistentothepodcast:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>interessare\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(tobe\u00a0ofinterest,tocareof)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3style=\"text-align:center;\">Miinteressamoltol&#8217;arte<br \/>\nI&#8217;mveryinterestedinarts<\/h3>\n<h3style=\"text-align:center;\">Nonmiinteressanoituoiproblemi<br \/>\nI&#8217;mnotinterestedinyourtrouble<\/h3>\n<p><!--sc-shortcode-cleaner-clean-content-start \n\n[audiomp3=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/mi-piace-02.mp3\"preload=\"false\"]\n\n\n sc-shortcode-cleaner-clean-content-end--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>servire\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(toneed)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3style=\"text-align:center;\">Miserveiltuoaiuto<br \/>\nIneedyourhelp<\/h3>\n<p><!--sc-shortcode-cleaner-clean-content-start \n\n[audiomp3=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/mi-piace-03.mp3\"preload=\"false\"]\n\n\n sc-shortcode-cleaner-clean-content-end-->\n<pstyle=\"text-align:center;\"><\/p>\n<h3style=\"text-align:center;\">Perleggere,miservonoimieiocchiali<br \/>\nIneedmyglassesforreading<\/h3>\n<p><!--sc-shortcode-cleaner-clean-content-start \n\n[audiomp3=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/mi-piace-04.mp3\"preload=\"false\"]\n\n sc-shortcode-cleaner-clean-content-end-->\n<pstyle=\"text-align:center;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>sembrare\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(toseem,tolooklike)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3style=\"text-align:center;\">Claudiomisembraunpo&#8217;distratto<br \/>\nItseemstomethatClaudioisabitabsent<\/h3>\n<p><!--sc-shortcode-cleaner-clean-content-start \n\n[audiomp3=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/mi-piace-05.mp3\"preload=\"false\"]\n\n sc-shortcode-cleaner-clean-content-end-->\n<pstyle=\"text-align:center;\"><\/p>\n<h3style=\"text-align:center;\">Ituoicapellimisembranotroppocorti<br \/>\nYouhairlookstooshort<\/h3>\n<p><!--sc-shortcode-cleaner-clean-content-start \n\n[audiomp3=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/mi-piace-06.mp3\"preload=\"false\"]\n\n sc-shortcode-cleaner-clean-content-end-->\n<pstyle=\"text-align:center;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>succedere\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(tohappen)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3style=\"text-align:center;\">Mi\u00a0succedespessodiperdereiltreno<br \/>\nIhappenquiteoftentomissthetrain<\/h3>\n<p><!--sc-shortcode-cleaner-clean-content-start \n\n[audiomp3=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/mi-piace-07.mp3\"preload=\"false\"]\n\n sc-shortcode-cleaner-clean-content-end-->\n<pstyle=\"text-align:center;\"><\/p>\n<h3style=\"text-align:center;\">Ultimamentetisuccedonounsaccodiguai<br \/>\nYou&#8217;vebeeninalotoftroublelately<\/h3>\n<p><!--sc-shortcode-cleaner-clean-content-start \n\n[audiomp3=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/mi-piace-08.mp3\"preload=\"false\"]\n\n sc-shortcode-cleaner-clean-content-end--><\/p>\n<pstyle=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alastnoteimportantnote.IfweusetheverbANDAREinthesamewayweusePIACERE,wecanbuildsimple\u00a0andhandysentencesforsayingthat&#8221;I&#8217;minthemoodfor&#8230;&#8221;Forexample:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<h3style=\"text-align:center;\">Mivadiandarealcinema<br \/>\nMivaunbelgelato<br \/>\nTivadivenireconme?<br \/>\nNonmivannoletuebugie<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--sc-shortcode-cleaner-clean-content-start \n\n[audiomp3=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/mi-piace-09.mp3\"preload=\"false\"]\n\n\n sc-shortcode-cleaner-clean-content-end-->\n<pstyle=\"text-align:center;\"><\/p>\n<pstyle=\"text-align:justify;\">Sometimesit&#8217;srathercomplicatedtotranslatedaccuratelysentenceswiththeItalianverb<em>piacere<\/em>\u00a0&amp;co.JusttrytousethemdirectlyinItalian,keepinginmindwhatyoureadabove.Thanksforreading.Allaprossima!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Mipiace&#8221;iswhatyoucanreadontheItalianfacebook&#8221;like&#8221;button,butitdoesn&#8217;ttranslateintoastraight&#8221;Ilikeit&#8221;.LearntheItalianverbpiacere\u00a0andothersimilarverbs.Listentothepodcast. &nbsp; Mipiace,isoneofthefirstthingsyoulearninItalian.Andasithappensveryoften,whenyoustarttolearnaforeignlanguage,youjustmemorizesentencesbefore\u00a0gettingintodetailsandstructures.Nowit&#8217;stimetohaveasecondlook.Let&#8217;sthinkaboutthissimplesentence: Mipiaceilgelato=(Ilgelatopiaceame) NativeEnglishspeakerstranslateitinto&#8221;Ilikeice-cream&#8221;,andthemeaningisjustright.Butifyoureaditcarefully,theItaliansentenceisactually&#8221;ice-creamispleasingtome&#8221;,whereGelato\u00a0isinfactthesubject,andnot\u00a0Mi,whichinsteadisanindirectpronoun. ThestructureinEnglishis&#8221;AlikesB&#8221; ThestructureinItalianis&#8221;ToA,Bispleasing&#8221; &#8230;where&#8221;toA&#8221;\u00a0isanindirectpronounand&#8221;B&#8221;istherealsubject. Difficult?No,justdifferent.Let&#8217;sfirstdefinealltheItalianindirectpronouns: tome-&gt;ame\u00a0-&gt;MI toyou\u00a0-&gt;ate\u00a0-&gt;TI tohim\u00a0-&gt;alui\u00a0-&gt;GLI toher\u00a0-&gt;alei\u00a0-&gt;LE tous\u00a0-&gt;anoi\u00a0-&gt;CI toyou\u00a0-&gt;avoi\u00a0-&gt;VI tothem\u00a0-&gt;aloro\u00a0-&gt;GLI InItalian,conjugationschangewiththesubject.ItbecomesmoreclearthatBistherealsubjectwithpluralnouns.SoifIsay&#8221;Ilikespaghetti&#8221;,\u00a0piacere\u00a0changesbecausethesubjectspaghetti(loro-they)isplural: Mipiaccionogli\u00a0spaghetti=(glispaghettipiaccionoame) WeusetheItalianverbpiacere\u00a0verymuchincombinationwithinfinitiveverbs,whenwelikeanaction,\u00a0exactly\u00a0as\u00a0youdoinEnglishwiththegerund.Ifiwanttosay\u00a0&#8220;Ilikeswimming&#8220;inItalian&#8230; Mipiace\u00a0nuotare Swimmingispleasingtome.IfIwanttosaythatswimming&#8221;ispleasingtoyou&#8221;Igo&#8221;tipiacenuotare&#8221;,ispleasingtohim&#8221;glipiacenuotare&#8221;,ispleasingtous,&#8221;cipiacenuotare&#8221;andsoon.Ifyouthoughtthatthelatterperhapsshouldbe&#8221;cipiacciononuotare&#8221;or&#8221;cipiacciamonuotare&#8221;(I&#8217;mprettysureyouhaveconsideredthoseoptions&#8230;)becausenoi-us\u00a0isplural,gobacktothebeginningofthispostandreaditagain&#8230; Therearesomeotherimportantverbshavingthesamestructureofpiacere,notably: interessare\u00a0(tobeofinterest,tocareof),\u00a0servire\u00a0(toneed),sembrare\u00a0(toseem),succedere\u00a0(tohappen).Let&#8217;sseesomeexamplesandlistentothepodcast: interessare\u00a0(tobe\u00a0ofinterest,tocareof) Miinteressamoltol&#8217;arte I&#8217;mveryinterestedinarts Nonmiinteressanoituoiproblemi I&#8217;mnotinterestedinyourtrouble servire\u00a0(toneed) Miserveiltuoaiuto Ineedyourhelp Perleggere,miservonoimieiocchiali Ineedmyglassesforreading sembrare\u00a0(toseem,tolooklike) Claudiomisembraunpo&#8217;distratto ItseemstomethatClaudioisabitabsent Ituoicapellimisembranotroppocorti Youhairlookstooshort succedere\u00a0(tohappen) Mi\u00a0succedespessodiperdereiltreno Ihappenquiteoftentomissthetrain Ultimamentetisuccedonounsaccodiguai You&#8217;vebeeninalotoftroublelately &nbsp; Alastnoteimportantnote.IfweusetheverbANDAREinthesamewayweusePIACERE,wecanbuildsimple\u00a0andhandysentencesforsayingthat&#8221;I&#8217;minthemoodfor&#8230;&#8221;Forexample: &nbsp; Mivadiandarealcinema Mivaunbelgelato Tivadivenireconme? 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