Piacere

** (The verb "piacere") ** ** Introduction **. In any language, we frequently talk about things we like (or dislike). Italians use the verb //piacere// ("to please") for this purpose, but grammatically, sentences constructed with //piacere// do not function the same as in English. 1. In English, we say "I like skiing." "He likes shrimp." There is an //active// subject who //likes// something or someone (=direct object). In Italian, think of it as "Skiing pleases me." "Shrimp please him." The subject (a person, thing, or activity) is pleasing TO someone (=indirect object). IND. OBJ. VERB SUBJECT Mi piace sciare. Mi piace l'italiano. A Giorgio piacciono gli scampi. A lei piacciono le riviste. 2. There are various ways to show the //indirect object// (the person to whom something is pleasing): __A Maria__ piace studiare. __A Giovanni__...   __A lei__ piace studiare. __A lui__...   __Le__ piace studiare. __Gli__...   __Alla professoressa__ piace leggere. __Al professore__...   3. We use the third person singular and plural forms (//piace//, //piacciono//) most often although the other forms do exist. // Mi piaci //. "I like you." (i.e. YOU are pleasing TO ME.) // Ti piaccio //. "You like me." (I am pleasing to YOU.) 4. When talking about an activity, the infinitive is used and this counts as masculine singular for purpose of agreement. Ci piace //guidare//. > Non ci __è__ piaciut__o__ //guidare// in montagne. Ti piace //cucinare//? Non mi __è__ piaciut__o__ //cucinare// per 20 persone!
 * Il verbo "piacere" **

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