46: Mi piace! How to say “I like” in Italian.

Ever felt confused about how to say “I like…” in Italian? It’s completely different to how we say it in English! But once you learn to think like an Italian, it suddenly gets much easier.

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Today's Italian words/phrases

Che cosa ti piace dell’estate? = what do you like about summer?

Che cosa = what

Ti piace = you like (it pleases you - literally: to you, it pleases)

Dell’ = about the

Estate = summer

Mi piace il sole = I like the sun

Il sole = the sun

Mi piace = I like (it pleases me - literally: to me, it pleases)

Mi piace andare al mare = I like going to the seaside

E tu? = and you?

Mi piace mangiare il gelato = I like eating ice-cream

Mi piacciono le feste all’aperto = I like outdoor parties

Le feste all’aperto = outdoor parties (literally: parties at the outside)

Mi piacciono = I like them (they please me - literally: to me, they please)

C’è qualcosa che non ti piace? = is there something you don’t like?

Non mi piacciono le zanzare! = I don’t like mosquitoes

Non mi piacciono = I don’t like them (to me, they don’t please - literally: not, to me, they please)

Le zanzare = (the) mosquitoes