15. Learn Italian Beginners (A1): The verb “to like” (pt 1- “Mi piace / mi piacciono”)

Good morning friends of the Italian Passion and welcome back to our channel. In today's lesson, in this video, we'll talk about a very important verb, very important in Italian, very useful and very useful, but also a little difficult to use sometimes. Very, very important verb in Italian, very useful and very used because we use it every day, but in a way it's a little tricky to use, especially if you speak English, it's a little tricky. I was talking about, I'm talking about, il verbo piacere, the verb to like. O meglio, oggi vediamo come say in Italian I like it. Today we'll see how to express, how to say I like in Italian. Are you ready? In Italian, by the way I like, abbiamo due espressioni. In Italian, if we want to say I like, we have two expressions. What are they? Number one, I like my chickens. I like it and I like it. Niente panico, because I will help you understand when to use mi piace and when to use mi piacciono. So, do you like me or do you like me? To decide whether to use my pleasure or my displeasure, we must absolutely If we want to decide whether we have to use mi piace or mi piacciono, we absolutely have to look at the following word. The following word. Let's see. I like to use it when the following word is a singular word or an infinitive verb. An all'infinito verb means to eat, to go, to play, to think, to run, to sleep. We use mi piace when the following word is singular or the following word is an infinitive verb. A verb in infinitive means a verb that is not conjugated. It's not vado, mangio, but mangiare, andare, correre, studiare, amare. It's not going to eat, but eating, going, running, studying, loving. I beg your pardon. For example. I like the coffee. Il caffè singolare, uno, my like. I like the coffee because the coffee is singular. So, it's only one. I like to study. Studiare is a verb in the infinitive. I like studying. I like to study Italian with passion. Name singular or verb mi piace. In Italian we use mi piacciono, piacciono when the following word is plural. I like the banana. The banana is plural. More than one. The plural. I like bananas. I like flowers. Fiori, plural, flowers is plural. So, my piacciono. - I'm not going anywhere. It's easy. In a way, yes. Then. Ah, I flourished. Attention, because the construction is a bit particular. Be careful because the construction when we use the verb piacere is a little peculiar. In fact, we don't start with the first word but with the last one. We first have to think of this word, il caffè. Is the word "caffè" singular or plural? It's a single. So, please. And then, the last word is mi. It's like in English. The coffee appeals to me. It's in English. Mi is a me. It's me. - To me, you know. This is how you have to see this sentence. That's why it's tricky. That's why it's a little complicated. To decide this word, like or like, this is not important. This is important. To decide which word to use, piace o piacciono, this word is not important. But this word is important. Studying is good for me. Studying appeals to me. Two bananas, for example. Le banane, plural, plural, bananas appeal to me. If you want to understand how the construction of this verb works. So, if you want to choose, look at the following word, singular or plural. If you want to decide, guard the second word, singular or plural. - I'm not going to. And the main rule, in fact, is you must watch the following word. If the following word is a singular noun, it is a plural noun or it is a verb. You have to look at the following word. Is it a singular noun, a plural noun or a verb? If it's a singular noun or a verb, use it as you please. If it's a singular noun or a verb, you use mi piace. If it's a plural word, use it if you like. If the following word is a plural noun, you use piacciono. Come always, as usual, now it's your turn. Touch it! You have to choose between mi piace or mi piacciono. You must choose, choose, whether you like it or not. The music rock. Do I like or do I like rock music? Think about it. Three, two, one. Yes, I like it. Is rock music singular or plural? It's rock music. Is it singular or plural? - It's in the singular. I like it, I like it. Ancora, another one. Do you like me or do you like me? It's called "soy latte". I'm not going to. Soya latte, singular or plural? Singular or plural? I'm not going to do it. I like the soy latte. I like soy milk very much. E ancora, again. I film Italians. Film italiani, singular or plural? I film. The plural! I like Italian films. Attention to pronunciation. It's always tricky, the pronunciation. My piacciono. Try it. - The last time. I'm going to go. What about Grissini? Breadsticks. I'm going to grissini. I'm going to Grissini. I like the grass. I eat grass all day. - Can you hear me? To sing. I like it. I like singing. I like to sing. The other people don't like that I sing. It's a verb. It seems like I like everything but it's not true. We can also make negative sentences. I don't like it. I can also do negative sentences. And why do we do the negative phrases? I'm not. Simply with a no. I don't like the song. I don't like Italian films. I don't like rock music. Why? I'm not in the mood. It's not correct. Absolutely not. Very important. With the verb pleasure it is necessary, fundamental, to use the determinative articles. I don't like the film. You need to say la and il. And if you don't remember the definite articles, you can have a look at our video about definite articles part 1 and part 2. It's a very difficult pronunciation, I know. Mi piaccio has a very difficult pronunciation. Attention, please. Let's repeat the last round. Let's repeat the last time. I like the lessons of Italian passion. - Yes, you are. And if you like the lessons of Italian passion, remember to do the same. 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