Italiano
Il verbo piacere
What’s the deal with piacere?
In English, when we express an opinion about
something, we often say that we like or
dislike something.
Ex:
I like pizza.
He doesn’t like books.
We like to sleep.
I don’t like to study.
They like soccer.
She doesn’t like kids.
Getting fancy
Another way to indicate “like” or “dislike” is
“to be pleasing” and “to be displeasing.”
Ex:
Pizza is pleasing to me.
Kids are displeasing to her.
Soccer is pleasing to Mario.
This is where piacere comes in!
Piacere: to be pleasing, to like
piaccio
piacciamo
piaci
piacete
piace*
piacciono
*The most frequently used form of piacere is the 3rd person singular.
Piacere requires….Indirect
Object Pronouns!!!!
mi - to/for me
ci – to/for us
ti – to/for you
vi – to/for you (all)
gli – to/for him, her, you
gli – to/for you/them
To use piacere with the pronouns requires thinking outside of the
box!!
Examples:
I like pizza.
Pizza is pleasing to me.
Mi piace la pizza.
I don’t like to read.
Reading is not pleasing to me.
Non mi piace leggere.
Notice that the
indirect object
pronoun comes
BEFORE the
conjugation of
piacere!!!!
Things to remember:
1) Piacere is conjugated in
agreement with the direct
object (whatever is
pleasing or displeasing)
2)Piacere requires the use of
an Indirect Object
Pronoun (I.O.P.)
3) Your I.O.P. must indicate
who your recipient is (who
finds the noun or activity
pleasing or displeasing?)
**Very rarely do your I.O.P. and your conjugation of piacere agree.
Ex: Mi piaccio/ Ti piaci / Ci piacciamo, etc.
More examples:
Che cosa ti piace fare?
Mi piace nuotare.
Mi piace l’acqua.
Mi piacciono gli sport.
Mi piacciono gli animali!
More examples #2:
Che cosa non ti piace
fare?
Non mi piace studiare.
Non mi piace lavorare.
Non mi piace fare la
spesa!!!
Examples #2:
We like ice cream.
Ice cream is pleasing to us.
Ci piace il gelato.
Do you like to watch tv?
Is watching tv pleasing to you?
Ti piace guardare la televisione?
Did you notice….
• that every conjugation of
piacere is paired with an
Indrect Object pronoun?
• That the indirect object
pronoun matches who the
recipient is?
• that piacere is conjugated
to agree in NUMBER
(singular or plural) with
the direct object?
If you didn’t notice one or more of these, GO BACK AND
LOOK FOR THEM in the previous slides!!!!!