85: Piace in the past - part III

Piacere in Italian: Learn how to talk about things you liked (or didn’t like) when they lasted for a while in the past.

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Today's Italian words:

Ti piace Milano? = Do you like Milan?

Ti = to you

Piace = it pleases

Milano = Milan

Sì, molto = Yes, a lot.

All’inizio non mi piaceva = In the beginning I didn’t like it

All’inizio = in the beginning

Non = not

Mi = to me

Piaceva = it pleased

Mi piaceva il mio lavoro = I liked my job (lit. to me it pleased).

Mi piaceva andare al pub = I liked going to the pub (lit. to me it pleased).

Mi è piaciuto il film = I liked the film (short, one time event)

Perché? = Why?

Mi piacevano le città meno moderne come Roma. = I liked cities that were less modern like Rome.

Mi piacevano le città. = I liked the cities.

Mi = to me

Piacevano = they pleased

La città = the city

Non mi piaceva il freddo in inverno. = I didn’t like the cold in winter.

Non = not

Mi = to me

Piaceva = it pleased, this time in the singular again because it refers to...

Il freddo = the cold

In inverno = in the winter

Ma ora mi piace molto lo stile di vita qui = But now I like the lifestyle here a lot.


Ma = but

Ora = now

Mi = to me

Piace = it pleases (this time in the present)

Molto = a lot

Lo stile = the style

Di vita = of life