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Piacere in Italian: Learn how to talk about things you liked (or didn\u2019t 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?
\nTi = to you
\nPiace = it pleases
\nMilano = Milan
\nS\xec, molto = Yes, a lot.
\nAll\u2019inizio non mi piaceva = In the beginning I didn\u2019t like it
\nAll\u2019inizio = in the beginning
\nNon = not
\nMi = to me
\nPiaceva = it pleased
\nMi piaceva il mio lavoro = I liked my job (lit. to me it pleased).
\nMi piaceva andare al pub = I liked going to the pub (lit. to me it pleased).
\nMi \xe8 piaciuto il film = I liked the film (short, one time event)
\nPerch\xe9? = Why?
\nMi piacevano le citt\xe0 meno moderne come Roma. = I liked cities that were less modern like Rome.
\nMi piacevano le citt\xe0. = I liked the cities.
\nMi = to me
\nPiacevano = they pleased
\nLa citt\xe0 = the city
\nNon mi piaceva il freddo in inverno. = I didn\u2019t like the cold in winter.
\nNon = not
\nMi = to me
\nPiaceva = it pleased, this time in the singular again because it refers to...
\nIl freddo = the cold
\nIn inverno = in the winter
\nMa ora mi piace molto lo stile di vita qui = But now I like the lifestyle here a lot.

\nMa = but
\nOra = now
\nMi = to me
\nPiace = it pleases (this time in the present)
\nMolto = a lot
\nLo stile = the style
\nDi vita = of life