Soma
Toney Starks Fanboy
it doesnt make sense because u use sia and then dovrebb'essere, two verbs in the same clause.
it should be
credo che la cosa piu importante dovrebb'essere l'amicizia
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it should be
credo che la cosa piu importante dovrebb'essere l'amicizia
Soma
Toney Starks Fanboy
it's not sono, amicizia takes the singular
i.e --> secondo me, la famiglia il piu importante ma l'amicizia ugualmente importante.
Soma
Toney Starks Fanboy
hehe no worries
soma the grammar nazi
soma the grammar nazi
Jacks
Member
I had that to begin with...then I changed it...ah meh...thanks though...
Soma
Toney Starks Fanboy
i'm not italian and im not that good, except maybe i used to do latin so my grammar was helped by that.
sophie what do u want to know about piacere?
basically it means to please, so when u meet someone or something italians often say piacere, meaning something like "it's a pleasure" in english
when u want to use it to express the liking of something however it becomes more complicated.
usually u will just leave it in the 3rd person form and what u r really saying is this thing is pleasing to me.
i.e Mi piace questa macchina
or maybe it's easier to understand when it's
a me piace questa macchina
u r just saying that "this car is pleasing to me" which is the closest thing italian has to the english "i like this car"
however if there are two cars it would be,
"i like these cars" or "these cars are pleasing to me",
so u have to say Mi piaccono queste macchine
when u change to other tenses u basically leave it in the 3rd person to express like
i.e
mi e' piaciuto il viaggio
gli piacerebbe andare in discoteca con me
etc.
maybe that doesnt clear things up, but i tried
if there's anything more specific u want to know about the verb i can try and answer it/
sophie what do u want to know about piacere?
basically it means to please, so when u meet someone or something italians often say piacere, meaning something like "it's a pleasure" in english
when u want to use it to express the liking of something however it becomes more complicated.
usually u will just leave it in the 3rd person form and what u r really saying is this thing is pleasing to me.
i.e Mi piace questa macchina
or maybe it's easier to understand when it's
a me piace questa macchina
u r just saying that "this car is pleasing to me" which is the closest thing italian has to the english "i like this car"
however if there are two cars it would be,
"i like these cars" or "these cars are pleasing to me",
so u have to say Mi piaccono queste macchine
when u change to other tenses u basically leave it in the 3rd person to express like
i.e
mi e' piaciuto il viaggio
gli piacerebbe andare in discoteca con me
etc.
maybe that doesnt clear things up, but i tried
if there's anything more specific u want to know about the verb i can try and answer it/
Jacks
Member
I get it...thanks Soma...luckily it hasn't really worried me a lot...when you look at it in the way Soma was describing "It is pleasing to me" etc it's not that hard to understand...after a million times of thinking about it over the years though maybe
Soma
Toney Starks Fanboy
it is the same thing in this case, mi is a direct object but it is really just a contracted form of "a me"
when ppl say "a me" it's usually just for emphasis
i.e a me piacciono tantissimo questi attori!!!
Soma
Toney Starks Fanboy
it's a fairly subtle difference so i'm not sure of the exact usage but like i said i usually just use "a me" for emphasis
Soma
Toney Starks Fanboy
well u should probably normally use "mi"