likes and dislikes

Italian Factfile 20
likes and dislikes
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Talk Italian: Programme 6
Italian Steps Stage 6: Buying clothes
See what people in Viareggio like doing in
their spare time and learn from them how
to say what you like and don’t like doing.
Join Giovanna on a clothes shopping spree in a
boutique in Thiene then read the Steps grammar
note on expressing your likes and dislikes.
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Talk Italian: Sport and leisure
Watch clips selected from the TV programme,
have a go at the activities then check your
progress.
Learning hint
Repetition helps to lodge words and phrases in the memory – so when you
browse the sports, fashion or property sections of a newspaper, comment
on the pictures, saying whether you like or don’t like what you see.
You’ll find the word molto very useful as it allows you to qualify what you
say, e.g. mi piace molto il tennis (I like tennis very much); non mi
piacciono molto queste scarpe (I don’t like these shoes much).
Key language
Useful vocabulary
(Non) mi piace I (don’t) like
camminare to walk
nuotare to swim
arrampicare to climb
giocare to play
… a calcio/ a carte football/ cards
andare to go
…in bicicletta cycling
…in barca a vela sailing
fare il surf to surf
montare a cavallo to go horse riding
… sciare …skiing
…la giacca nera …the black jacket
(Non) mi piacciono I (don’t) like
…tutti gli sport …all sports
…questi pantaloni …these trousers
Preferisco
…camminare …walking
… questi top …these tops
Quiz
1.
Complete Mi ________i vini italiani with piace or piacciono.
2.
What’s the meaning of Mi piace moltissimo?
3.
Find three pairs from among the following: il mare, la montagna, lo sdraio, il calcio, la
barca, arrampicare, giocare. What word is left over and what does it mean?
4.
What common item of clothing derives from il blu di Genova?
5.
What reasons does Claudio give for not liking the shirt he’s trying on: No, non mi piace
questa camicia, è troppo piccola – e preferisco la rossa.?
6.
How do you say ‘I like this bike’ in Italian?
Answers on www.bbc.co.uk/languages/italian/answers.shtml
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