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Learn French: plaire - to please, to be liked by

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/Indirect object pronouns 1 (me, te, nous, vous)
/plaire

plaire

Word

plaire

Meaning

to please, to be liked by

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Indirect object pronouns 1 (me, te, nous, vous)

Usages of plaire

Ce film me plaît beaucoup.

I like this film a lot.

Est-ce que ce cadeau te plaît ?

Do you like this present?

Ce qui me plaît, c'est le goût amer.

What I like is the bitter taste.

Ce qui plaît aux gens, c'est de voir plusieurs sketchs.

What pleases people is to see several sketches.

Ta profession actuelle te plairait moins si tu n'avais pas fait ce choix.

Your current profession would please you less if you had not made this choice.

Toutes les marionnettes que j'ai vues danser ont plu aux spectateurs.

All the puppets I saw dance pleased the spectators.

La transformation qui plaît aux habitants coûte cher.

The transformation that appeals to the inhabitants is expensive.

Autant je suis censé adorer le snowboard, autant le golf me plaît.

As much as I am supposed to love snowboarding, so much does golf appeal to me.

Le fait que cette fable fût si courte a plu à l'enfant.

The fact that this fable was so short pleased the child.

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