Learn Hardcore Italian: Mi piacerebbe un lavoro che non richieda troppo straordinario la sera. - I’d like a job that doesn’t require too much overtime in the evening.

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Mi piacerebbe un lavoro che non richieda troppo straordinario la sera.

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I’d like a job that doesn’t require too much overtime in the evening.

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Breakdown of Mi piacerebbe un lavoro che non richieda troppo straordinario la sera.

What does mi piacerebbe literally mean, and why is mi there?

It comes from piacere, which works differently from to like in English.

So Mi piacerebbe un lavoro... is literally something like:

That is why mi is there: it marks the person who would like the thing.

Why is there no verb like avere after mi piacerebbe?

Italian can leave that idea implicit.

So Mi piacerebbe un lavoro che... is a natural shortened way of saying something like:

In English, we often need I’d like to have/find a job..., but Italian can simply present the noun phrase as the thing that would be pleasing.

Why is it piacerebbe and not piace?