Learn Italian: Mi piacciono tutte le stagioni.

Mi piacciono tutte le stagioni.

I like all the seasons.

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Questions & Answers about Mi piacciono tutte le stagioni.

Why is the verb piacciono instead of piace?

In Italian, the verb piacere (to like) actually works like "to be pleasing to". The things you like are the grammatical subject of the sentence. Since you like multiple seasons here, the verb must be in the plural form (piacciono). If you only liked one season, you would use piace.

What does the mi at the start of the sentence do?

Mi means "to me". Because the Italian verb for liking really means "to be pleasing to", the literal translation of this sentence is actually "All the seasons are pleasing to me."

How do I know the gender of stagioni?

Stagioni (seasons) is the plural of la stagione (the season), which is feminine. Nouns that end in -e in the singular can be masculine or feminine, and you often just have to memorize their gender. Both masculine and feminine words ending in -e change their ending to -i in the plural.

Why do we use tutte le together?

To say "all the" or "all of the" in Italian, you use the matching form of tutto (all) plus the definite article (the word for "the"). Because stagioni is feminine and plural, we use the feminine plural tutte followed by the feminine plural article le.