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Non mi piacciono i tassisti lenti.

Non mi piacciono i tassisti lenti.
I don't like slow taxi drivers.
From Lesson 248:Nouns ending in -ista (-ista, -isti, -iste)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Non mi piacciono i tassisti lenti.

Why does tassisti end in -i if the singular form ends in -a?
Words ending in -ista, like tassista (taxi driver), have the exact same ending for both men and women in the singular (il tassista / la tassista). However, in the plural, they take standard gendered endings: a group of male or mixed-gender drivers becomes i tassisti, while an all-female group becomes le tassiste.
Why use the plural verb piacciono instead of piace?
The verb piacere works backwards compared to English. Literally, this sentence translates to 'Slow taxi drivers are not pleasing to me.' Because the subject doing the pleasing is plural (i tassisti lenti), the verb must also be in the plural form: piacciono.
Would the adjective lenti change if we were talking about female taxi drivers?
Yes! Adjectives must match the noun in both gender and number. Since we are using the masculine plural i tassisti, the adjective takes the masculine plural ending to become lenti. If you specifically meant female taxi drivers, the noun would be le tassiste and the adjective would change to lente.
Why is lenti placed after tassisti?
In Italian, descriptive adjectives that tell you a specific factual quality about a noun—like speed, color, or shape—almost always go immediately after the noun they describe. Therefore, 'slow taxi drivers' becomes tassisti lenti.

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