Breakdown of Mi sono piaciuti gli ombretti, li voglio usare.
essere
to be
gli
the
volere
to want
usare
to use
mi
to me
piacere
to please / to like
li
them (masculine direct object)
l'ombretto
eyeshadow
Questions & Answers about Mi sono piaciuti gli ombretti, li voglio usare.
Why is the past participle piaciuti plural instead of piaciuto?
In Italian, the verb piacere works differently than 'to like' in English. The things being liked (gli ombretti) are the actual grammatical subject. Because piacere takes the auxiliary verb essere in the past tense, its past participle must agree with that subject. Since gli ombretti is masculine plural, the participle becomes piaciuti.
Could I attach the pronoun to the end and say voglio usarli?
Yes, absolutely! When a conjugated modal verb like voglio is followed by an infinitive like usare, you have two choices for a pronoun like li. You can place it before the conjugated verb (li voglio usare) or attach it to the end of the infinitive by dropping the final -e (voglio usarli). Both are perfectly natural and mean the exact same thing.
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