I like youItalian doesn't have a direct word for "to like"; instead, it flips the idea around to say that someone or something is pleasing to you. In mi piaci, mi means "to me" and piaci means "you are pleasing", so the whole phrase literally translates as "to me, you are pleasing". You use it when talking to one person you know well, for example in Mi piaci molto ("I like you a lot") or Mi piaci così come sei ("I like you just the way you are").