piace il basket

likes basketball

→ piacere

phrase Uncommon #18,769

likes basketball Italian uses piacere differently from English: the thing liked is the grammatical subject, while the person who likes it is introduced with a or an indirect pronoun. For example, A Tom piace il basket means “Tom likes basketball.”

IT: A mia sorella piace il basket.

EN: My sister likes basketball.

A me piace il basket, ma non so giocarci.

I like basketball, but I don't know how to play it.

Mi piace il basket.

I like basketball.

A Tom piace il basket?

Does Tom like basketball?

Non mi piace il basket.

I don't like basketball.

A suo fratello piace il basket?

Does your brother like basketball?