È già Apple Vision Pro mania?

Is it already Apple Vision Pro mania?

Il Vision Pro di Apple è finalmente arrivato nei negozi.

I video delle prime persone con il Vision Pro sono già virali su internet.

molte persone sono molto contente, e sperano che il Vision diventerà un oggetto comune.

A molti altri, invece, il Vision Pro non piace.

Insomma, siamo alľinizio di una nuova epoca, o sarà solo una moda per qualche anno?

Keywords

virale: viral

sperare: to hope

comune: common

l’ epoca: era

la moda: fashion

Grammar

How to use the verb “piacere”

“A molti altri il Vision Pro non piace”
(Many others don’t like the Vision Pro)

The verb piacere (to like) has an unusual construction: the subject of the verb is the thing one likes, the person who likes something is denoted by an indirect object pronoun.
Hence, the meaning of piacere corresponds to to please, to be pleasing to, rather than to like: in English you “like” something, in Italian it’s the object that “pleases” you.
For this reason, piacere is mostly used in the THIRD PERSON singular (piace) and plural (piacciono)

– MI PIACE lo sport = Lo sport PIACE A ME
> I LIKE sport (
→ sport is pleasing to me)

– Non MI PIACCIONO i gatti = I gatti non PIACCIONO A ME
> I don’t LIKE cats (→ cats are not pleasing to me)

– TI PIACE la pizza = La pizza PIACE A TE
> You LIKE pizza (→ pizza pleases you)

Translation

The Apple Vision Pro has finally arrived in stores.

Videos of the first people with the Vision Pro are already viral on the internet.

Many people are very happy and hope that the Vision will become a common item.

Many others, however, don’t like the Vision Pro.

In short, are we at the beginning of a new era, or is it just a fashion of a few years?

Quiz

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