"We did not like the chicken."

Translation: A noi non è piaciuto il pollo.

[MABBY]

One of the correct solutions accepted is "Non ci piacque il pollo." What the heck is "piacque"???

[garrypas]

I'm struggling badly with piaciuto, piacque etc. Can't find clear explanations free of heavy language jargon anywhere.

[susandlin]

Me too!

[Amerath]

I used the sentence "non abbiamo piacuto il pollo" and it was incorrect. Any ideas why the above translation is the correct answer?

Finding this section very difficult...

[Seresam]

For "piacere" you must "invert" subject and object: you could literally translate "Non ci è piaciuto il pollo" with
"The chicken wasn't enjoyable for us". In italian the subject of "piacere" is the thing one likes

[Amerath]

Thanks :) that definitely helps with my confusions

[01nick1988]

Also it uses 'essere' rather than 'avere' so you need è instead of ha

[arekolek]

I got a multiple choice question with correct answers "A noi non è piaciuto il pollo" and "Non ci è piaciuto il pollo". My questions are: Is it OK to omit the "ci" in the first sentence? Would it be wrong if I included it?

[xyphax]

Yes. There are two forms for 'to us':

to us = a noi = ci

You can either use 'a noi' or 'ci', but not both together.