"Le è piaciuto immediatamente."

Translation: She liked it immediately.

[stuart.hol2]

Don't think of a sentence with piace, piacere, piacuto etc as representing "likes" but rather "is pleased by". So this is "to her, she is pleased by, it, immediately" which isn't a valid English sentence but is the way it is constructed in a sense. So the first part, "to her" can either be 'a lei' or 'le'; the second part is 'è piacuto'; the "it" is unknown but must be a masculine thing, since it is piacutO and not piacutA. Then 'immediatamente' goes on the end. Hope that helps.

[patty98322]

Very clear. Thanks

[Amerath]

Would this not be "Lei" rather than "Le" or is it being used more in the way that "lo" or "la" are used before a verb?

[Viaggiatore]

It pleased (to) her immediately. "Le" is an indirect object.

[mrule]

Is the reason she liked "it" as opposed to "him" or "her" related to the "o" at the end of piaciuto?

[Viaggiatore]

The "o" ending means that she liked something that is grammatically masculine and singular. So it could be a "him" or "it".

[xyphax]

why is "he liked her immediately" incorrect?

[Donna_Diana]

The "le" indicates it is a female. It would be "gli" for a male.

[xyphax]

Thank you DD.

[IronDesign221b]

if "she liked it immediately," why isn't it "è piaciuta" since when you conjugate verbs with essere they take on a gender?

[f.formica]

In "è piaciuta" it's "it" that is feminine. Very possible, but it has nothing to do with "she" (that's "le").

[LSadun]

Does piacere always take essere as opposed to avere? Or does it have something to do the with "le"?