- Forum >
- Topic: Italian >
- "Ai tedeschi piace la cucina …
36 Comments
Das stimmt! We Germans even prefer Italian cuisine to our own! I love it.
@Turtlerider I cannot agree to that. Germans like Italian food cooked in a German way. Like we like ALL food cooked in a German way. That's why we always complain once we go abroad, because the food there doesn't taste like we think it should taste.
Good food is good food. Nobody complains about well made Pizza or Pasta. The ones who do complain also book cheap all inclusive holidays in a 3 star Hotel and then expect Michelin grade kitchen. And then refuse to eat outside because "I paid for it!!!"
I prefer it too. And I mean actual italian food served in Italy not the germanised version.
That's because "the Germans" is "i tedeschi," so "ai tedeschi" must mean Germans in general.
“Ai” is used because “piacere” means “is liked (by)” or “is pleasing (to)”. Here tedeschi could be either some particular people (the Germans) or more likely Germans in general (without the article).
"Food" is "il cibo". Cucina literally means kitchen, which can be treated like "cuisine." In my opinion, the difference between cuisine and food is McDonald's is food, but restaurant food is cuisine! :-D
True, but it definitely sounds more natural to an English speaker to say "They like xxxx food" rather than "they like xxxx cuisine."
Context, context, context! ;-) If I was in quite formal company, I may use the word cuisine, but I agree that among friends I would use "food" - unless I wanted to sound pretentious.
Cuisine is accepted now - I agree with the folks who said that in English it has to be used with care - can sound pretentious, up yourself, food snob/boring
Why is ..italian kitchen wrong? I though it can also mean same.. (kitchen=cookings). i might be wrong while my mother language is not english.
1137
In the English language "cucina" is equally well translated as "food" as the French inspired word "cuisine". Why is it not permitted as a duolingo translation?
Could anyone with a solid knowledge of the language explain to me when to use piaciono and piace> Thanks
It's just a matter of normal verb agreement. If the subject of the sentence is singular (in this case 'la cucina italiana', which is pleasing to 'i tedeschi'), you need 'piace'. If the subject of the sentence is plural (for example, if some specific plural Italian food were pleasing to the Germans, like 'gli spaghetti italiani'), then you would have to use 'piacciono'. (Then the sentence would be 'Ai tedeschi piacciono gli spaghetti italiani'.)
Because it's Germans - plural - and also the way the piacere works. Literally, this is "to the germans is pleasing..." When "to the" takes a plural, it is "ai" as shown here. Piacere is a tricky one (at least for me.)
Why is cookery incorrect? If nothing else, it is the English word that refers to products of the kitchen. Cuisine is not.
- 107
Does 'Ai tedesche piace....' make sense? If referring to only German females or is tedeschi always used in this context?
Thank you!
Food should be accepted,cuisine is after all french, and italian food would be what is commonly said in Britain
Cuisine is a french word. It should be the italian food. Please review this sentence
In meinem Fall stimmt das. Sie ist mir lieber als die deutsche Küche.
