« to like » en sept langues
Sensto like
Espagnol
/ɡusˈtaɾ/
autre source · Latin GUSTĀRE 'to taste'
Me gusta el café: the coffee is the subject, me the person pleased.
Français
/plɛʁ/
héréditaire
Ça me plaît; but everyday 'I like' is j'aime (bien), from AMĀRE.
Italien
/pjaˈtʃere/
héréditaire
Mi piace il caffè, mi piacciono i libri: the verb agrees with the thing liked.
Portugais
/ɡosˈtah/
autre source · Latin GUSTĀRE 'to taste'
Unlike Spanish, the liker is the subject: eu gosto de café.
Roumain
/pləˈtʃe̯a/
héréditaire
Îmi place cafeaua: the coffee is the subject.
Catalan
/əɡɾəˈda/
autre source · grat 'pleasing', Latin GRĀTUM
M'agrada el cafè.
Anglais
/laɪk/
anglais natif · Old English līcian 'to please'
Old English said 'it likes me', the same back-to-front pattern as me gusta.
L’ancêtre latin
PLACĒRE‘to please’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Romance likes backwards: the thing liked is the subject and the liker an indirect object (me gusta, mi piace, îmi place, m'agrada), as in Old English 'it likes me'. Portuguese turns it round like English: eu gosto de café.
Parents anglais: please, pleasant, placid, placebo
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esMe gusta esta canción.
- frCette chanson me plaît.
- itQuesta canzone mi piace.
- ptEu gosto desta música.
- roÎmi place cântecul ăsta.
- caM'agrada aquesta cançó.
- enI like this song.