Lesson 14.2: I Prefer This One – Using Preferire in Italian 🤌✨ #

Once you’ve mastered mi piace, you’re ready for the next step: choosing sides.
Do you prefer the mountains or the sea? Pasta or pizza? Silence or your neighbor’s karaoke?

In this lesson, you’ll learn to express your preferences like a real Italian — confidently and maybe a little dramatically.

Meet the Verb: Preferire 🏆 #

Preferire means to prefer. It’s a regular -ire verb, but with a small twist — it’s part of the -isc group.

Present Tense Conjugation: #

Examples #

• Preferisco il tè. → I prefer tea.
• Preferisci la montagna o il mare? → Do you prefer the mountains or the sea?
• Preferiamo stare a casa. → We prefer to stay at home.
• Preferisco il gelato alla vaniglia. → I prefer vanilla gelato. (Bold choice.)

How to Use It in a Sentence #

1. Preferisco [thing A] a [thing B]
   → I prefer thing A to thing B

   Preferisco il cinema al teatro.
   I prefer the cinema to the theatre.

2. Preferisci uscire o restare a casa?
   → Do you prefer going out or staying in?

3. Anche io preferisco quello.
   → I prefer that too.

Viktor & Geoff Make a Choice 🎭 #

Geoff: Preferisci la pizza o la pasta?
Geoff: Do you prefer pizza or pasta? Viktor: Preferisco… entrambe!
Viktor: I prefer… both! Geoff: Non vale! Io preferisco la pizza.
Geoff: That’s cheating! I pick pizza. Viktor: E io preferisco il caffè. Viktor: And I pick coffee — because it goes well with everything.

Conclusion: Everyone wins if there’s coffee.

Coming up next: Exercise 14.2 – Time to choose your favorites and see where your true Italian heart lies.