el verbo gustar p.5. gustar = to be pleasing to in english it’s translated to “i like” ex:...
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El verbo GUSTAR
p.5
Gustar = to be pleasing to
• In English it’s translated to “I like”
Ex: “I like dogs”
• In Spanish we say “ The dogs are pleasing to me”
“Me gustan los perros”
IOP + GUSTAR + SUBJECT
You conjugate for the subject of the sentence. The subject is
what/ who is doing the pleasing or what being liked.
Hay 2 formas de GUSTAR
1. Gusta (refers to one thing)
2. Gustan (refers to more than one thing)
The verb gustargustar is conjugated
to go with the thing you like, which is actually
the subject of the sentence.
Me gustan los perros
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(I like dogs.) (The dogs are pleasing to me.)
Ejemplos:
Me gustaa la pizza. (I like the pizza.)
(The pizza is pleasing to me)
Me gustanan las galletgalletasas. (I like cookies.)
(The cookies are pleasing to me)
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GustarGustar is used with indirect object pronounsindirect object pronouns..
Indirect Object pronouns refer to who is being pleased or who is being affected
IOP (to …) meme ( to me) te te (to you, familiar) lele (to you, formal/ to him/ to her) nos (to us)os (to you guys-Spain)Les (to them/ to you guys)
Me gustan los perrosDogs are pleasing to me
Usa esta formula
+ form of gustar + what you like/pleasing GUSTA/GUSTANMETELENOSLES
(indirect object pronoun)
What you like or what is doing the pleasing? Noun or Verb in the infinitive.NO NAKED NOUNS!
me gustan los perros I like the dogs
To talk about dislikes with gustar …gustar …
To say what you dislike, just put NO in front of the IOP
No me gustan los perros.
There are 4 parts to forming a sentence
with GUSTAR!
Backwards verbs!
1. What you like or what is doing the pleasing? Noun or Verb in the infinitive.
el/la_______________
los/ las______________
NO NAKED NOUNS!
2. Form of GUSTAR
Gusta
Gustan
3. IOP
MeTeleNosOsles
I like chocolate =
she likes cats =
el chocolategustaMe
los gatosgustan le
who is being pleased
One object/ singular
More than one/ plural
The prepositional phrase is used to clarify or emphasis
the IOP!
a mí
a ti
*a él / a ella/a Ud./ ______
a nosotros/ a ______ y a mí
* a ellas/ a ellos/ a Uds. / a_______ y a ________
A mí me gusta el chocolate
A ti te gusta el chocolate
A él le gusta el chocolateA Jenny le gusta el chocolate
A nosotros nos gusta el chocolate
A David y a Mike les gusta el chocolate
name
name
Clarifies who is being pleased when using (le and les)
Clarification can move around!
a mí
a ti
me gusta el chocolate
te gusta el chocolate
me gusta el chocolate a mí
a ti te gusta el chocolate
When you have two verbs
together, you use the singular
form of GUSTAR.Me gusta bailar. (I like to dance).
Me gusta bailar y cantar. (I like to dance and sing).
Conjugate the first verb in the singular form and leave the other one alone/infinitive.
Would Like
gustaría=would likegustarían=would likeMe gustaría ir a Disneylandia todos los días.
Me gustarían más libros en la biblioteca.
A lot/Really/much (much0)
Me gusta nadar mucho. I like swimming a lot./ I like to swim a lot.
Me gustan mucho los perros. I really like dogs.
Mucho is used as adverb with GUSTAR, and it doesn’t agree in number and in gender.
Mucho can move around since it’s an adverb.
también = also/too tampoco = either/neither
A mí me gusta leer. ¡A mí también! (me too) ¡A mí no! (I don’t/not me)
A mí no me gusta leer. ¡A mí tampoco! (me neither) ¡A mí sí! (I do)
Other verbs like GUSTAR
Traduce:
We like pizza.
(A nosotros) nos gusta la pizza.
Traduce
She would like blue pens.
(A ella) le gustarían las plumas azules.
My sister and I really like the movie.
(A mi hermana y a mí) nos gusta mucho la película.
Traduce
I like to read books.
(A mí) me gusta leer los libros.
Traduce
Dogs scare my brother.
Los perros le asustan ( a mi hermano)
Le asustan los perros ( a mi hermano)
Traduce
Does the homework seem difficult to you?
¿Te parece difícil la tarea (a ti)?
