nouns, adjectives and gustar. all nouns are either masculine or feminine
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Nouns, Adjectives and Gustar
All nouns are either masculine or feminine
El libro El ojo el barril El árbol El actor El color
La casa La costumbre La condición La libertad La luz La decisión
El español – Spanish El lunes – Monday Los Andes – the Andies
All adjectives must agree with their nouns in both gender and number
To make an adjective that ends in an –o, or -r masculine, leave the ending as an –o, or –r
To make an adjective that ends in –o or –r feminine, change the –o to –a and add an “a” to form –ra
Some adjectives end in –e and are the same for both masculine and feminine
For 2 people add and s to vowels (-e, -o, -a)
And add –es to consonants (-l, -r)
GUSTAR
Me gusta(n)
Te gusta(n)
Le gusta(n)
Nos gusta(n)
Os gusta(n)
Les gusta(n)
(A mí)
(A ti)
(A nosotros)
(A vosotros)
(A ellos, ellas, ustedes)
(A él, ella,
usted)
When we translate gustar, we are really saying:
It is pleasing to me To form gustar, first we need an indirect
object pronoun: me nos te os le les This refers to the person who the object
is pleasing to.
A Juan y a Ana les gusta la pizza
Pizza is pleasing to Juan and Ana A nosotros nos gusta la clase de español.
Spanish class is pleasing to us. A Marta le gustan las papas fritas
Agreement agreement
GUSTAR + NOUN
When the verb gustar is followed by a noun, the verb must agree in ________ with the noun (the subject).
number
When Gustar is followed by a verb or multiple verbs, the singular form of gustar is used.
A Juan le gusta bailar y Cantar. A los chicos les gusta comer
las papas fritas.
Since the person doing the liking in Spanish is an indirect object, we must have an “A” before their name:
A mí A nosotros A ti A vosotros A Carlos A Juana y a Ana
Juan / La pizza A Juan le gusta la pizza. Yo / las manzanas. A mí me gustan las manzanas. La clase / hacer la tarea. A la clase le gusta hacer la tarea. Los chicos / jugar deportes A los chicos les gusta jugar deportes.