Verbs Like GUSTAR With a Review of Pronouns. Pronoun Review Subject Pronouns I we you ya’ll he they she they YOU ya’ll yo tú él ella usted nosotros vosotros.

Presentación del tema: "Verbs Like GUSTAR With a Review of Pronouns. Pronoun Review Subject Pronouns I we you ya’ll he they she they YOU ya’ll yo tú él ella usted nosotros vosotros."— Transcripción de la presentación:

1 Verbs Like GUSTAR With a Review of Pronouns

2 Pronoun Review Subject Pronouns I we you ya’ll he they she they YOU ya’ll yo tú él ella usted nosotros vosotros ellos ellas ustedes Reflexive Pronouns myselfourselves yourselfyourselves himselfthemselves herselfthemselves YOURselfyourselves me te se nos os We perform the action. The action is reflected onto us. Direct Object Pronouns me us you ya’ll him them her them YOU ya’ll It me te lo, la lo la nos os los las los, las lo, la We are the WHO or WHAT that receives the action. Indirect Object Pronouns me us you ya’ll him them her them YOU ya’ll me te le nos os les (a mí) (a tí) (a él) (a ella) (a usted) (a nosotros) (a vosotros) (a ellos) (a ellas) (a ustedes) We are TO WHOM or FOR WHOM the action is intended.

3 Indirect Object Pronouns me us you ya’ll him them her them YOU ya’ll me te le nos os les (a mí) (a tí) (a él) (a ella) (a usted) (a nosotros) (a vosotros) (a ellos) (a ellas) (a ustedes) We are TO WHOM or FOR WHOM the action is intended. GUSTAR-to be pleasing to I like the book. (The book is pleasing to me.) Me gusta el libro. ¿ gusta el libro? Te A ella gusta mucho el libro. le

4 0 Notice that GUSTAR is conjugated to match the thing, not the person: GUSTAR-to be pleasing to Me gusta el libro. Te gusta el libro. Le gusta el libro. Nos gusta el libro. Les gusta el libro. The book is pleasing to me. The book is pleasing to you. The book is pleasing to him/her. The book is pleasing to us. The book is pleasing to them/ya’ll.

5 0 The books are pleasing to me. 0 The books are pleasing to you. 0 The books are pleasing to her. GUSTAR-to be pleasing to Me gustan los libros. Te gustan los libros. A ella le gustan los libros. This prepositional phrase is added for emphasis or to clarify who the pronoun refers to.

6 0 GUSTAR and other verbs like GUSTAR are always conjugated to match the item, not the person, regardless of verb tense. GUSTAR-to be pleasing to I liked the movie Breaking Dawn. Past tense! Me gustó la película Breaking Dawn. Me gustaron todas las películas de Twilight.

7 Other verbs like GUSTAR: 0 Importar—to be important to 0 Interesar—to be interesting to 0 Molestar—to bother 0 Faltar—to be lacking something 0 Encantar—to really like something 0 Aburrir—to be boring to 0 Parecer—to appear to be 0 Volver loco—to be crazy about something

8 Using your knowledge of how the verb “gustar” functions in Spanish (p. 38-39 libro verde), translate the following sentences into Spanish. ¡Cuidado! Does the sentence use present tense, preterite tense or imperfect tense?

9 1. My friends are important to me. (importar) ____ _______ mis amigos Me importan mis amigos.

10 2. Last night’s homework was important to Juan. (importar) A Juan ___ ___________ la tarea de anoche. A Juan le importó la tarea de anoche.

11 3. Competitions are interesting to the fans. (interesar) A los aficionados ____ _______________ las competencias. A los aficionados les interesan las competencias.

12 4. As children, playing soccer was interesting to us. (interesar) De niños, ______ ________ jugar al fútbol De niños, nos interesaba jugar al fútbol.

13 5. My siblings always bothered me. (molestar) _____ _________ mis hermanos siempre. Me molestaban mis hermanos siempre.