Gustar Explanation of gustarExplanation of gustar Review of clarifiers Explanation of gustar with subjectExplanation of gustar with subject Explanation of negation with gustarExplanation of negation with gustar Practice with gustarPractice with gustar
gustar = to like (to be pleasing) megusta it is pleasingto me a mí index
gustar = to like (to be pleasing) tegusta it is pleasingto you (fam.) a ti index
gustar = to like (to be pleasing) legusta it is pleasing to you (formal) a Ud. index
gustar = to like (to be pleasing) legusta it is pleasingto him a él index
gustar = to like (to be pleasing) legusta it is pleasingto her a ella index
gustar = to like (to be pleasing) nosgusta it is pleasingto us a nosotros(as) index
gustar = to like (to be pleasing) osgusta it is pleasing to you (plural) (Spain) a vosotros(as) index
gustar = to like (to be pleasing) lesgusta it is pleasing to you (plural) a Uds. index
gustar = to like (to be pleasing) lesgusta it is pleasingto them (masc.) a ellos index
gustar = to like (to be pleasing) lesgusta it is pleasingto them (fem.) a ellas index
The clarifiers are as follows: me = to me te = to you (fam.) le = to you (form) le = to him le = to her nos = to us os = to you (Spain) les = to you (plural) les = to them a mí a ti a Ud. a él a ella a nosotros(as) a vosotros(as) a Uds. a ellos a ellas index
What do you do if you want to say: Fred likes books? legustan los libros books are pleasing likes books. (to) Fred Fred A Fred index
What do you do if you want to say: My friend likes books? le gustan los libros. Books are pleasing Likes books. (to) My friend My friend A mi amigo(a) index
What do you do if you want to say: Rosa doesn’t like pizza? legusta la pizza. pizza is not pleasing doesn’t like pizza. (to) Rosa Rosa A Rosa no Always place the no in front of the indirect object pronouns (me, te, le, nos, os, les). index
Diana likes ice cream. A Diana le gusta el helado. index
Diana doesn’t like ice cream. A Diana no le gusta el helado. index
Fred doesn’t like sports. A Fred no le gustan los deportes. index
Fred doesn’t like animals. A Fred no le gustan los animales. index
I like parties. A mí me gustan las fiestas. index
We like Mexican food. A nosotros nos gusta la comida Mexicana. index
María and Susana like fruit. A María y a Susana les gustan las frutas. index
José and Felipe don’t like vegetables. A José y a Felipe no les gustan las verduras. index
Who likes chess? ¿A quién le gusta el ajedrez? index
We like videogames. A nosotros nos gustan los videojuegos. index
They don’t like romance movies. A ellos no les gustan las películas de amor. index