Gustar and similar verbs (Gustar y verbos parecidos) ¿Te gusta mi coche? Sí, me gusta mucho.

Gustar = to be pleasing gusta gustan Gustar is used to express preferences, likes, and dislikes; however, gustar means “to be pleasing,” and is constructed very differently from the English “to like.” The verb gustar is used exclusively with indirect object pronouns Me Te Le Nos Les el chocolate los camarones

I like it. In English, we say... In Spanish, “it” becomes the subject of the sentence and we say instead... It’s pleasing to me. Gustar = to be pleasing In Spanish, the thing or things that we like are expressed as being “pleasing to us.”... where “it” is the direct object. “I” is then expressed as the indirect object phrase “to me.”

I like Spanish. Spanishis pleasingto me. El españolgustame. But, of course, in Spanish, pronouns must be placed before conjugated verbs. me gusta. In Spanish, this would literally be... Now, it so happens that, by convention, the subject (in this case El español) is generally placed at the end of the sentence with this type of construction. Let’s start by talking about something we all like. Following the format on the previous slide, we would say...

me gusta. El españolel español. I like Spanish. Spanishis pleasingto me. Me gusta It turns out, then, that the sentence in Spanish is exactly the reverse of that in English, in its sense, and also in its word order.

To express that others like Spanish, only the object pronoun needs to change, since Spanish remains the subject in all the sentences. gusta el español.Me like Spanish.I TeLeNosOsLes YouHeWeYou allTheylikes Spanish.

gusta Since most of the things or people that please us are expressed in third person, the two forms of gustar that are used most commonly are gusta and gustan gustan Nos gusta el flan que hace la abuela. No le gustan los huevos. We like the flan that grandma makes. She doesn’t like eggs.

When gustar is used with one or more infinitives, only the third person singular is used. Me gusta leer. Me gusta leer, jugar fútbol, y viajar.

The verb gustar is used exclusively with indirect object pronouns me te le nos os les le les

Me gusta ese restaurante. Gustar is used with indirect object pronouns I like that restaurant. ¿Te gusta el té helado? Do you like iced tea? Le gustan mucho las zanahorias. He likes carrots a lot. No nos gusta el yogur. We don’t like yogurt. Les gusta cenar en casa. They like to eat dinner at home.

Me aburre comer solo. Eating alone bores me. French cuisine fascinates us. Les encanta comer fuera. They love to eat out. Nos fascina la cocina francesa. Do you all need some napkins? ¿Les faltan servilletas? These other verbs function like gustar

¿Te queda suficiente dinero para pagar la cuenta? This wine seems expensive to us. Nos parece caro este vino. Do you have enough money left to pay the bill? We’re interested in penguins. Nos interesan los pingüinos. Some customers annoy me. Me molestan algunos clientes. These other verbs function like gustar

Again, the verbs gustar, encantar, etc. are used exclusively with indirect object pronouns me te lele nos os les (a mí) (a ti) (a usted) (a él) (a ella) (a nosotros) (a vosotros) (a ustedes) (a ellos) (a ellas) These are mandatory (for clarification or emphasis) The prepositional forms are optional

All the prepositional forms can be used to emphasize the object pronoun form. no le gustan los frijoles, pero sí me gustan. doesn’t like beans but A Juana mí Juan Ido. Notice that because Juan and I were stressed in the above sentence in English, we added the prepositional forms a Juan and a mí in Spanish to reflect that stress.

Les encantan las bananas. Since les can represent a number of different people, we may need to add a prepositional form to avoid confusion. Since the third-person pronouns le and les can be ambiguous, they sometimes require prepositional forms for clarification. A ellos les encantan las bananas. A ellas les encantan las bananas. A Uds. les encantan las bananas. A Luis y a Marta les encantan las bananas.

Ramón describe los gustos de varias personas. ¿Qué dice él? 1. A mí / gustar/ la ropa de Eddie Bauer A mí me gusta la ropa de Eddie Bauer 2. A nosotros / importar / buenas notas. A nosotros nos importan buenas notas. 3. A ti / faltar / lápiz. A ti te falta el lápiz.

4. A Uds./ interesar / resolver problemas A Uds. les interesa resolver problemas. 5. A Susana / no / encantar / los videojuegos A Susana no le encantan los videojuegos 6. A Paco y a Sonia / gustar / la música latina A Paco y a Sonia les gusta la música latina.

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