El Verbo “GUSTAR” En español gustar significa “to be pleasing”

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1 El Verbo “GUSTAR” En español gustar significa “to be pleasing”
In English, the equivalent is “to like”

2 Por ejemplo: In English we say: “I like Spanish.”
En español decimos: “To me, Spanish is pleasing.”

3 I like the beach. In English: En español: “I” is the subject
“like” is the verb “the beach” is the direct object En español: “the beach” is the subject “to please” is the verb “me” is the indirect object

4 The word order is actually “backwards”:
En Español…: The word order is actually “backwards”: The indirect object comes first: Me Then the verb: gusta Finally the subject of the verb: la playa. Make it negative by adding “no” at the beginning.

5 Indirect Object Pronouns:
Who is doing the “liking”? Indirect Object Pronouns: me te le nos os les

6 “Gusta” = singular nouns = infinitives
“Gustan” = plural nouns

7 Frases de clarificación:
He likes to swim. She likes to swim. You like to swim. “Le gusta nadar.” They like the beach. You like the beach. “Les gusta la playa.”

8 Frases de clarificación:
Me = a mí Te = a ti Le = a él a ella a Ud. (a Roberto) (a Lola) (a tu hermano) Nos = a nosotros Os = a vosotros Les = a ellos a ellas a Uds. (a Roberto y a Luis) (a Lola y a Carmen) (a mis amigos)

9 “Coffee is pleasing to me.”
¿Cómo se dice? “I like coffee.” Me gusta el café. “Coffee is pleasing to me.”

10 “Cars are pleasing to you.”
¿Cómo se dice? “You like cars.” Te gustan los coches. “Cars are pleasing to you.”

11 ¿Cómo se dice? “He doesn’t like to dance.” No le gusta bailar.
“To dance is not pleasing to him.”

12 “Our teachers please us.”
¿Cómo se dice? “We like our teachers.” nuestros profesores. Nos gustan “Our teachers please us.”

13 ¿Cómo se dice? “They like history and spanish.”
la historia y el español. Les gustan “History and Spanish are pleasing to them.”

14 Otros verbos como gustar
encantar - to “love” something interesar – to be interesting to molestar – to be a bother Recuerda: (no) indirect obj. + form of verb + subject

15 Warmup: Verbs como gustar
Direcciones: Completa las siguientes frases usando el verbo gustar. Elena y Carlos / gustar / los postres Adriana / no gustar / montar a caballo Yo / gustar / hacer ejercicio Luis y yo / no gustar / la clase de historia

16 Exit slip: Verbs como gustar
Direcciones:Contesta las siguientes preguntas. How many forms of gustar are there and what are they? What are the rules for using gustar and similar verbs in terms of conjugation? Escribe 2 ejemplos de otros verbos como gustar.