El Verbo GUSTAR Similar Verbs In English the

El Verbo “GUSTAR & Similar Verbs” • In English, the equivalent is “to like” • En español gustar significa “to be pleasing”

Gustar & Similar Verbs Por ejemplo: • In English we say: • En español decimos: “I like Spanish. ” “To me, Spanish is pleasing. ”

Gustar & Similar Verbs To say what people like in Spanish, we use the verb gustar. This verb literally means to be pleasing. So instead of saying, “I like pizza, ” you would say “Pizza is pleasing to me. ”

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

En Español…: The word order is actually “reversed: • The indirect object comes first: Me • Then the verb: gusta • Finally the subject of the verb: la playa. • To make the sentence negative, simply add the word “no” at the beginning, before the pronoun. -No me gusta la playa.

Who is doing the “liking”? Indirect Object Pronouns: 1. Me gusta(n) 4. Nos gusta(n) 2. Te gusta(n) 5. Os gusta(n) 3. Le gusta(n) 6. Les gusta(n)

Gustar & Similar Verbs “Gusta” = = “Gustan” = singular nouns infinitives plural nouns

Gustar & Similar Verbs Notice the “n” in parenthesis following gusta. This is because if “the thing” that is being liked is plural you must add an “n”. Me gusta el béisbol. Me gusta la pizza. Nos gustan los carros. Te gustan los vegetales.

Gustar & Similar Verbs When gusta is followed by a verb, the verb must be in the infinitive form. (-ar-er-ir) - Me gusta jugar el béisbol. - ¿Te gusta escribir? - No me gusta hacer la tarea.

Gustar & Similar Verbs Notice that le can stand for you (usted), he, she, it, and les can stand for you (uds. ) or they. To clarify who is being talked about, use: A + name or (subject pronoun. ) A Juan le gusta la pizza. A Juan y a Sara les gusta la pizza. A Ud. le gusta comer. A ellos no les gusta correr.

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

Frases de clarificación: 1. Me = a mí 4. Nos = a nosotros 2. Te = a ti 5. Os = a vosotros 3. Le = a él a ella a Ud. (a Roberto) (a Lola) (a tu hermano) 6. Les = a ellos a ellas a Uds. (a Roberto y a Luis) (a Lola y a Carmen) (a mis amigos)

Me gusta… / Me gustan… I like… Te gusta… / Te gustan… You (inf. ) like… Le gusta… / Le gustan… He / she / You = (form. ) Nos gusta… / Nos gustan… We like… Os gusta… / Os gustan… You guys like… Les gusta… / Les gustan… They / you like… like(s)…

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

¿Cómo se dice? “You like cars. ” (A tí) te gustan los carros. “Cars are pleasing to you. ”

¿Cómo se dice? “He doesn’t like to dance. ” (A él) no le gusta bailar. “To dance is not pleasing to him. ”

¿Cómo se dice? “We like our teachers. ” Nos gustan nuestros profesores. “Our teachers are pleasing to us. ”

¿Cómo se dice? “You (guys) don’t like to go to the movie theater. ” A Uds. no les gusta ir al cine. “To go to the movies is not pleasing to you (guys). ”

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

¿Cómo se dice en español? I like to study. Me gusta estudiar. Elena likes to watch television. (A Elena) le gusta ver la televisión. We don’t like to do homework. No nos gusta hacer la tarea. Carlos and Miguel like cars. (A Carlos y a Miguel) les gustan los coches. Do you guys like to look at photos? ¿Os gusta mirar fotos? You like to go shopping, right? Te gusta ir de compras, ¿verdad?

Gustar & Similar Verbs Many other verbs function like gustar: caer bien to suit well encantar to really like fascinar to love disgustar/chocar to hate molestar to bother aburrir to bore interesar to interest quedar to stay; remain faltar to lack; to miss importar to be important