Gustar and Similar Verbs Gustar y verbos parecidos

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

Gustar = to be pleasing 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. ” Gustar is a completely regular -ar verb in its conjugation. gusto gustas gustamos gustáis gustan

Gustar = to be pleasing In Spanish, the thing or things that we like are expressed as being “pleasing to us. ” he t s i ”. t i. . e“ y r a e s h e w , w. . h. s i l t. c g e n j E b o n I direct I like it. In Spanish, “it” becomes the subject of the sentence and we say instead. . . It’s pleasing to me. “I” is then expressed as the indirect object phrase “to me. ”

Let’s start by talking about something we all like. I like Spanish. Following the format on the previous slide, we would say. . . Spanish is pleasing to me. In Spanish, this would literally be. . . gusta. El español me gusta me. But, of course, in Spanish, pronouns must be placed before conjugated verbs. 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.

I like Spanish is pleasing to me. gusta. El español. Meespañolel gusta me 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. Nos Les Me Os Te Le gusta el español. You They You We He all. I likes like Spanish.

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 gusto gustamos gustas gustáis gustan Nos gusta el flan que hace la abuela. We like the flan that grandma makes. No le gustan los huevos. She doesn’t like eggs.

Of course, it is possible to use other forms. Gustas, for example is used frequently. Me gustas (tú). You please me. (I like you. ) When gustar is used with one or more infinitives, only the third person singular is used. Me gusta leer, jugar fútbol y viajar.

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

Gustar is used with indirect object pronouns Me gusta ese restaurante. 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.

Many other verbs function like gustar These, too, are used with indirect object pronouns. aburrir encantar faltar fascinar interesar molestar parecer quedar to bore; to tire to delight; to be extremely pleasing to be lacking or needed to be fascinating to be interesting to be a bother or to annoy to seem to be left; to remain

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

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

When we like something a lot (mucho) or more (más) than something else, mucho and más immediately follow the verb gustar: Me gusta mucho comer. I really like to eat. A different word order would convey a different meaning: Me gusta comer mucho. I like to eat a lot of food.

When we like something a lot (mucho) or more (más) than something else, mucho and más immediately follow the verb gustar: ¿Te gustan más las naranjas o las toronjas? Do you like oranges or grapefruit best? Me gustan más las naranjas. I like oranges best.

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

All the prepositional forms can be used to emphasize the object pronoun form. Juan doesn’t like beans but I do. A Juan no le gustan los frijoles, pero a mí sí me gustan. 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.

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

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