THE VERB GUSTAR Spanish I Gustar To like
THE VERB “GUSTAR” Spanish I
“Gustar” To like (sort of) I like pizza You like pizza He/She likes pizza We like pizza You guys like pizza You all/They like pizza
How to conjugate Gustar is a WEIRD verb. It does not work like other verbs in Spanish It is made of two parts and you MUST have both parts. You can NOT separate the parts, they must always stay together Part 1 = indirect object pronoun (IOP) Part 2 = verb (gustar)
I like… Me gusta la clase. Indirect object pronoun the verb gustar noun Me gusta leer. the Indirect verb object pronoun gustar verb
How to conjugate Part 2= gustar Gustar means pleasing to – NOT like (weird I know) So gusta means IT is pleasing That means gustar will change to gusta for all verbs and singular nouns. If more than one thing is pleasing you can’t use gusta (we will learn what to do later this semester)
Let’s practice I like to play football. Playing football is pleasing to me. She likes watching tv. Watching tv is pleasing to her. We like listening to music. Listening to music is pleasing to us.
What does this have to do with conjugating? To conjugate a verb you match it to the SUBJECT so this poses a problem…… Find the subject: I like to play football. I She likes to watch tv. She We like to listen to music. We
Now the Spanish way… Look at the SPANISH subject… Playing football is pleasing to me. Playing football Watching tv is pleasing to her. Watching tv Listening to music is pleasing to us. Listening to music
What about me? That means the person that is pleased (likes something) becomes an indirect object NOT the subject! Playing football is pleasing to me. Playing football (subject)/ me (Indirect Object Pronoun) Watching tv is pleasing to her. Watching tv (subject) / her (Indirect Object Pronoun) Listening to music is pleasing to us. Listening to music (subject)/ us (Indirect Object Pronoun)
How it is… THEREFORE …. That means with “gustar” we must use Indirect Object Pronouns
What is an Indirect Object Pronoun? A pronoun takes the place of a noun IOPs Answer the question “To Whom? ” Football is pleasing to me. me Movies are pleasing to Sara = her Music is pleasing to my friends and I. My friends and I = us
IOPs in Spanish me = to me (I) nos = to us (we) te = to you (informal) os = you guys (informal) le = you (formal) To her (she) To him (he) les = you all (formal) To them (they)
IOPs go before gusta(n) Me gusta la pizza. Pizza is pleasing to me. Te gusta la pizza. Pizza is pleasing to you (informal). Le gusta la pizza. Pizza is pleasing to you(formal)/him (he)/her (she) Nos gusta la pizza. Pizza is pleasing to us. Os gusta la pizza. Pizza is pleasing to you guys. Les gusta la pizza. Pizza is pleasing to you all/ they
(I) _____ gusta patinar. A. me B. te C. le D. nos (os) E. les
(we) ____ gusta aprender español. A. me B. te C. le D. nos (os) E. les
(you (familiar)) ____ gusta esquiar. A. me B. te C. le D. nos (os) E. les
(you all) ___ gusta dibujar. A. me B. te C. le D. nos (os) E. les
(she) ____ gusta jugar videojuegos. A. me B. te C. le D. nos (os) E. les
(they) ___ gusta patinar. A. me B. te C. le D. nos (os) E. les
(you (formal)) ___ gusta escribir. A. me B. te C. le D. nos (os) E. les
Rules … Put the Indirect Object Pronoun (Me, Te, Le, Nos, Os, Les) FIRST Then put the verb gusta This tells you WHO likes or doesn´t like something This part of the verb is determined by WHAT they like. Remember you can NOT separate these two things! Put NO before the IOP if you don´t like something
To emphasize/clarify use “A WHO” (A mí) = I (A ti) = you (A usted) = you formal (A él) = he (A ella) = she (A nosotros) (A nosotras) = we (A vosotros) (a vosotras) = you guys (A ustedes) = you all (A ellos) = they (A ellas) they
To emphasize/clarify use “A WHO” me = a mí te = a tí nos = a nosotros (as) os = a vosotros (as) le = a ud. a ella a él les = a uds. a ellos a ellas
Stating WHO likes something Here is what it looks like A mí me gusta mucho bailar. A tí te gusta mucho bailar. A él/ella/ud. le gusta mucho bailar. A nosotros nos gusta mucho bailar. A vosotros os gusta mucho bailar. A ellos/ellas/uds. les gusta mucho bailar.
To emphasize/clarify use “A WHO” (A mí) = I (A ti) = you (A usted) = you formal (A él) = Paco, el perro, Sr. Rodriguez, mi amigo (A ella) = Sra. Bauman, mi amiga, mi mamá (A nosotros) (A nosotras) = mis amigos y yo, la clase y yo (A vosotros) (a vosotras) = María y a tí (A ustedes) = you all (A ellos) = los chicos, los estudiantes, los profesores (A ellas) = las chicas, las profesoras, las alumnas
Stating WHO likes something with a name Here is what it looks like A mí me gusta mucho bailar. A tí te gusta mucho bailar. A Paco/el perro/mi amigo le gusta mucho bailar. A mis amigos y yo/la clase y yo nos gusta mucho bailar. A María y a tí os gusta mucho bailar. A los estudiantes/las profesoras/los chicos les gusta mucho bailar.
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