Use of GUSTAR Verbs like gustar GUSTAR Me

Use of GUSTAR & Verbs like gustar

GUSTAR Me gusta la música. Nos gusta la música. Te gusta la música. Os gusta la música. Les gusta la música.

Note: Spanish really doesn’t have a verb for “to like”. But we know people who speak Spanish like people and things and activities. l So, we express what we like/don’t like with the verb gustar, which means to be pleasing to. l

Verbs Like gustar l Here are some other verbs that always use indirect objects:

Verbs Like gustar l encantar l gustar to be highly pleasing to be pleasing l importar to be important/to matter l interesar to interest to bore to fascinate to lack; need l aburrir l fascinar l faltar

Verbs Like gustar l These verbs all use a similar construction: indirect object pronoun + verb + subject

Verbs Like gustar l Me gusta el béisbol. l Literally: Baseball is pleasing to me.

Verbs Like gustar l The two forms of these verbs that are most commonly used are the Ud. /él/ella and Uds. /ellos/ellas forms.

Verbs Like gustar l ¿Te interesan los deportes? l Literally: Are sports interesting to you? /Do sports interest you?

Verbs Like gustar l Remember that in the previous sentences, the subjects are béisbol and deportes, and me and te are indirect object pronouns.

Practica l Sports interest me. Me interesan los deportes l They lack food. Les falta la comida l We are bored by English. Nos aburre el inglés

l You are fascinated by colors. Te fascinan los colores l It doesn’t matter to me. No me importa

En sus libros, página dos cientos cuarenta y siete. Inténtalo

1. Le fascina 1. Les aburren 2. Me fascina 2. Te aburren 3. Nos fascina 3. Le aburren 4. Les fascina 4. Me aburren 5. Te fascina 5. Les aburren 6. Les fascinan 6. Nos aburren 7. Les fascina 7. Les aburre 8. Les fascina 8. Le aburren 9. Nos fascina 9. Les aburren 10. Le fascina 10. Le aburre 11. Les fascina 11. Le aburre 12. Le fascinan 12. Nos aburre