El Verbo GUSTAR

En espaol gustar significa to be pleasing In English, the equivalent is to like

Por ejemplo:
In English we say: En espaol decimos: I like Spanish. To me, Spanish is pleasing.

I like the beach.

In English: En espaol: the beach is the subject to please is the verb me is the indirect object

I is the subject
like is the verb

the beach is the direct object

En Espaol:
The word order is actually backwards:
The indirect object comes first:
Then the verb:

Me
gusta

Finally the subject of the verb:

la playa.

Make it negative by adding no at the beginning.

Who is doing the liking?

Indirect Object Pronouns:

me

nos

te
le

os
les

Gusta

= =

singular nouns infinitives

Gustan =

plural nouns

Frases de clarificacin:
He likes to swim.

Le gusta nadar.

She likes to swim.

You like to swim. They like the beach. You like the beach.

Les gusta la playa.

Frases de clarificacin:
Me Te Le = = = a m a ti a l a ella a Ud. (a Roberto) (a Lola) (a tu hermano) Nos Os Les = = = a nosotros a vosotros 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
Le gusta / Le gustan Nos gusta / Nos gustan Os gusta / Os gustan Les gusta / Les gustan

You like

He / she / You like(s) We like You guys like They / you like

Cmo se dice?
I like coffee.

Me

gusta

el caf.

Coffee is pleasing to me.

Cmo se dice?
You like cars.

Te gustan

los coches.

Cars are pleasing to you.

Cmo se dice?
He doesnt like to dance.

No le

gusta

bailar.

To dance is not pleasing to him.

Cmo se dice?
We like our teachers. nuestros Nos gustan profesores.

Our teachers please us.

Cmo se dice?
You (guys) dont like to go to the movies.

No os

gusta

ir al cine.

To go to the movies is not pleasing to you (guys).

Cmo se dice?
They like history and spanish. la historia y gustan el espaol.

Les

History and Spanish are pleasing to them.

Cmo se dice en espaol?

I like to study.
Me gusta estudiar.

Elena likes to watch television. We dont like to do homework.

(A Carlos y a Miguel) les gustan los coches. (A Elena) le gusta ver la televisin. No nos gusta hacer la tarea.

Carlos and Miguel like cars.

Os gusta mirar fotos?

Do you guys like to look at photos? You like to go shopping, right?

Te gusta ir de compras, verdad?