El Verbo GUSTAR

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El Verbo GUSTAR

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

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Por ejemplo

• In English we say I like to draw
• En español decimos To me, drawing
• is pleasing.

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En Español
The word order is actually backwards

• The people come first Me
• Then the liking gusta
• Finally the infinitive of the activity correr
• Make it negative by adding no at the
  beginning.

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Who is doing the liking?
Me gusta Te gusta Le gusta Nos gusta Os
gusta(in Spain) Les gusta
I like You like He / She likes / You
like We like You all like They / You all
like

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These are the people that will be used before
gusta
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Frases de clarificación
He likes to swim. She likes to swim. You(ud.)
like to swim.
Le gusta nadar.
Les gusta jugar fútbol.
They like to play soccer. You(all) like to play
soccer.
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To emphasize or identify the person you are
talking about, add
A noun/name or pronoun
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Pronouns that follow a
With Use Me a mí A mí me Te a ti A
ti te Le a él A él le a ella A ella
le a Ud. A usted le a name
A Pablo le
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Pronouns that follow a
With Use Nos a nosotros A
nosotros nos Os a vosotros A vosotros os
Les a ellos A ellos les a ellas A ellas
les a Uds. A ustedes les a names A Tico
y a Tea les
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Pronouns that follow a
With Use Me a mí Te a ti Le a
él a ella a Ud. a name
With Use Nos a nosotros Os a
vosotros Les a ellos a ellas a Uds. a
names
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Cómo se dice?
I like to take a walk
pasear.
gusta
Me
To walk is pleasing to me.
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Cómo se dice?
You like to ride a skateboard.
andar en patineta.
gusta
Te
To ride a skateboard is pleasing to you.
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Cómo se dice?
He doesnt like to dance.
bailar.
gusta
No le
To dance is not pleasing to him.
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Cómo se dice?
We like to ride a bike.
montar en bicicleta
gusta
Nos
To ride a bike is pleasing to us.
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Cómo se dice?
You (all) dont like to read.
leer.
gusta
No les os
To read is not pleasing to you(all).
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Cómo se dice?
They like to study.
estudiar
gusta
Les
To study is pleasing to them.
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Cómo se dice en español?
I like to study. Elena likes to listen to
music. We like to talk on the phone. Carlos and
Miguel dont like to watch t.v. Do you all(not
in Spain) like to prepare food? You like to
write emails, right?(verdad?)
(A mí) me gusta estudiar.
(A Elena) le gusta escuchar música.
(A nosotros) nos gusta hablar por teléfono.
(A Carlos y a Miguel) no les gusta mirar la
televisión.
(A ustedes) les gusta preparar la comida?
(A ti) te gusta escribir correos electrónicos
verdad?
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I like to run.

• En español
• to run
• is the infinitive
• to please is the verb
• me is the indirect object

• In English
• I is the subject
• like is the verb
• to run is the
• infinitive