El Verbo

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El Verbo GUSTAR w/ I.O. clarifiers

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

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Five Keys Things that are different with Gustar
1.It only has two conjugations 2.It is
conjugated based on what comes after it. 3. It
always uses an Indirect Object Pronoun. 4. It
may also use an I.O. clarifier. 5. The clarifier
comes in front of the sentence.
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I.O Clarifiers
He likes to swim. She likes to swim. You like
to swim.
Le gusta nadar.
They like the beach. You like the beach.
Les gusta la playa.
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I.O. Clarifiers (A name or A prep. pronoun)
Nos a nosotros -------------------------- Les
a ellos a ellas a Uds. (a Roberto y
a Luis) (a Lola y a Carmen) (a mis
amigos)
Me a mí Te a ti Le a él a ella a
Ud. (a Roberto) (a Lola) (a tu hermano)
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Cómo se dice?
I like coffee.
el café.
gusta
(A mí) me
Coffee is pleasing to me.
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Cómo se dice?
You like cars.
los coches.
gustan
(A ti) te
Cars are pleasing to you.
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Cómo se dice?
He doesnt like to dance.
bailar.
gusta
A él no le
To dance is not pleasing to him.
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Cómo se dice?
You (all) dont like to go to the movies.
ir al cine.
gusta
A Uds. no les
To go to the movies is not pleasing to you
(all).
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Cómo se dice?
They like history and spanish.
la historia y el español.
gustan
A ellos les
History and Spanish are pleasing to them.
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I like to study. Elena likes to watch
television. We dont like to do
homework. Carlos and Miguel like cars. Do you
all like to look at photos? You like to go
shopping, right?
(A mí) me gusta estudiar.
A Elena le gusta mirar la televisión.
(A nosotros) no nos gusta hacer la tarea.
A Carlos y a Miguel les gustan los coches.
A Uds. les gusta mirar fotos?
Te gusta ir de compras, verdad?