El Verbo Gustar

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El Verbo Gustar

• Spanish I
• Unidad 3Etapa 1

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El Verbo Gustar

• In Spanish, there is no verb for the phrase to
  like. Instead, the verb gustar (to be pleasing)
  is used.

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El Verbo Gustar

• The most common forms of the verb gustar are
  gusta and gustan.

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El Verbo Gustar

• Use the following to say that different people
  like, or are pleased by, different things
• Me gusta(n) . . . I like . ./. .pleases me.
• Te gusta(n) . . . You (informal) like. . ./
  . . .pleases you (informal)

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El Verbo Gustar

• Use the following to say that different people
  like, or are pleased by, different things
• Le gusta(n) . . . He/she likes . . ./ . . .
  pleases him/her
• Le gusta(n) . . . You -(formal) like . . ./
• . . .pleases you (formal)

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El Verbo Gustar

• Use the following to say that different people
  like, or are pleased by, different things
• Nos gusta(n) . . .We like . . ./ . . .pleases us.
• Os gusta(n) . . . You (plural/informal) like . .
  / . . .pleases you (plural/informal)

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El Verbo Gustar

• Use the following to say that different people
  like, or are pleased by, different things
• Les gusta(n) . . .They like . ./. .pleases them.
• Les gusta(n) . . .You (plural) like . . ./
• . . .pleases you (plural)

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El Verbo Gustar

• The form of the verb gustar (gusta or gustan)
  does not depend on who does the liking, but
  depends on what is liked or what is pleasing.

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El Verbo Gustar

• The gusta form is used with the infinitive form
  of verbs.
• Me gusta nadar.
• I like to swim.
• Nos gusta comer pizza.
• We like to eat pizza.

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El Verbo Gustar

• The gusta form is used when the thing which is
  liked is singular.
• Nos gusta la dentista.
• We like the dentist./The dentist
• pleases us.

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El Verbo Gustar

• The gustan form is used when the things which are
  liked are plural.
• Me gustan los lápices azules.
• I like blue pencils./Blue pencils
• please me.

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El Verbo Gustar

• To say that you dont like something, or that
  something does not please you, simply add no
  before me, te, le, les, os or nos.
• No me gusta estudiar.
• I dont like to study./Studying does
• not please me.

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El Verbo Gustar

• To emphasize or identify the person you are
  talking about use the following pattern
• A name
• A David le gusta comer.
• It pleases David to eat. Or David likes to eat.

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El Verbo Gustar

• To emphasize or identify the person you are
  talking about use the following pattern
• A noun
• A mi mama le gusta comer.
• It pleases my mom to eat. or
• My mom likes to eat.

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El Verbo Gustar

• To emphasize or identify the person you are
  talking about use the following pattern.
• A pronoun
• A usted le gusta comer.
• It pleases you (formal) to eat. or
• You(formal) like to eat.

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El Verbo Gustar

• Make a complete sentence using gustar.
• Yo/ comer (sí)
• (A mí) me gusta comer.

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El Verbo Gustar

• Make a complete sentence using gustar.
• Tú/bailar(no)
• (A tí) no te gusta bailar.

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El Verbo Gustar

• Make a complete sentence using gustar.
• Nosotros/el libro(sí)
• (A nosotros) nos gusta el libro.

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El Verbo Gustar

• Make a complete sentence using gustar.
• Usted/la música(no)
• (A usted) no le gusta la música.

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El Verbo Gustar

• Make a complete sentence using gustar.
• ella/los trajes de baño(sí)
• (A ella) le gustan los trajes de baño.

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El Verbo Gustar

• Make a complete sentence using gustar.
• Ella/los patines(no)
• (A ella) no le gustan los patines.

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El Verbo Gustar

• Make a complete sentence using gustar.
• Ellos/escribir(sí)
• (A ellos) les gusta escribir.

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El Verbo Gustar

• Make a complete sentence using gustar.
• Ellas/trabajar(no)
• (A ellas) no les gusta trabajar.

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El Verbo Gustar

• Make a complete sentence using gustar.
• Nosotros/el pizarron negro(no)
• (A nosotros) no nos gusta el pizzaron negro.

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El Verbo Gustar

• Make a complete sentence using gustar.
• Ana/los zapatos de tenis(no)
• (A Ana/A ella) no le gustan los zapatos de tenis.

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El Verbo Gustar

• Make a complete sentence using gustar.
• Vosotros/los libros(sí)
• (A vosotros) os gustan los libros.

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El Verbo Gustar

• Make a complete sentence using gustar.
• David/cantar(no)
• (A David/A él) no le gusta cantar.

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El Verbo Gustar

• Make a complete sentence using gustar.
• Maria y Mario/nadar(sí)
• (A Maria y A Mario/A ellos) les gusta nadar.

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El Verbo Gustar

• Fin
• Ahora sabes como usar
• el verbo gustar.