1. El Verbo GUSTAR En español gustar significa “to be pleasing” In English, the equivalent is “to like”

2. GUSTAR In order to say that you like something in Spanish, you must say that the thing is pleasing to you. For example, “I like the book” is expressed as “The book is pleasing to me.” Me gusta el libro.

3. Por ejemplo: In English we say: “I like Spanish.” In Spanish we say: “To me, Spanish is pleasing.” You have to say it backwards

4. Who is doing the “liking”? To tell who likes something we useIndirect Object Pronouns (IOP): me to me te To you le To him, her, you nos to us les To them, to you all

5. Gustar Gustar’s Indirect Objects fall in the same place in a sentence as did our Subject Pronouns. Except now they take the place of the yo, tú, él, ella, Ud., nosotros, ellos, ellas, Uds. Can you say IRREGULAR!!!

6. The forms of GUSTAR We will use only two forms--gusta and gustan. The object pronouns me, te, le, nos and les indicate who likes the thing mentioned. The subject (what is liked) follows the verb. If the subject is singular, use gusta. If the subject is plural, use gustan.

7. Me gusta… / Me gustan… Te gusta… / Te gustan… Le gusta… / Le gustan… Nos gusta… / Nos gustan… Les gusta… / Les gustan… I like… You like… He / she / you like(s)… We like… They / you all like.. = SingularPlural

8. Ejemplos Me gusta la historia. I like history. (History is pleasing to me.) ¿Te gusta el fútbol? Do you like soccer? (Is soccer pleasing to you?) Nos gusta el béisbol. We like baseball. (Baseball is pleasing to us.)

9. If more that one thing is liked, the verb will be gustan, the plural form. Me gustan los deportes. I like sports. (Sports are pleasing to me.) No te gustan los deportes. You don´t like sports. (Sports are not pleasing to you.) Más Ejemplos

10. GUSTAR is often used with an infinitive to tell what you like to do. ¿Te gusta comer? Do you like to eat? Sí, me gusta comer. Yes, I like to eat.

11. gusta ** singular nouns (you like one thing) (you like one thing) **infinitives (what you like to do) gustan ** plural nouns (you like more than one thing) Usewith

12. ¿Cómo se dice? I like coffee. “Coffee is pleasing to me.” el café.gusta Me

13. ¿Cómo se dice? You like cars. “Cars are pleasing to you.” los coches.gustanTe It’s backwards

14. ¿Cómo se dice? We like our teachers. “Our teachers please us.” nuestros profesores.gustanNos

15. ¿Cómo se dice? They like history and Spanish. “History and Spanish are pleasing to them.” la historia y el español.gustanLes

16. No me gusta. I don´t like it. To say what you don´t like, put no before the object pronoun. No me gusta la tarea. I don´t like homework.

17. ¿Cómo se dice? She doesn’t like basketball. Basketball is not pleasing to her. el baloncesto.gustaNo le

18. ¿Cómo se dice? He doesn’t like to dance. “To dance is not pleasing to him.” bailar.gustaNo le

19. Frases de clarificación: Le gusta jugar el fútbol. He likes to play soccer. She likes to play soccer. You like to play soccer. Les gusta la playa. They like the beach. You all like the beach.

20. Frases de clarificación: Le= a él a ella a Ud. (a Roberto) (a Lola) (a tu hermano) Les= a ellos a ellas a Uds. (a Roberto y a Luis) (a Lola y a Carmen) (a mis amigos)

21. Frases de énfasis: Me=a mí Te=a ti Nos=a nosotros Add these to the beginning of the sentence to emphasize who likes something. A mí me gusta el béisbol. I like baseball. (not you) A ti te gusta el baloncesto. You like basketball.(not me)

22. ¿Cómo se dice en español? I like to run. Me gusta correr. Elena likes to watch television. A Elena le gusta ver la televisión. We don’t like to study. No nos gusta estudiar. Mateo likes cars. A Mateo le gustan los coches. You like movies, right? Te gustan las películas, ¿verdad? They don´t like geometry. No les gusta la geometría.

23. ¿What if you love it? Use encantar to show stronger emotion. Me encanta la pizza. I love pizza. A mis hijos les encantan los coches. My sons love cars. ¡Nos encanta la geometría! We love geometry! McDonald´s uses this in their commercials. I´m lovin´it. Me encanta.

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25. I like the beach I like the beach. = In English: “I” is the subject “like” is the verb “the beach” is the direct object En español: “the beach” is the subject “to please” is the verb “me” is the indirect object Me gusta la playa Me gusta la playa.

26. En Español…: The word order is actually “backwards”: The indirect object comes first:Me Then the verb:gusta Finally the subject of the verb:la playa.