1. Gustar Explanation of gustar Review of clarifiers
Explanation of gustar with subject
Explanation of negation with gustar
Practice with gustar
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2. gustar (to be pleasing)
a mí me
gusta
to me
it is pleasing
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3. gustar (to be pleasing)
a ti te
gusta
to you (fam.)
it is pleasing
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4. gustar (to be pleasing)
a Ud. le
gusta
it is pleasing
to you (formal)
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5. gustar (to be pleasing)
a él le
gusta
to him
it is pleasing
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6. gustar (to be pleasing)
a ella le
gusta
to her
it is pleasing
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7. gustar (to be pleasing)
a nosotros(as)
nos
gusta
to us
it is pleasing
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8. gustar (to be pleasing)
a vosotros(as) os
gusta
it is pleasing
to you (pl) familiar
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9. gustar (to be pleasing)
a Uds.
les
gusta
it is pleasing
to you (pl.) (formal)
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10. gustar (to be pleasing)
a ellos
les
gusta
to them (masc.)
it is pleasing
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11. gustar (to be pleasing)
a ellas
les
gusta
to them (fem.)
it is pleasing
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12. The clarifiers are as follows:
a mí
me = to me
a nosotros(as)
nos = to us
a ti
te = to you (fam.)
a vosotros(as)
os = to you (fam.)
a Ud.
le = to you (form)
a Uds.
les = to you (form)
a él
le = to him
a ellos
les = to them
a ella
le = to her
a ellas
les = to them
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13. What do you do if you want to say: Fred likes to eat?
A Fred le
gusta comer.
(to) Fred
Fred
it is pleasing to eat.
likes to eat.
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14. What do you do if you want to say: My brothers like to eat?
A mis hermanos
les
gusta comer.
(to) My brothers
My brothers
it is pleasing to eat.
like to eat.
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15. What do you do if you want to say: My brothers don’t like to eat?no
A mis hermanos
les
gusta comer.
(to) My brothers
My brothers
it is not pleasing to eat.
don’t like to eat.
Always place the no in front of the indirect object pronouns (me, te, le, nos, os,les.
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16. Diana likes to talk.
A Diana le gusta hablar.
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17. Diana doesn’t like to talk.
A Diana no le gusta hablar.
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18. Fred doesn’t like to answer the phone.
A Fred no le gusta contestar el teléfono.
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19. Fred doesn’t like to answer the phone.
A Fred no le gusta contestar el teléfono.
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20. I like to watch television.
A mí me gusta mirar la televisión.
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21. We like to watch television.
A nosotros nos gusta mirar la televisión.
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22. María and Susana like to go shopping.
A María y a Susana les gusta ir de compras.
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23. José and Felipe don’t like to go shopping.
A José y a Felipe no les gusta ir de compras.
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24. Who likes to go shopping?
¿A quién le gusta ir de compras?
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25. A nosotros nos gusta correr.
We like to run.
A nosotros nos gusta correr.
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26. A ellos no les gusta correr.
They don’t like to run.
A ellos no les gusta correr.
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