Transcript Verbs Like GUSTAR

Pronoun Review
Subject Pronouns
I
yo
you
tú
él
he
she
ella
YOU usted
We perform
we nosotros
ya’ll vosotros
they ellos
they ellas
ya’ll ustedes
the action.
Direct Object Pronouns
me me
us nos
you te
ya’ll os
him lo
them los
her la
them las
YOU lo, la
ya’ll los, las
It lo, la
We are the WHO or WHAT that
receives the action.
Reflexive Pronouns
myself me
ourselves
yourself te
yourselves
himself se
themselves
herself se
themselves
YOURself se
yourselves
The action is reflected onto us.
nos
os
se
se
se
Indirect Object Pronouns
me
you
him
her
YOU
(a mí) me
(a tí) te
(a él) le
(a ella) le
(a usted) le
us (a nosotros) nos
ya’ll (a vosotros) os
them (a ellos) les
them (a ellas) les
ya’ll (a ustedes) les
We are TO WHOM or FOR WHOM the
action is intended.
GUSTAR-to be pleasing to
I like the book. (The book is pleasing to me.)
gusta el libro.
¿
gusta el libro?
A ella
gusta mucho el libro.
Indirect Object Pronouns
me
you
him
her
YOU
Te
Me
le
(a mí) me
(a tí) te
(a él) le
(a ella) le
(a usted) le
us (a nosotros) nos
ya’ll (a vosotros) os
them (a ellos) les
them (a ellas) les
ya’ll (a ustedes) les
We are TO WHOM or FOR WHOM the
action is intended.
GUSTAR-to be pleasing to
0 Notice that GUSTAR is conjugated to
match the thing, not the person:
Me gusta el libro. The book is pleasing to me.
Te gusta el libro. The book is pleasing to you.
Le gusta el libro. The book is pleasing to him/her.
Nos gusta el libro.The book is pleasing to us.
Les gusta el libro. The book is pleasing to
them/ya’ll.
GUSTAR-to be pleasing to
0 The books are pleasing to me.
0 The books are pleasing to you.
0 The books are pleasing to her.
Me gustan los libros.
Te gustan los libros.
A ella le gustan los
libros.
This prepositional phrase
is added for emphasis or to
clarify who the pronoun
refers to.
GUSTAR-to be pleasing to
0 GUSTAR and other verbs like GUSTAR are always
conjugated to match the item, not the person,
regardless of verb tense.
I liked the movie Breaking Dawn.
Past tense!
Me gustó la película Breaking Dawn.
Me gustaron todas las películas de Twilight.
Other verbs like GUSTAR:
0 Importar—to be important to
0 Interesar—to be interesting to
0 Molestar—to bother
0 Faltar—to be lacking something
0 Encantar—to really like something
0 Aburrir—to be boring to
0 Parecer—to appear to be
0 Volver loco—to be crazy about something
Using your knowledge of how the verb
“gustar” functions in Spanish (p. 38-39 libro
verde), translate the following sentences into
Spanish. ¡Cuidado! Does the sentence use
present tense, preterite tense or imperfect
tense?
1. My friends are important to me.
(importar)
____ _______ mis amigos
Me importan mis amigos.
2. Last night’s homework was important
to Juan. (importar)
A Juan ___ ___________ la tarea de anoche.
A Juan le importó la tarea de anoche.
3. Competitions are interesting to the fans.
(interesar)
A los aficionados ____ _______________ las
competencias.
A los aficionados les interesan las
competencias.
4. As children, playing soccer was interesting
to us. (interesar)
De niños, ______ ________ jugar al fútbol
De niños, nos interesaba jugar al fútbol.
5. My siblings always bothered me.
(molestar)
_____ _________ mis hermanos siempre.
Me molestaban mis hermanos siempre.