Transcript Le gusta… / Le gustan…

El Verbo “GUSTAR”
•Gustar is an irregular verb.
•Gustar conjugations are different than other verbs.
•Sentence structure with the verb gustar is unique.
Some would consider it “backwards’.
•En español gustar significa “to be pleasing” (literally)
•In English, the equivalent is “to like”
Por ejemplo:
• In English we say:
• En español decimos:
“I like Spanish.”
“To me, Spanish
is pleasing.”
I like the beach.
In English:
En español:
• “I” is the subject
• “the beach” is the
subject
• “like” is the verb
• “the beach” is
the direct object
• “to please” is the
verb
• “me” is the
indirect
object
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.
• Make it negative by adding “no” before the
indirect object pronoun (me, te, le, nos, os, les).
Las formas de Gustar
Me gusta… / Me gustan…
I like…
Nos gusta… / Nos gustan…
We like…
Te gusta… / Te gustan…
You like…
Os gusta… / Os gustan…
You all (informal) like…
(Spain only)
Le gusta… / Le gustan…
He / she / You (formal
like(s)…
Les gusta… / Les gustan…
They / you all like…
Who is doing the “liking”?
Select the Indirect Object Pronoun based on
WHO the “liker” is...
I = me
We = nos
You = te
You all (informal) = os
He
She =
le
You (formal)
They
You all = les
Singular vs. Plural:
Determine which form of gustar (gusta /
gustan) to use based on WHAT’s LIKED NOT
who likes.
“Gusta” =
singular noun
=
infinitives (verbs / actions)
(1 or more)
“Gustan” =
plural nouns
=
Nouns and infinities
Frases de clarificación:
He likes to swim.
“Le gusta nadar.”
She likes to swim.
You like to swim.
“Les gusta la playa.”
They like the beach.
You like the beach.
Frases de clarificación:
•To clarify who the “liker” is, put a personal a (the
letter a) and the person’s name or pronoun at the
begining, in front of the indirect object pronoun
(me, te, le, etc.)
Frases de clarificación:
a mí
me gusta
a nosotros
nos gusta
a ti
te gusta
a vosotros
os gusta
a él
a ella
a Ud.
(a Roberto) le gusta
(a Lola)
(a tu hermano)
a ellos
a ellas
a Uds.
(a Roberto y
a Luis)
les gusta
(a Lola y a
Carmen)
(a mis amigos)
• Never use a yo or a tú. It’s always a mí and a ti
¿Cómo se dice?
“I like coffee.”
(A mí) Me
gusta
el café.
“Coffee is pleasing to me.”
¿Cómo se dice?
“You like cars.”
(A ti) Te gustan los coches.
“Cars are pleasing to you.”
¿Cómo se dice?
“He doesn’t like to dance.”
(A él) No le gusta bailar.
“To dance is not pleasing to him.”
¿Cómo se dice?
“We like our teachers.”
nuestros
(A Nosotros) Nos gustan
profesores.
“Our teachers please us.”
¿Cómo se dice?
“You (guys) don’t like to go to the movies.”
(A vosotros) No os gusta
ir al cine.
“To go to the movies is not pleasing to you (guys).”
¿Cómo se dice?
“They like history and spanish.”
la
historia
y
gustan
(A ellos) Les
el español.
“History and Spanish are pleasing to them.”
¿Cómo se dice en español?
I like to study.
(A mí) Me gusta estudiar.
Elena likes to watch television.
(A Elena) le gusta ver la televisión.
We don’t like to do homework.
(A Nosotros) No nos gusta hacer la tarea.
Carlos and Miguel like cars.
(A Carlos y a Miguel) les gustan los coches.
Do you guys like to look at photos?
¿(A vosotros) Os gusta mirar fotos?
You like to go shopping, right?
(A ti) Te gusta ir de compras, ¿verdad?