El verbo Gustar

Gustar = to be pleasing to

• In English it’s translated to “I like”

• In English we say “I like dogs”

• In Spanish we say “ The dogs are pleasing to me”

“Me gustan los perros”

IOP + VERB + SUBJECT

You conjugate for the subject in the sentence. The subject is

what/ who is doing the action.

There are TWO forms of GUSTAR

1. Gusta (refers to one object)

2. Gustan (refers to more than one object)

The verb gustargustar is conjugated

to go with the thing you like, which is actually

the subject of the sentence.

Me gustan los perros

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I like dogs

Ejemplos:

Me gustaa la pizza.(I like the pizza.)

Me gustanan las galletgalletasas. (I like cookies.)

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Ejemplos:

Me gustaa la pizza. (I like the pizza.)

Me gustanan las galletgalletasas. (I like cookies.)

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GustarGustar is used with indirect object pronounsindirect object pronouns..

They refer to who is being pleased or who is being affected

IOP (to …) meme (me) te te (you, familiar) lele (you, formal/him/her) nos (us)os (you-Spain)Les (Them)

Me gustan los perrosDogs are pleasing to me

To talk about likes and dislikes

with gustar …gustar …

Use this formula!

+ form of gustar + what you like

(indirect object pronoun)

To say what you dislike just put NO in front of the IOP

No me gustan los perros

There are 4 parts to forming a sentence

with GUSTAR!

Backwards verbs!!

1. What you like, or what is doing the pleasing

el/la_______________

los/ las______________

NO NAKED NOUNS!

2. Form of GUSTAR

Gusta

Gustan

3. IOP

MeTeleNosOsles

I like chocolate =

I like the cats =

el chocolategustaMe

los gatosgustan Me

who is being pleased

One object/ singular

More than one/ plural

Part 4 is used for clarification or

emphasis!

a mí

a ti

*a él /ella/ Ud./ ______

a nosotros/ a ______ y a mí

* a ellas/ ellos/ Uds. / a_______ y a ________

A mí me gusta el chocolate

A ti te gusta el chocolate

A él le gusta el chocolateA Jenny le gusta el chocolate

A nosotros nos gusta el chocolate

A Jenny y a Mike les gusta el chocolate

name

name

Clarifies who is being pleased when using (le and les)

When you have two verbs together

you use the singular form of

GUSTAR

Me gusta bailar. (I like to dance)

Me gusta bailar y cantar. (I like to dance and sing.)

Other verbs like GUSTAR

Encantar = to like very much (objects or thing )/ to love (inanimate objects)

Me encanta la canción

Disgustar= to displease/ to upset

Me disgustan las noticias