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Verbs Like GUSTAR. With a Review of Pronouns. Pronoun Review. Reflexive Pronouns. nosotros. me. nos. I we you ya’ll he they she they YOU ya’ll. yo. myself ourselves yourself yourselves himself themselves herself themselves
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Verbs Like GUSTAR With a Review of Pronouns
Pronoun Review Reflexive Pronouns nosotros me nos I we you ya’ll he they she they YOUya’ll yo myself ourselves yourself yourselves himself themselves herself themselves YOURself yourselves os vosotros te tú Subject Pronouns se ellos se él se ellas se ella ustedes se se usted We perform the action. The action is reflected onto us. Indirect Object Pronouns Direct Object Pronouns me nos me us you ya’ll him them her them YOUya’ll It (a mí) me nos me us you ya’ll him them her them YOUya’ll (a nosotros) te os (a tí) (a vosotros) te os lo los (a él) (a ellos) le les las la (a ellas) (a ella) le les los, las la lo, le (a usted) (a ustedes) les lo, la We are the WHO or WHAT that receives the action. 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 ellagusta mucho el libro. Indirect Object Pronouns Te Me le (a mí) me nos me us you ya’ll him them her them YOUya’ll (a nosotros) (a tí) (a vosotros) te os (a él) (a ellos) le les (a ellas) (a ella) le les le (a usted) (a ustedes) les We are TO WHOM or FOR WHOM the action is intended.
GUSTAR-to be pleasing to • Notice that GUSTAR is conjugated to match the thing, not the person: Megustael libro. Tegustael libro. Legustael libro. Nosgustael libro. Lesgustael libro. The book is pleasing to me. The book is pleasing to you. The book is pleasing to him/her. The book is pleasing to us. The book is pleasing to them/ya’ll.
GUSTAR-to be pleasing to Megustan los libros. Tegustan los libros. A ellalegustan los libros. • The books are pleasing to me. • The books are pleasing to you. • The books are pleasing to her. This prepositional phrase is added for emphasis or to clarify who the pronoun refers to.
GUSTAR-to be pleasing to • 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! Megustóla películaBreaking Dawn. Megustarontodaslaspelículasde Twilight.
Other verbs like GUSTAR: • Importar—to be important to • Interesar—to be interesting to • Molestar—to bother • Faltar—to be lacking something • Encantar—to really like something • Aburrir—to be boring to • Parecer—to appear to be • Volver loco—to be crazy about something
Using your knowledge of how the verb “gustar” functions in Spanish (p. 38-39 libroverde), translate the following sentences into Spanish. ¡Cuidado! Does the sentence use present tense or preterite tense?
My friends are important to me. (importar) Me importanmis amigos.
2.Homework is important to Juan. (importar) A Juan le importa la tarea.
3. Competitions are interesting to the fans. (interesar) A los aficionados les interesanlascompetencias.
4. The game was interesting to the trainer. (interesar) Al entrenador le interesó el partido.
Me molestaron los locutores. 5. The announcers (locutores) botheredme. (molestar)