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GUSTAR

GUSTAR. (and similar verbs). EXLPANATION. GUSTAR is not conjugated like other regular verbs. It is NEVER used in the “ yo ”, “ tú ”, or “ nosotros ” forms. When a person likes something, they are not doing any action to the thing. The PERSON IS NOT THE SUBJECT.

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GUSTAR

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  1. GUSTAR (and similar verbs)

  2. EXLPANATION • GUSTAR is not conjugated like other regular verbs. • It is NEVER used in the “yo”, “tú”, or “nosotros” forms. • When a person likes something, they are not doing any action to the thing. The PERSON IS NOT THE SUBJECT. • THE THING BEING LIKED is the SUBJECT – it does (they do) something to a person.

  3. EXPLANATION CON’T. I like ice cream. I am not doing anything to the ice cream. The ice cream is doing something to me – it is pleasing me. Therefore, THE ICE CREAM IS THE SUBJECT. Ice cream is pleasing to me. Since the ice cream is technically doing the action, we have to conjugate gustar for “it”. This would be third person: GUSTA

  4. If the thing I like is PLURAL, then it is “they” are pleasing to me. I like French fries. (French fries are pleasing to me.) Since the French fries are technically doing the action, we have to conjugate gustar for “they”. This would be third person: GUSTAN

  5. HOW DO WE KNOW WHO IS AFFECTED? • Because “gusta” or “gustan” is used NO MATTER WHO it affects, we need to use something in front of it to tell us who it is. • The technical term for this would be an indirect object pronoun. However, all you need to know for now is that the following pronoun will go in front of “gusta” or “gustan” to identify the person: ME NOS TE LE LES

  6. GUSTAR – to be pleasing to (to like) ME GUSTA(N)NOS GUSTA(N) TE GUSTA(N) LE GUSTA(N)LES GUSTA(N) THIS VERB IS NEVER USED WITH ANY OTHER “AR” VERB ENDING!

  7. EXAMPLES: Megustaelfútbol. Megustanlosdeportes. ¿Tegustajugar el fútbol? ¿Tegustanlosdeportes? Éllegustala pizza. Ella legustanlasfrutas. Nosgustaelbéisbol. Nosgustanlosequiposespañoles. Elloslesgustaleer. Ellaslesgustanloslibros. Uds. lesgustalaclase. Uds. lesgustanlasclases.

  8. RELATIONSHIPS – person v. verb The person is related to the indirect object pronoun The verb is related to the thing A mí, megustaelfútbol. A tí, ¿tegusta el baloncesto? A él, legustala pizza. A nosotros, nosgustaelbéisbol. A ellos, lesgustaleer. A Uds., lesgustalaclase.

  9. OTHER VERBS THAT FUNCTION THE SAME interesar – to interest meinteresa(n) aburrir – to bore meaburre(n) encantar – to love (thing) meencanta(n) fascinar – to fascinate mefascina(n) sorprender – to surprise mesorprende(n) me, te, le, nos, les – can be changed depending on WHO it is happening to THESE VERBS ARE NEVER USED WITH ANY OTHER “AR/ER/IR” VERB ENDING!

  10. ¿PREGUNTAS? • ¿Comprendes o no?

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