The verb "gustar" in Spanish is a peculiar verb that can cause confusion for those learning Spanish as a second language. In this blog post, we will discuss the correct usage of this verb, as well as some examples to help clarify its meaning and usage.
In order to conjugate this verb we need to think in some elements of the sentence.
First we have "who likes it" the subject is going to be indicated by the indirect object pronouns (me, te, le, nos, les), this is not optional, it has to be there, however, the tonic pronouns (a mí, a tí, a él, a ella, a usted, a nosotros, a ellos/as, a ustedes) are optional
The next thing is the verb, which is going to have only 2 conjugations, gusta and gustan. When do we use each one? this is going to be determinate by our next element.
The complement or object of the sentence is going to tell us which conjugation of gustar we are going to use. If the object is singular or is a verb we use "gusta" if the object id plural we use gustan.
Dialogo:
A: ¿Te gusta el cerdo?
B: No, a mí no me gusta mucho ¿Y a ti?
A: A mí tampoco, es muy grasoso.
A: ¿y a tí te gustan los plátanos?
B: Sí me gustan, ¿y a ti?
A: A mí también, son ricos.
Otros ejemplos
Me gusta la playa.
Me gustan las frutas.
Me gusta mucho bailar.
A Laura le gustan los perros.
A él no le gusta cocinar.
Nos gustan las hamburguesas.
Te gustan los gatos
No nos gustan los sombreros
Do we agree or not?
When we talk about what we like, it is necessary to show agreement or disagreement. When two people agree in something affirmative we say yo también (me too) if we agree in something negative we say a mi tampoco (me neither). If our preference is different, we disagree, we say a mi si (I do) a mi no ( I don't)
We can also add how much we like, here we have some quantifiers, cuantificadores.
Me encanta --- I love it
Mucho --- A lot
bastante --- very much
me gusta --- I like it
Un poco --- A little bit
No mucho --- Not very much
No me gusta --- I don't like it
No me gusta nada --- I don't like it at all
Actividades
1) Completa cada frase con Gusta o Gustan según corresponda.
2) Completa con gusta, gustan, a mi también, a mi tampoco
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