CAPÍTULO 13
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THE VERB GUSTAR does not change depending on the person doing the liking.
The words yo, tú, Ud., él, and ella aren't used with the verb in the same way as
other verbs. Think about the following sentences:
S V ADJ
PREP S
V O
1. I am interested in art. 2. Art interests me.
I and me are very different words, although they still refer to the person who is
saying the sentence.
Most sentences we will use in Spanish are like the 1st sentence above.
S
V PRED
Yo soy
Juan.
Ella se llama Lupe
GUSTAR is like the 2nd sentence, only backwards!
IO V S
Me gusta el futból.
To me is pleasant soccer.
The person pleased is indicated first, then the thing that does the pleasing.
A mí me gusta ______ = ______ is pleasing to me
A tí te gusta ______ = ______ is pleasing to you (my friend)
A Ud. le gusta ______ = ______ is pleasing to you (formal)
A nosotros nos gusta ______ = ______ is pleasing to us
A ellas les gusta ______ = ________ is pleasing to them (that group of females)
Plural objects make GUSTAR plural also.
A mí me gustan ______ = ______ are pleasing to me
A tí te gustan ______ = ______ are pleasing to you (my friend)
A Ud. le gustan ______ = ______ are pleasing to you (formal)
A nosotros nos gustan ______ = ______ are pleasing to us
A ellas les gustan ______ = ________ are pleasing to them (that group of females)
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A FEW OF THE MOST COMMON VERBS that work JUST LIKE GUSTAR
Literal translation Liberal
translation
PARECER
¿Qué / Cómo
te parece la música? How does the music seem to you? What do you think about the
music?
Me parece buena.
DAR ASCO
Uy, las
ostras crudas me dan asco. Ugh,
raw oysters give me disgust. Ugh, raw oysters are disgusting to me.
¿Pero no te
da asco el sushi?
INTERESAR
No me interesa el arte moderno. Modern art doesn't interest me. I'm not interested in modern art.
CAER BIEN
Oye, tu
nuevo amigo me cae bien. Hey,
your new friend falls well with me. Your new
friend seems cool to me.
IMPORTAR
No le importa a mi padre It doesn't matter to my father My dad doesn't care if my mom smokes.
que mi madre fume. that my mother smokes.
DAR IGUAL
Si tú vienes o no, me da igual. If you come or not, it gives the same to me. It doesn't matter if you come or not.
It's all the same to me if you come or not.
MOLESTAR
El ruido le molesta a mi hermana. The noise is bothersome to my sister. The noise bothers my sister.
APETECER
(Often but not always used w/ food)
¿No te
apetece tomar algo de postre? Having
something for dessert doesn't You don't feel like dessert?
appetize you?
DOLER
¿Los pies no te duelen The feet don't hurt you Don't your feet hurt
you
en esos
zapatos? in those shoes? in those shoes?
ENCANTAR
¡El arte
del Prado me encanta! The Prado's
art enchants me! I am delighted by the
Prado's art!
AGRADAR
El clima de
Alicante me agrada.
FASCINAR
El jazz
experimental me fascinaba. Experimental
jazz used to fascinate me. -SAME- or I was
fascinated by exp. jazz.
QUEDAR
¿No le
queda a ella ningún centavo? Not
a penny is remaining to her? She doesn't have a penny left?