“INTERESAR”(to be interested in) Los verbos “GUSTAR” (to like) “ENCANTAR” (to love) “INTERESAR”(to be interested in) “ABURRIR”(to bore)
All these verbs have special uses in Spanish. GUSTAR, ENCANTAR, INTERESAR, ABURRIR All these verbs have special uses in Spanish. They are NOT like traditional “ar”, “er” and “ir” verbs. They are NOT used in all forms (yo, tu, el, ella, nosotros, vosotros, ellos)
These verbs only have two conjugations: GUSTAR, ENCANTAR, INTERESAR, ABURRIR These verbs only have two conjugations: Singular gusta / encanta / interesa / aburre Plural gustan / encantan / interesan / aburren
Singular = singular nouns = infinitives Plural = plural nouns = two or more singular nouns
The word order is actually “backwards”: En Español…: The word order is actually “backwards”: The indirect object comes first: Me Then the verb: gusta Finally the subject of the verb: la playa. Make it negative by adding “no” at the beginning.
Pay attention to: 1.It only has two conjugations: 2.It is conjugated based on what comes after it. 3. It always uses an Indirect Object Pronoun.
= Me gusta… / Me gustan… Te gusta… / Te gustan… Le gusta… / Le gustan… Nos gusta… / Nos gustan… Os gusta... / Os gustan… Les gusta… / Les gustan… I like… You like… He / she / You like(s)… We like… You (all) like … They like… =
Example 1: “I like coffee.” Me gusta el café.
Example 2: “You like cars.” Te gustan los coches.
“He doesn’t like to dance.” Example 3: “He doesn’t like to dance.” No le gusta bailar.
Example 4: “They like history” Les gusta la historia.
To add emphasis , the sentence sometimes begins with a prepositional phrase that clarifies just who the IO pronoun refers to. I like… – A mi me gusta… You like… - A ti te gusta… He likes… - A el le gusta… She likes… - A ella le gusta… We like… - A nosotros nos gusta… You {all} like … - A vosotros os gusta… They like… - A ellos les gusta…
Now that you know how to use these verbs, here you have a list of verbs that operate in the same manner: Bastar:to be sufficient Importar:to be important to caer bien (mal): to (not) suit dar asco: to be loathsome Molestar:to bother Disgustar: to dislike something Parecer:to appear to be doler (o-ue):to be painful Picar:to itch Quedar:to be left over, remain Faltar:to lack something volver (o-ue) loco:to be crazy about