1. Día 3: ¿Qué te gusta hacer?
Talking about what you like to do!

2. Infinitive Verbs
As you know in English, verbs are words that describe a specific action or state of being.

3. Infinitive Verbs
In English, we have what’s called an infinitive verb. An infinitive verb is simply any verb with the word “to” in front of it.

4. Examples of infinitive verbs
To run
To walk
To dance
To sweat
To cry
To drink
To laugh
To scream
To go
To think
To believe
To die
To throw
To break
To try
To fly
To shake
To create
To speak
To feel
To eat
To swim
To steal
To hug
To play
To draw
To listen
To write
And so on…

5. Spanish Infinitive Verbs
In Spanish, infinitive verbs end in AR, ER, or IR In Spanish, these verbs have the “to” already in them. Infinitive verbs do not need always a word in front of them like they do in English (to).

6. Spanish Infinitive Verbs
Cantar- To sing Correr- To run Bailar- To dance Leer- To read Dibujar- To draw Ver- To watch Montar-To ride Escribir- To write Jugar- To play Ir- To go
The definition of each verb has “to” in it. TO + Verb

7. Using Infinitive Verbs
A great time to use infinitive verbs is when you are explaining what you like and don’t like!
To say what you like, just use…
ME GUSTA + INFINITIVE VERB OR
NO ME GUSTA + INFINITVE VERB

8. Me gusta bailar. (I like to dance)
Examples
Me gusta bailar. (I like to dance)
Infinitive verb
No me gusta cantar. (I do not like to sing)
Infinitive verb

9. To say you like multiple things
Just put the word “y” in between the verbs.
Me gusta bailar y cantar.
Me gusta dibujar y correr.
I like to dance and to sing.
I like to draw and to run.

10. ¡Me encanta!
To say you LOVE something, you can use… Me encanta + Infinitive verb OR No me encanta + Infinitive verb

11. Examples Me encanta jugar videojuegos. No me encanta leer revistas.
I love to play videogames.
No me encanta leer revistas.
I don’t love to read magazines.

12. When you don’t like more than one thing
You put the word ni before and after each item.
For example…
No me gusta ni ver la tele ni hablar por teléfono
*I don’t like to watch television nor talk on the phone

13. Tarea
Write 3 sentences explaining what you like to do and 3 sentences saying what you don’t like to do.
One of the sentences should have ni…..ni….
One of the sentences should have “y”