2. El Verbo “GUSTAR” En español gustar significa “to be pleasing” In English, the equivalent is “to like”

3. Por ejemplo: In English we say: “I like Spanish.” En español decimos: “To me, Spanish is pleasing.”

4. I like the beach I like the beach. In English: “I” is the subject “like” is the verb “the beach” is the direct object En español: “the beach” is the subject “to please” is the verb “me” is the indirect object

5. 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.

6. Who is doing the “liking”? Indirect Object Pronouns:metelenososles

7. “Gusta”=singular nouns =infinitives “Gustan”=plural nouns

8. Frases de clarificación: “Le gusta nadar.” He likes to swim. She likes to swim. You like to swim. “Les gusta la playa.” They like the beach. You like the beach.

9. Frases de clarificación: Me=a mí Te=a ti Le=a él a ella a Ud. (a Roberto) (a Lola) (a tu hermano) Nos=a nosotros Os=a vosotros Les=a ellos a ellas a Uds. (a Roberto y a Luis) (a Lola y a Carmen) (a mis amigos)

10. Me gusta… / Me gustan… Te gusta… / Te gustan… Le gusta… / Le gustan… Nos gusta… / Nos gustan… Os gusta… / Os gustan… Les gusta… / Les gustan… 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 guys like… They / you like… ==

11. ¿Cómo se dice? “I like coffee.” “Coffee is pleasing to me.” el café.gustaMe

12. ¿Cómo se dice? “You like cars.” “Cars are pleasing to you.” los coches.gustanTe

13. ¿Cómo se dice? “He doesn’t like to dance.” “To dance is not pleasing to him.” bailar.gustaNo le

14. ¿Cómo se dice? “We like our teachers.” “Our teachers please us.” nuestros profesores. gustanNos

15. ¿Cómo se dice? “You (guys) don’t like to go to the movies.” “To go to the movies is not pleasing to you (guys).” ir al cine.gustaNo os

16. ¿Cómo se dice? “They like history and spanish.” “History and Spanish are pleasing to them.” la historia y el español. gustanLes

17. ¿Cómo se dice en español? I like to study. Serena likes to watch television. We don’t like to do homework. Javier and Miguel like cars. Do you guys like to look at photos? You like to go shopping, right?

18. I like to study. Me gusta estudiar.

19. We like to read magazines.

20. (A nosostros) nos gusta leer unas revistas.

21. . I don’t like to do (hacer) homework.

22. I don’t like to do homework. (A mí) No me gusta hacer la tarea.

23. You like to play eat.

24. You like to eat. A tí, te gusta comer.

25. = I like ham.

26. A mí, me gusta el jamon.

27. Do you like steak? ¿Te gusta el biftek?

28. Do you like steak? ¿Te gusta el biftek?

29. Mrs. Subbotin likes Russian books.

30. A Sra. Subbotin le gustan los libros de ruso.