What is gusta in spanish

Romantic movies — DO. Me gusta el helado. Ice cream is pleasing to me. To whom? To me — IO. Romantic movies are pleasing to us. To us — IO. The only thing you really have to remember is that when using gustar, the indirect object comes first. You do not even have to take into account what you are liking or the conjugation of gustar!

Just add the appropriate indirect object and forget about it. It is really not that difficult to remember to start your Spanish gustar sentences with the indirect object. It may take a little bit to get used to it, but once you have done it a couple of times, it will come out naturally.

Nos gustan los deportes extremos. We like extreme sports. They like Italian movies. It is very important that you remember to transform the English subject into the indirect object of the Spanish sentence if you do not want to sound weird, as you will see in the next section.

At the beginning of this post, I told you that you are not allowed to conjugate the verb gustar as if it were a normal verb. This is not entirely true. But as you can see, it takes the form of a reflexive verb. I like you Literally: You are pleasing to me. A tus amigos les gusto yo. Your friends like me. Literally: I am pleasing to your friends.

We conjugate the verb in the third person singular or plural forms: gusta and gustan , determined by the thing or things that we like. Action films bore me. Babies are overwhelmed by a lot of noise.

I love to learn new languages. My feet hurt from dancing so much. My dad loves records from the seventies. Seeing so many skyscrapers in the city impressed by cousins. When the verb gustar is followed by a plural noun. A Lola le gustan los hombres fuertes. Lola likes strong men.

When the verb gustar is followed by multiple, independent nouns. I like the design, decoration, and architecture of that house. Gusta vs gustan with questions and negative sentences When asking questions or stating negative sentences, you need to stick to the same rules we mentioned before. Do you like science? I don't like your shirt. You don't like candles? Topics Grammar Spanish Verbs. Signup to get Free Spanish Lessons sent by email Sign up.

Gustar is a member of a class of verbs sometimes called "backward verbs. Rather than appearing at the beginning of the sentence, the subject comes after the verb. Therefore the subject the thing that is pleasing comes at the end of the sentence, the form of gustar comes in front of that, and the sentence starts with an object pronoun which refers to the person being pleased. So instead of "Pizza is pleasing to me" we should translate:. To me is pleasing pizza. See also: Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns.

What's an IOP? IOP stands for "indirect object pronoun. Me gusta la pizza. Te gusta la pizza. You like pizza. Pizza is pleasing to you. Le gusta la pizza. She likes pizza. Pizza is pleasing to her. Nos gusta la pizza. We like pizza. Pizza is pleasing to us. Les gusta la pizza. They like pizza. Pizza is pleasing to them. Note: To say "I like it" simply omit the subject altogether: Me gusta.

Notice how the verb gusta doesn't change in any of the examples above. That's because the subject "pizza" doesn't change either. What if you like more than one thing? Now we need to conjugate gustar differently. We need the plural form, gustan , since we now have a plural subject. Some examples:. Me gustan los tacos. I like tacos. Tacos are pleasing to me. Te gustan las galletas.

You like cookies. Cookies are pleasing to you. Nos gustan los huevos. We like eggs. Eggs are pleasing to us. Les gustan las papas fritas. They like French fries.

French fries are pleasing to them.