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Gustar and Verbs Like Gustar“The Backwards Verbs”

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Standard Sentence Order (Spanish)•Subject Verb DO IO•Yo mando el correo electrónico a mi

amigo.

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Cultural Perception of “Like” (English)

•Subject Verb DO •I like coffee.

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Cultural Perception of “Like” (Spanish)

Spanish•IO Verb Subject•Me gusta el café

Translation•Subject Verb IO•Coffee is pleasing to me.

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Cultural Perception of “Gustar”(Spanish)

The subject coffee

has an effect on the object (or “pleases”) us

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Example in English Culture: We might say

The subject lightning

has an effect on the object (fascinates) us

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Verbs Like Gustar

•gustar to “like”

•fascinar to fascinate

•encantar to delight; to “love”

•molestar to bother

•importar* to be important

•interesar* to interest

•tocar* to be one’s turn

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Indirect Object (person to whom “is pleasing”)•me (to/for) me•te (to/for) you (fam.)

(to/for) you (pol.)•le (to/for) him

(to/for) her•nos (to/for) us

(to/for) you all• les (to/for) them (m.)

(to/for) them (f.)

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Sentence Order

•(A mí) me•(A ti) te el café•(A usted) le gusta la soda •(A él) le jugar al

fútbol•(A ella) le•(A nosotr0s) nos•(A ustedes) les gustan los

deportes•(A ell0s) les las pizzas•(A ellas) les

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Verb Form

The form of the verb gustar (gusta or gustan):

it depends on what is “liked”/is pleasing

Me gusta el café

not depend on who does the liking

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¿Te gusta la pizza?

Sí, me gusta mucho la pizza.

Yes, I like pizza a lot.

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¿A Eric le gustan los deportes?

No, a Eric no le gustan los deportes.

No, Eric does not like sports.

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¿A ustedes les fascinan las estrellas?

Sí, (a nosotros) nos fascinan las estrellas.

Yes, stars fascinate us.

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¿A Julio le importa leer la Biblia?

Sí, (a Julio) le importa mucho leer la Biblia.

Yes, reading the Bible is important to Julio.

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¿A Roberto le molestan las abejas?

Sí, (A Roberto) le molestan las abejas.

Yes, bees bother Robert.

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¿Te encanta jugar al fútbol?

¡Sí, me encanta jugar al fútbol!

Yes, I love playing soccer!

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¿A ustedes les gustan sus maestros?

Sí, (a nosotros) nos gustan nuestros maestros. ¡Son los mejores!

Yes, we like our teachers. They are the best!

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¿A ellos les interesan las matemáticas?Sí, (a ellos) les interesan las matemáticas.

Yes, math interests them.

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¿A ellas les gusta nadar en el mar?

No, (a ellas) no les gusta nadar en el mar.

No, they don’t like swimming in the ocean.

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¿Me toca el turno?

Sí, te toca el turno.

Is it my turn? Yes, its your turn.

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¿Qué no te gusta?

No, no me gusta el brócoli .

I do not like broccoli.

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¿Cuáles deportes te encanta mirar?

(A mí) Me encanta mirar el fútbol americano y el béisbol.

I love watching football and baseball.

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¡However!Yo te quiero.

I like you./I like you more than friends.(It depends on who it is and who says it.)

Yo te amo.I love you.

[NOT gustar verbs]

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