El verbo gustar

Verbos del tipo gustar

TTHE SPANISH SPELL

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Modules

Module 1

Activities

Theory

¿Qué significa gustar?

What's the meaning of "gustar"?

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Primeros pasos

First steps

ME GUSTA /ME GUSTAN = I LIKE IT / I LIKE THEM

El chocolate me gusta

Chocolate is liked by me = I like chocolate

the order doesn’t matter here!

Me gustan los perros

Dogs are liked by me = I like dogs

Actividad 1

Conjugación

Conjugation

We can use gusta or gustan with nouns and pronouns: Before a noun we need always an article unless it is a proper noun: We can also use "gusta" before a verb. The verb will be in infinitive

• We usually start learning the 3rd person because is the most common use.
• We use it to talk about what we like and don’t like. For example hobbies, food, colours, animals, etc.

• Me gusta el libro
• Me gustan estos

• Me gustan las mariposas
• Me gusta Madrid

• Me gusta bailar
• Me gusta cocinar y cantar

Actividad 2

Conjugación

Conjugation

GUSTAR ES UN VERBO REGULAR

Gustar is a regular verb

¿A quién le gusta?

Who likes...?

• As we have seen the subject in “me gusta” is what we like. That‘s the reason why the verb change depending in what or who is liked.
• “Me“ means “to me“ and it refers to the indirect object, in other words, the person “who likes“.
• In the next page we will see the different pronouns to refer to the indirect object.

¿A quién le gusta?

Who likes...?

PRONOMBRES DE C. INDIRECTO

Meaning

Optional

Not optional

me

• Me gustan los videojuegos
• I like videogames

• A ellos no les gusta hacer deporte
• They don't like doing sport

te

le

nos

os

les

Actividad 3

¿Quién me gusta?

Combinación

All together

Who do I like?

¿Quién te gusta?

Combinación

All together

Who do youlike?

Combina como quieras

Combinación

All together

Combine as you want

Who is liked?

Who likes?

• gusto (yo)
• gustas (tú)
• gusta (él/ ella / usted)
• gustamos (nosotros/as)

• gustáis (vosotros/as)
• gustan (ellos/as)

• (A mí) me
• (A ti) te
• (A él, ella, usted) le
• (A nosotros/as) nos
• (A vosotros/as) os
• (A ellos/as) les

Actividad 4

Para indicar reciprocidad

To indicate reciprocity

Nosotros/as nos gustamos Vosotros/as os gustáis Ellos/as se gustan

We like eachother You like eachother They like eachother

Actividad 5

Otros verbos

Other verbs

Check the lesson "verbs like gustar" on my website:

Otros verbos del tipo "GUSTAR"

Vamos a practicar

Let's practice

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Activity 2

Completa con la opción correcta:

Completa con la opción correcta:

Put on the same order

1. They like him
2. I like her
3. You like me
4. I like you
5. She likes me
6. He likes them

You like them

He likes us

We like you -plural-

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