1. Gustar
• Explanation of gustar
• Review of clarifiers
• Explanation of gustar with subject
• Explanation of negation with gustar
• Practice with gustar
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2. gustar
(to be pleasing)
a mí me gusta
to me it is pleasing
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3. gustar
(to be pleasing)
a ti te gusta
to you (fam.) it is pleasing
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4. gustar
(to be pleasing)
a Ud. le gusta
to you (formal) it is pleasing
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5. gustar
(to be pleasing)
a él le gusta
to him it is pleasing
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6. gustar
(to be pleasing)
a ella le gusta
to her it is pleasing
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7. gustar
(to be pleasing)
a nosotros(as) nos gusta
to us it is pleasing
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8. gustar
(to be pleasing)
a vosotros(as) os gusta
it is pleasing
to you (pl) familiar
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9. gustar
(to be pleasing)
a Uds. les gusta
to you (pl.) (formal) it is pleasing
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10. gustar
(to be pleasing)
a ellos les gusta
to them (masc.) it is pleasing
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11. gustar
(to be pleasing)
a ellas les gusta
to them (fem.) it is pleasing
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12. The clarifiers are as follows:
a mí me = to me a nosotros(as) nos = to us
a ti te = to you (fam.) a vosotros(as) os = to you (fam.)
a Ud. le = to you (form) a Uds. les = to you (form)
a él le = to him a ellos les = to them
a ella le = to her a ellas les = to them
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13. What do you do if you want to say:
Fred likes to eat?
A Fred le gusta comer.
(to) Fred it is pleasing to eat.
Fred likes to eat.
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14. What do you do if you want to say:
My brothers like to eat?
A mis hermanos les gusta comer.
(to) My brothers it is pleasing to eat.
My brothers like to eat.
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15. What do you do if you want to say:
My brothers don’t like to eat?
A mis hermanos no les gusta comer.
(to) My brothers it is not pleasing to eat.
My brothers don’t like to eat.
Always place the no in front of the indirect
object pronouns (me, te, le, nos, os,les.
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16. Diana likes to talk.
A Diana le gusta hablar.
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17. Diana doesn’t like to talk.
A Diana no le gusta hablar.
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18. Fred doesn’t like to answer the
phone.
A Fred no le gusta contestar el
teléfono.
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19. Fred doesn’t like to answer the
phone.
A Fred no le gusta contestar el
teléfono.
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20. I like to watch television.
A mí me gusta mirar la televisión.
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21. We like to watch television.
A nosotros nos gusta mirar la
televisión.
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22. María and
Susana like to go shopping.
A María y a Susana les gusta ir de
compras.
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23. José and Felipe don’t like to go
shopping.
A José y a Felipe no les gusta ir de
compras.
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24. Who likes to go shopping?
¿A quién le gusta ir de compras?
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25. We like to run.
A nosotros nos gusta correr.
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26. They don’t like to run.
A ellos no les gusta correr.
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