Gustar y los verbos como

gustar

We don’t conjugate gustar in the usual way. The verb gustar has two conjugations you’ll need, gusta & gustan. The indirect object pronoun is used to determine whom you’re referring to:

me l noste l Xle l les

You use gusta when you’re referring to one thing you like.

You use gustan when you’re referring to more than one thing that are liked.

Indirect object pronouns As you know, we don’t conjugate “gustar”

and verbs like it in the regular way. You use an indirect object pronoun to indicate who is doing the liking.

For yo A mi me gusta la

comida china. A mi me gustan las

manzanas.

(I like one thing.)

(I like more than one thing.)

For tú A ti te gusta el

chocolate. A ti te gustan las

uvas.

(You like one thing.)

(You like more than one thing.)

For él, ella, and usted A él le gusta la

comida italiana. A ella le gustan los

frijoles. A usted le gusta

montar a caballo.

(He likes one thing.)

(She likes more than one thing.)

(You [formal] like to do one thing.)

For nosotros/nosotras A nosotros nos gusta

el béisbol. A nosotras nos

gustan los huevos.

(We like one thing.)

(We like more than one thing.)

For ustedes, ellos A ustedes les gusta

correr. A ustedes les gustan

las chuletas. A ellos les gusta el

helado. A ellas les gustan las

galletas.

(You guys like to do one thing.)

(You guys like more than one thing.)

(They like one thing.)

(They like more than one thing.)

A few notes on verbs like gustar: The way you know

who likes or dislikes something is determined by the indirect object pronoun, not the verb.

Indirect object pronouns are me, te, le, nos, & les.

More about gustar verbs It doesn’t matter if it’s one person or more

than one person doing the liking. What matters is how many things they like!

The indirect object pronoun is what tells you who it is that’s going the liking! (me, te, le, nos, les)

More verbs like gustarTo express likes:

Encantar

Fascinar

Interesar

To express dislikes:

Chocar

Fastidiar

Try these: 1. He likes the movie,

Whip It.

1. A él le gusta la película, Whip It.

2. They like the book, Twilight.

2. A ellos les gusta el libro, Twilight.

3. I like school.

3. A mí me gusta la escuela.

4. We don’t like the classes.

4. A nosotros no nos gustan las clases.

5. Homer likes the sandwich..

5. A Homer le gusta el sandwich.

6. Homer likes hamburgers.

7. A Homer le gustan las hamburguesas.

Try these: 8. They like to ride camels ( montar a

camello).

9. You and your brother like Chinese food.

10. You (tú) love Mexican food. 11. We love Mexican food. 12. Does he like soccer? 13. She likes soccer. 14. We like soccer. 15. My grandfather hates shrimp (los

camarones).

16. She hates hot dogs (los perritos calientes).

17. He likes cookies. 18. You (usted) like bananas (los

plátanos). 19. We like apples. 20. We like to play basketball.