My spanish homework is making me confused. I was absent on the day my teacher wen over the verb gustar, i asked her but she just started monologging so i phased out. can somebody help me?
2006-11-15 11:47:19 · 12 answers · asked by My dad ate my homework 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
I need to know the difference between Gusta and Gustan and which do you use with an infinitive verb?
2006-11-15 11:50:43 · update #1
Gustar is the verb you use to express that you like something. It's different in that you conjugate it based on the thing/object that you like. For example, if you want to say you like flowers, you say:
Me gustan los flores... this literally means "the flowers are pleasing to me."
Me gusta cafe... the coffee is pleasing to me
Te gusta el perro? Is the dog pleasing to you? (do you like the dog?)
El le gustan los flores. The flowers are pleasing to him.
Gusta is if the object that is pleasing is singular. Gustan is if the object that is pleasing is plural.
If you're talking about liking to do something, using the infinitive of a verb... like... Me gusta nadar (to swim is pleasing to me)... that's gusta.
2006-11-15 11:52:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a Spanish teacher so let's see if I can clear this up for you!
Gustar = to please
It is used in Spanish like we say "I like" in English, but since it doesn't literally mean to like it's conjugated differently.
There are basically two main conjugations that are used, gusta and gustan. You use gusta if you like ONE thing, and gustan for more than one thing.
You use it with an indirect object pronoun (me, you, he, etc):
me nos
te os
le les
I like the dog. = Me gusta el perro.
I like dogs. = Me gustan los perros.
We like red. = Nos gusta el rojo.
We like red and yellow. = Nos gustan el rojo y el amarillo.
If what you like is a verb, you always use the infinitive form of the verb. (Just like in English.)
I like to swim. = Me gusta nadar.
(You'd never say "I like I swim" or "Me gusta nado.")
Hope this helps.
2006-11-19 07:27:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok gustar is the verb "to please" in Spanish. However, it is used to express when you like something, because Spanish does not have a verb "to like." So in Spanish when you say you like something, you are literally saying something pleases you. Me gusta is "it pleases me", when me gustan is "they please me". So if you wanted to say I like hamburgers, it would be "Me gustan las hambuergesas", while I like this hamburger would be "Me gusta esta hambuergesa"
Also, remember when youre not talking about yourself or the person youre talking to (if youre talking about him, her or them, otr using the formal usted or ustedes) its usually easier for others to understand you if you clarify who you are talking about. This is done by adding a "A (el, ella, usted, etc.)" in front of the le or les. For example, you could say "A el le gusta el arte" or you could use someone's name in there to specify who you are talking about.
With verbs, you always use me gusta. I like to eat hamburgers is "Me gusta comer hambuergesas" Even though there are multiple hamburgers, because there is a verb involved it is me gusta and not me gustan. Hope this helped!
2006-11-15 12:02:08 · answer #3 · answered by americanmimeboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The translation of gustar that I was taught is "to be pleasing to."
So... "me gusta el dinero" is literally translated as "the money is pleasing to me." In English, it would be "I like money."
This "pleasing to" translation always helped me to remember that the subject of the sentence is flipped around in Spanish (the subject is "the money" in Spanish where the subject is "I" in English).
So just remember NOT to translate gustar as "like" in your head. Make sure you translate it as "pleasing to"... I hope that helps a little.
2006-11-15 11:59:33 · answer #4 · answered by Catherine C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm Uruguayan and the accents and pronunciation is one of a kind among them .Argentinian and Uruguayan Spanish are very an identical however Argentinian tone is one of a kind and a few one of a kind grammar ,I discover it alright to talk to a Mexican however to any person from Spain I don't have any notion the right way to appreciate what they are saying in any respect
2016-09-01 13:12:00 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
like...the forms? Go to www.tomísimo.com and that should give you a lot of help. Btw, it means "to like" so ....me gusta, te gusta, le gusta, etc. You use "gusta" when describing a single item. For example, Me gusta queso. I like cheese. cheese is singular. You also use "gusta" if you're describing somehting you like to do. For example, Me gusta escribir cartas. I like to write cards. If you're describing something plural, you use "gustan". So, Le gustan perros. I like dogs.
Oh, and what vmarie84 said is wrong. You don't use "yo, tu, ella, el, etc." You use "me, te,le, nos, os, and les."
And don't pay attention to what
2006-11-15 11:52:10 · answer #6 · answered by justagurl43 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What has been said is correct, but to me not clear enough if you don't understand....
gusta (one person, place, or thing ie it) pleases me
gustan (more than one person, place or thing ie plural it) pleases me.
gusta comer (remember infinitive is a verb) it pleases me to eat. Now instead of something pleasing me, it is pleasing me to DO something.
An infinitive is always to _____. To eat, to walk, to talk.
Another ex: You please me. They please me. It pleases me to talk to (hablar) you.
2006-11-15 12:19:20 · answer #7 · answered by Debbie T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gustar means "to like."
2006-11-15 11:51:51 · answer #8 · answered by vmarie84 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Gustan is used in plural form: Ellos gustan
Gusta is used in singular form: Alla gusta
Hope I helped you :D
2006-11-15 11:59:26 · answer #9 · answered by . 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It means "to like" something. As in, "me gusta comer torta"...I like to eat cake.
2006-11-15 11:49:51 · answer #10 · answered by peachy78 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋