{"id":366,"date":"2020-03-11T03:07:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T03:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-introductoryspanish1\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=366"},"modified":"2024-04-29T19:27:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T19:27:31","slug":"gramatica-querer-y-gustar","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1-2\/chapter\/gramatica-querer-y-gustar\/","title":{"raw":"Gram\u00e1tica: Querer y gustar","rendered":"Gram\u00e1tica: Querer y gustar"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Objetivos<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Use \"querer\" and \"gustar\" to explain your wants and likes<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\nIn English both of the following sentences use the basic subject-verb-object sentence structure: \"I want a vacation\" and \"I like vacations.\" They're not the same in Spanish!\r\n\r\nTo contrast these thoughts we'll need to learn the conjugation of\u00a0<em>querer<\/em> (to want). For now, just memorize it as if it were irregular. But you may notice that it has a stem-vowel change that's similar to\u00a0<em>tener<\/em>\u2014that's actually a fairly common pattern in Spanish and you will learn more about it in the next section.\r\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"1\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\"><strong>QUERER (<em>to want<\/em>)<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\">singular<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\">plural<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\">primera persona<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\"><strong>quiero<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\"><strong>queremos<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\">segunda persona<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\"><strong>quieres<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\"><strong>quer\u00e9is<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\">tercera persona<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\"><strong>quiere<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\"><strong>quieren<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Yo quiero una vacaci\u00f3n. (<em>I want a vacation.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Juanito y yo queremos salir y jugar en el jard\u00edn. (<em>Johnny and I\u00a0want to go outside and play in the garden.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>\u00bfQuiere usted unos juguetes de madera? (<em>Do you want some wooden toys?<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nBut in Spanish as we learned in the previous section, \"to like\" (<em>gustar<\/em>) is used in a different structure: in Spanish a person does not like a thing, but rather the thing is pleasing to the person.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>A mi me gustan las vacaciones de invierno y a ti te gustan las vacaciones de verano. (<em>I like the winter vacation and you like the summer vacation.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>A Juanito y a m\u00ed nos gusta salir y jugar en el jard\u00edn. (<em>Johnny and I<\/em><em>\u00a0like to go outside and play in the garden.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>\u00bfLe gustan a usted los juguetes de madera? (<em>Do you like wooden toys?<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nCan you spot the differences in the sentence structure? Sentences with\u00a0<em>querer<\/em> (to want) use the subject pronouns or just the nouns to say who wants the thing. But sentences with\u00a0<em>gustar<\/em> (to like) use the indirect object pronouns (me - te - le - nos - os - les) to identify the person being pleased, and if you further specify the person being pleased, you need to use the preposition \"a\" (\"a m\u00ed\", \"A Juanito\", etc.).\r\n\r\nAlso, in sentences with\u00a0<em>querer<\/em> the verb needs to agree with the person who wants the thing, whereas in sentences with\u00a0<em>gustar<\/em> the verb needs to agree with the thing that is pleasing to the person.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Me gustan los rompecabezas. Quiero estos rompecabezas, por favor. (<em>I like puzzles. \/ Puzzles are pleasing to me. I want these puzzles, please.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Los ni\u00f1os quieren jugar el b\u00e9isbol cada d\u00eda. A los ni\u00f1os les gusta mucho jugar el b\u00e9isbol. (<em>The children want to play baseball every day. They children like playing baseball a lot. \/ Playing baseball is very pleasing to the children.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nIt's important not to confuse these two very common sentence structures!","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Objetivos<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Use &#8220;querer&#8221; and &#8220;gustar&#8221; to explain your wants and likes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>In English both of the following sentences use the basic subject-verb-object sentence structure: &#8220;I want a vacation&#8221; and &#8220;I like vacations.&#8221; They&#8217;re not the same in Spanish!<\/p>\n<p>To contrast these thoughts we&#8217;ll need to learn the conjugation of\u00a0<em>querer<\/em> (to want). For now, just memorize it as if it were irregular. But you may notice that it has a stem-vowel change that&#8217;s similar to\u00a0<em>tener<\/em>\u2014that&#8217;s actually a fairly common pattern in Spanish and you will learn more about it in the next section.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\"><strong>QUERER (<em>to want<\/em>)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\">singular<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\">plural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\">primera persona<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\"><strong>quiero<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\"><strong>queremos<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\">segunda persona<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\"><strong>quieres<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\"><strong>quer\u00e9is<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\">tercera persona<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\"><strong>quiere<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\"><strong>quieren<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li>Yo quiero una vacaci\u00f3n. (<em>I want a vacation.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Juanito y yo queremos salir y jugar en el jard\u00edn. (<em>Johnny and I\u00a0want to go outside and play in the garden.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>\u00bfQuiere usted unos juguetes de madera? (<em>Do you want some wooden toys?<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But in Spanish as we learned in the previous section, &#8220;to like&#8221; (<em>gustar<\/em>) is used in a different structure: in Spanish a person does not like a thing, but rather the thing is pleasing to the person.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A mi me gustan las vacaciones de invierno y a ti te gustan las vacaciones de verano. (<em>I like the winter vacation and you like the summer vacation.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>A Juanito y a m\u00ed nos gusta salir y jugar en el jard\u00edn. (<em>Johnny and I<\/em><em>\u00a0like to go outside and play in the garden.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>\u00bfLe gustan a usted los juguetes de madera? 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