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Objetivos<\/h3>\r\nUse the correct pronouns and correct forms of gustar<\/em><\/span> to say what things you and others like and don't like\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

Gram\u00e1tica: Gustar<\/em><\/span> + nouns<\/h3>\r\nIn Unit 4 we saw how to say that I or you like to do something, using me\/te gusta<\/em><\/span> + infinitive. Of course, it\u2019s possible to say that you like things, too, just a little more complicated.\r\n\r\nThe Spanish equivalent of \"I like\" is me gusta<\/em><\/span>, which literally means \"it pleases me\". To indicate whether someone else likes something, you change the indirect object pronoun:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
<\/td>\r\nsingular<\/strong><\/td>\r\nplural<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n
primera (1a)<\/span><\/td>\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>me gusta (I like)<\/span><\/td>\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>nos gusta (We like)<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
segunda <\/span>(2a)<\/td>\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>te gusta <\/span>(You like)<\/td>\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>os gusta <\/span>(You all like)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
tercera <\/span>(3a)<\/td>\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>le gusta <\/span>(He\/She likes)<\/td>\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>les gusta <\/span>(They like)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nWhen you use the verb gustar,<\/em><\/span> the form you choose will depend on whether what you like is a singular noun, a plural noun, or a verb.\r\n\r\nThe verb form gusta<\/em><\/span> is always in the singular when the noun that is liked or disliked is singular, because *it* is pleasing to the person:\r\n