{"id":798,"date":"2019-05-13T15:08:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T15:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/?post_type=chapter&p=798"},"modified":"2019-10-31T18:40:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T18:40:28","slug":"gustar-infinitive","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/chapter\/gustar-infinitive\/","title":{"raw":"Gustar + infinitive","rendered":"Gustar + infinitive"},"content":{"raw":"
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Objetivos<\/h3>\r\nUse gustar<\/em> + infinitive to express what you and others like to do\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

Gustar<\/span> + infinitive<\/h3>\r\n

El verbo gustar<\/h4>\r\nThe verb gustar<\/span><\/em> is used to indicate things or activities you like, but it is a little different in Spanish than in English. You\u2019ll learn more about how gustar<\/span><\/em> and other verbs like it work later, but for now you can see how it is used with infinitives:\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
1a<\/sup>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(1st)<\/em><\/td>\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>me gusta<\/td>\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>nos gusta<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
2a<\/sup><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>(2nd)<\/em><\/td>\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>te gusta<\/td>\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>os gusta<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
3a<\/sup>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(3rd)<\/em><\/td>\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>le gusta<\/td>\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>les gusta<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nAs you see, instead of conjugating\u00a0gustar<\/span><\/em>\u00a0to match the subject as you do with most verbs, only the third person ending is used along with\u00a0different pronouns (me, te, le, nos, os, les<\/span>).\u00a0\u00a0Gustar<\/span>\u00a0<\/em>is frequently used in Spanish with infinitives to indicate likes (and dislikes):\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2677\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]\"\" No le gusta nadar.[\/caption]\r\n