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Using Gustar to Express Likes and Dislikes in Spanish

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Uploaded by on Jun 9, 2009

In this video, I explain how to use the verb gustar to say what people like or like to do, plus I give lots of examples!

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  • Whats the difference if I were to say "Me gusta comer el pollo" as opposed to "A mi gusta comer el pollo?" And the difference if I were to say "Maria le gusta caminar" as opposed to if I were to insert the "A" in it.

  • @Mojoman1 You cannot leave out the indirect object pronoun (me, te, le, etc,) at all, ever. YOu CAN leave out the a mí, a tí, a él, etc... That is for additional emphasis or clarity. Your final example MUST have the "a Maria" to be grammatical. THe me, te, le, etc. means a + whomever, to me , to you, to him, to her something is pleasing

  • you. are. awesome.

  • Thanks a lot for the comments, trillionairette! ;-) Please keep watching and tell your friends!

  • Hey, this is Erin Matthews (Anders). Thanks, Mr. Jolley, for this great explanation! I am teaching this to my Spanish 1's right now and they just are not getting gustar. So, on Monday I am going to show them this to offer a different explanation from someone who taught me! Thank you for the resource and for an excellent video for us to use. :)

  • Thanks for the comment, Erin! Hope the video helps. Have a great time student teaching. I've been following your comments on fb!

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  • gracias,esto es bueno

  • me gusta.....- _0_-_0_ face

  • 1 ) I love her = la amo

    2 ) She loves him = Ella lo ama or Ella ama el as seen both forms used

    3 ) He loves her = El la ama or El ama ella

    4 ) I like her = ME GUSTA ELLA or Elle me gusta ? I've have seen both forms

    5 ) She likes him = LE GUSTA EL or Ella le gusta

    6 ) She likes me = LE GUSTO YO

    LE gusta el ( 5 ) and le gusto yo ( 6 ) is what a Spanish friend told me, but yo in 6 and el in 5 should that not be a indirect or direct pronoun and both YO and EL are neither.

  • please address me gusta and me gustaria

    thank you

  • Muchas gracias! Just started week one of Spanish one, your simple explanations helped a lot! Simple explanation between pl and singular was what I was missing.

  • @sunnyhours84 muchas gracias, desde suecia

  • Muy bien. Pero encuentro problemas cuando quiero usar.

    me gustas

    o

    te gusto?

    etc

    I find these really confusing, can you help me to make them make sense??

  • @languagenow Yes, thank you. I forgot to add the "me" in the second of the frst example. Thanks for clarification =D

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