REMINDER for the totally IRREGULAR verbs GUSTAR/ENCANTAR: There are 2 parts (no matter what tense you conjugate these verbs in -the present tense, preterite tense, imperfect tense, future tense, conditional tense, etc.) 1st part: You need an indirect object pronoun me nos te ~~~ le les 2nd part: There are only 2 endings as follows: present tense endings: preterite tense endings: a ó an choose the correct indirect object pronoun that goes with the subject of the sentence: me if the subject is Yo te if the subject is Tú le if the subject is él a ending if a singular item or a verb/activity is being liked an if plural items are being liked aron ó ending if a singular item or a verb/activity was liked aron if plural items were liked Examples to illustrate the above: I like the rice. (Yo) Me gusta el arroz. I liked the rice last night. (Yo) Me gustó el arroz anoche. You like to speak spanish. (Tú) Te gusta hablar español. You liked to read the spanish books. (Tú) Te gustó leer los libros españoles. Maria likes tacos. (A María) Le gustan los tacos. Julio did not like the tacos yesterday. (A Julio) No le gustaron los tacos ayer.