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Español 1 – Interesar, aburrir y gustar
Fecha:
Expressing interests, bores, or likes
1. In Spanish, instead of saying I like baseball, we say Baseball is pleasing to me.
2. Because of this, the conjugations of this verb is different, gustar will agree with what follows in the sentence.
Ejemplo: Baseball is pleasing to me.
Baseball is pleasing to you.
Ejemplo: Sports are pleasing to me.
Sports are pleasing to you.
3. Gustar will be in the singular form gusta when followed by
*when followed directly by a verb, the 2 nd verb is ALWAYS in the infinitive form
4. Gustar will be in the plural form gustan when followed by
5. The verbs aburrir and interesar will follow the same format as gustar.
Ejemplo: Soccer is boring to me.
Sports are boring to you.
Ejemplo: Sports are interesting to me.
Soccer is interesting to you.
4. Más ejemplos:
1. History class is boring to me.
2. Dogs are pleasing to you.
3. Spanish class is interesting to me.
4. Playing soccer is pleasing to you.
5. Watching television is boring to you.
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5. Con compañeros: Pregunta a tu compañero:
1. ¿Te gusta ver películas?
2. ¿Te interesan las noticias?
3. ¿Te aburre mirar el béisbol?
4. ¿Te gustan los animales?
5. ¿Te interesan los partidos de fútbol?
6. ¿Te aburren los profesores del colegio?