Gustos y Disgustos
Aversiones
Practica: Translate the following verbs
(activities) into Spanish
1. To
2. To
3. To
4. To
5. To
6. To
7. To
8. To
9. To
10. To
listen to music
rest
read a book
write a letter
go to the movies
watch TV
take care of your little brother
watch a movie
hang out with friends
clean your room
 Talking about likes & dislikes:
When we talk in Spanish about activities we
like and dislike, we can use the verb
GUSTAR (to be pleasing = to like).
Por ejemplo:
• In English we say:
• En español decimos:
“I like Spanish.”
“To me, Spanish
is pleasing.”
Gustar is read backwards?
 The subject of the sentence in Spanish is the
object in English. It is literally translated as
“Swimming is pleasing to me/you/her.”
 When you want to talk about likes in Spanish,
THINK BACKWARDS – the Spanish subject
is the English object and the English object is
the Spanish subject.
Examples
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English:
I like reading.
 “I” is the subject and “reading” is the object in
this English sentence.
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 Spanish:
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Me gusta leer. (Reading is pleasing to me.)
“Leer” is the subject and “me” is the object in
the equivalent Spanish sentence.
Why is this verb special?
Compare these pairs of sentences:
I like to swim / Me gusta nadar.
 You like to swim / Te gusta nadar.
 She likes to swim / Le gusta nadar.
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What’s happening here?
**Note that the verb does not change for
different persons:
Me gusta nadar.
 Te gusta nadar.
 Le gusta nadar.
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 What does change is the person who is
affected (i.e., the person who “likes”).
Forms of Gustar to express who all
likes certain activities:
 In other words…
 … what changes in Spanish is the person
affected: me, you, him, her, it, us, them:
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Me gusta estudiar español.
Te gusta estudiar español.
(A Ana / A Juan) Le gusta estudiar español.
(A mis amigos y a mí) Nos gusta estudiar
español.
(A los estudiantes / A Juan y a Ana) Les
gusta estudiar español.
Persons doing “liking”
The object forms – called “indirect objects” –
are…and they are used before GUSTA to
state who is doing the liking:
 Me > to me ( I like)
 Te > to you (you like)
 Le > to him, her
+ gusta + verb
(he/she likes)
 Nos > to us (we like)
 Les > “Uds.” – to them (they like / you all like)
Here are how the frases look:
Use a clarifying frase, a form of gustar + noun with the def. article
(A mí) Me gusta…
I like…
(A ti) Te gusta…
You like…
(A él/ella/Ud.) Le gusta…
=
He / she / You like(s)…
(A Nosotros) Nos gusta…
We like…
(A ellos/ellas/Uds.) Les gusta…
They / you all like…
Gusta + Verb Infinitive
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The verb GUSTA does not change when its
subject is another verb (always the –r, or
infinitive, form):
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Me gusta escuchar música.
(A Pedro) Le gusta jugar los deportes.
No nos gusta estudiar para los exámenes.
Me gusta caminar y correr en el parque.
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Talking about likes and dislikes:
To find out what a friend likes:
Answer:
¿Qué te gusta?
Me gusta la comida italiana.
¿Qué te gusta mucho?
Me gusta mucho pasar el rato
con amigos.
¿Qué no te gusta?
No me gusta estudiar.
¿Te gusta mirar la tele en el tiempo libre? Sí, pero me gusta más
usar la computadora.
Practica: ¿Te gusta o no te gusta?
Talk about your own likes and dislikes with
regard to these activities and then ask a friend
and report their likes/dislikes:
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estudiar español
leer novelas para el inglés
escuchar la música clásica
mirar la televisión
 A little variety…
 Change
the sentences to talk about
other people’s likes.
 (YOU) estudiar español
 (SHE) leer novelas
 (WE) escuchar música clásica
 (THEY) mirar la televisión
Respuestas
 (YOU): Te gusta estudiar español.
 (SHE): Le gusta leer novelas.
 (WE): Nos gusta escuchar música
clásica.
 (THEY): Les gusta mirar la televisión.
Practica: Translate into Spanish:
 My mother likes to cook.
 My brothers & sisters don’t like to clean their
room.
 I like to play sports a lot but I don’t like to
swim.
 My friends and I like to hang out on Fridays
after school.
 My father likes to read.
 I don’t like to do a lot of homework.
 Anita doesn’t like to make her bed