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.