I like to read. In English: • “I” is the subject • “like” is the verb • “to read” is the direct object

En español: • “to read” is the

subject

• “to please” is the

verb

• “me” is the indirect

object

En Español…: The word order is actually “backwards”: • The indirect object comes first:

Me

• Then the verb:

gusta

• Finally the subject of the verb: leer.

• Make it negative by adding “no” at the beginning.

Who is doing the liking? I like to read

Me gusta leer

I don’t like to read

No me gusta leer

You like to read

Te gusta leer

You don’t like to read

No te gusta leer

Frases de clarificación: Me

=

a mí =

to me

Te

=

a ti =

to you

“Me gusta jugar.”

“Te gusta jugar.”

I like to play. (playing is pleasing to me) You like to play. (playing is pleasing to you)

Quiere decir “to be pleasing” en inglés. It can loosely translate to “to like”.

We use indirect object pronouns with the verb gustar Gustar - to be pleasing

Me gusta …it is pleasing to me. Te gusta

…it is pleasing to you

*Le gusta …it is pleasing to him/her/you formal Nos gusta …it is pleasing to us Os gusta

…it is pleasing to you all(vosotros)

*Les gusta …it is pleasing to them/you all(ustedes)

El verbo gustar

Me

= a mí = to me

Nos

Te

= a ti

Os

*Le

= to you

= a él = to him a ella = to her a Ud. = to you (a Carl) = to him (a Lola) = to her (a tu hermano) to him

*Need to be more specific. A Carl le gusta el libro

= a nosotros = to us = a vosotros = to you (inf.)

*Les

= a ellos = to them a ellas = to them a Uds. = to you (f.) (a Carl y a Luis) = to them (a Lola y a Carmen) = to them (a mis amigos) = to them

*Need to be more specific. A Lola y a Carmen les gusta la camisa

Indirect Object Pronouns – los IOP