16. S1 PRACTICE WITH THE VERB GUSTAR (workbook page 4)

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I. The verb “gustar” is from a category of verbs that have a special sentence construction. This verb in general is only used in the third person singular and third person plural (“gusta” and “gustan”) and in front of the verb is placed an indirect object pronoun (me, te, le, nos, les). “Me gusta pizza.” Is translated into English as “I like pizza” but means in Spanish “Pizza is pleasing to me” In the Spanish thought process the subject is “pizza” NOT “I” and so the verb is conjugated for “pizza” and NOT for “yo”. “Nos gusta cantar” is translated into English as “We like to sing” but means in Spanish “Singing is pleasing to me”. Notice that when an infinitive follows the verb “gustar” the subject is the infinitive and so the translation is always “gusta” NOT “gustan” Let’s practice these concepts: Follow the pattern and fill in the rest of the chart: Me gusta la leche. Te gusta el agua.

I like milk.

Milk is pleasing to me.

We like coffee. Music is pleasing to them. Me gustan las hamburguesas. He likes new cars. Coffee and tea are pleasing to us. Nos gusta manejar. She likes to walk. A Juan le gusta cantar.

Juan likes to sing. María likes to play baseball.

Dancing is pleasing to you. Singing is pleasing to Juan.

Studying is pleasing to you all.

II. Fill in the blanks to answer the question correctly: 1. ¿Te gusta ir de compras en el Mercado? Sí __ gusta ir de compras allá. 2. ¿Te gustan las flores en el parque? Sí, me ________ las flores en el parque. 3. ¿A Juan le gusta estudiar el español? No, a _______ no le gusta estudiarlo. 4. ¿A ellos les gusta visitar al museo? Sí a ellos ____ gusta visitar al museo. 5. ¿A María le gustan las novelas? Sí a María le gustan las ___________. III. Complete the following translations into Spanish: 1. I like to eat in a restaurant. ____ ________ _________en un restaurante. 2. You like meat and bread. _____ _______ carne y pan. 3. They like to travel a lot. A _____/_____ les ________ __________ mucho. 4. We like to read in the library ____ _________ _________ en la biblioteca. 5. Ramiro likes to drive his car. __ Ramiro ___ ______ _________ su carro.