Gustar To please or to like

Indirect object pronouns

Yo (me)

Tú (te)

Él/Ella/Usd. (le)

Nosotros (nos)

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes (les)

Me gusta la casa. Me gustan las casas.

Te gusta el cuarto. Te gustan los cuartos.

Le gusta la silla. Le gustan las sillas.

Nos gusta el hotel. Nos gustan los hoteles.

Os gusta la comida. Os gustan las comidas.

Les gusta el reloj. Les gustan los relojes

Le gusta la silla.

It is impossible to tell whether this means:1.) He likes the chair.

2.)She likes the chair.

3.)You (usted) like the chair.

For purposes of clarification,the sentence will often begin with a prepositional phrasethat clarifies just who the IO pronoun refers to.

A él le gusta la silla.He likes the chair.

A Juan le gusta la silla.John likes the chair.

A ella le gusta la silla.She likes the chair.

A María le gusta la silla.Mary likes the chair.

A usted le gusta la silla.You (formal) like the chair.

If you do not like something you will add 2 NOs

Ejemplo: No, no me gusta la clase.

No no me gustan las clases.

* In spanish it takes two NOs to make something negative

aburrir to bore

fascinar to be fascinating to

bastar to be sufficient importar

to be important to caer bien (mal)

to (not) suit interesar

to be interesting to dar asco

to be loathsome molestar to be a bother

disgustar to hate something

parecer to appear to be

doler (o:ue) to be painful

picar to itch

encantar to "love" something

quedar to be left over, remain

faltar to be lacking something volver (o:ue) loco

to be crazy about

Verbs like gustar

Gustar

Reflexive verbs

When a verb is reflexive, the infinitive ends in "se.“

lavarto wash (non-reflexive)

lavarseto wash oneself (reflexive)

rascarto scratch (non-reflexive)

rascarseto scratch oneself (reflexive)

me (myself)te (yourself)

se (himself, herself, yourself)nos (ourselves)

se (themselves, yourselves)

Juan se lava la cara.Juan washes his face. (reflexive)

Juan lava su carro. (non-reflexive)

Juan washes his car.

Lavarse

yo me lavoI wash (myself)tú te lavasyou wash (yourself) (informal)él se lavahe washes (himself)ella se lavashe washes (herself)usted se lavayou wash (yourself) (formal)nosotros nos lavamoswe wash (ourselves)nosotras nos lavamoswe wash (ourselves) (feminine)

ustedes se lavanyou-all wash (yourselves)(formal)

ellos se lavanthey wash (themselves)

ellas se lavanthey wash (themselves) (feminine)

Reflexive verbs

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Irregulares

e --> I e

preferir (ie, i) -- to prefer

obtener (i, i) * -- to obtain, to get

querer (ie) — to want; to love

tener (i, i) * -- to have; to be (years old)

divertir (ie, i) — to entertain someone

divertirse (ie, i) — to enjoy oneself

sugerir (ie) -- to

suggest

o --> ue

dormir (ue, u) -- to sleeppoder (ue) -- to be able (to do something)

almorzar (ue, u) -- to eat lunch

morirse (ue, u) -- to die

servir (i, i) -- to serve

despedirse de (i, i) — to say "good-bye" to

vestirse (i, i) -- to get dressed

despedirse de (i, i) — to say "good-bye" to

vestir (i, i) — to dress someone

conseguir + infinitive (i, i) — to succed in doing something

reírse (i, i) — to laugh

sonreírse (i, i) — to smile

e --> i

u --> u e

jugar (ue) -- to play a game

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