HISP 2000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Canadian English, Preposition And Postposition, Una Familia De Diez
16 Feb 2017
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Pro. verb subject (literally: your coat is pleasing to me) like. Conditional pres. subj. gustar a: review of the verb gustar, the verb gustar means to like or to dislike something or somebody. Gustar, however, is not directly equivalent to the english to like. A special construction is required in spanish to translate the english to like: Spanish: the verb gustar is always used with an indirect object pronoun (me, te, le, nos, os, les). An indirect object pronoun usually tells to whom or for whom something is pleasing or done: unlike in english, the verb gustar agrees in number with the thing(s) being liked, (the subject) not with the person. Consequently, it is most often used in the third person singular or plural. Gustan: when the indirect object is included in the sentence, it must be preceded by the preposition a. A tania no le gustan las ciudades grandes. (tania does not like big cities)
