gusta/ gustan
hello, First of all I would like to say thank you to SPANISH DICT company for making me good in understanding and speaking spanish at least better then before. Now i have a question can u please tell me when we use GUSTA? and when we use GUSTAN. I am going to give u two examples please it would be easier for me if u tell me the exact situation with examples too.
A mis padres les ..... salir con sus amigos? gusta/gustan te ...... las patatas fritas? gusta/ gustan
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gusta - if you talk about one thing - ex. 'Nos gusta esa muchacha'.
gustan - when you like a few (more than one) things - ex. 'Me gustan los videojuegos'.
A mis padres les ..... salir con sus amigos? gusta/gustan te ...... las patatas fritas? gusta/ gustan
The choice depends (quite simply [and always] on the number of the subject of the verb).1st sentence "salir" - infinitive used as a singular noun (hence "gusta"). 2nd sentence "las patatas" - plural noun (hence "gustan"). Absolutely consistent and predictable.
I can see no room for confusion as long as you are able to correctly identify the subject of the verb in Spanish. Of course, the subject of the verb is not the same in the typical English/Spanish constructions. However, if your tr6ying to express yourself in Spanish, then the typical English construction is probably irrelevant.
The correct usage of the second form that you proposed is : Mis padres Gustan de. Anyway everybody thinks that's an odd way to say it, I had a discussion here about it here on SD gustar , so use the first preferably.
Imu - check this out:
please can u tell me with examples
1st part, sus padres, les gustan, and second part is te gusta 
