Palabras como "gustar"
What is the order to the words like "gustar"?? For example, if it is "i am interested in it", would it be "no las me interesan" or...???
3 Answers
no las me interesan
I assume that you were trying to say "They do not interest me."
First:
Are you familiar with RID in relation to the order for listing verb pronouns? The order is reflexive pronoun, then indirect object pronoun, then direct object pronoun. That order is used no matter if the pronouns precede or are attached to the verb infinitive/gerundio/command.
las me would never occur. It has to be me las.
2nd
The gustar-like verbs form intransitive sentences. There are no direct objects. Therefore, the las (direct object pronoun) in your example is incorrect.
Like any other sentence in Spanish the ones using gustar-like verbs can have their subject precede or follow the verb:
No me interesan los libros de aviones.
Los libros de aviones no me interesan.
Since these are intransitive sentences they are easier to understand if you think of them as:
Books about airplanes are not interesting to me. (awkward in English) intransitive sentence
but
translate them as:
Books about airplanes do not interest me. (transitive sentence)
It is the same with gustar. Think of it as: Books about airplanes are pleasing to me, (intransitive), but translate it as I like books about airplanes. (transitive)
Please have a look at this compilation, it gives you a clear idea of how to use gustar and the word order, see especially the flashcard set
Like gustar? Many! Fascinate, annoy, grieve, make, interest, strike, bore, impress...
In English there are a few dozen verbs like that; in Spanish probably several hundred ones.
