Me encantan las gambas
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Why is encantan used?
Is it because the gambas (plural-they) are used to conjugate encatar?
They are pleasing (encantan) to me
Thanks!
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updated Sep 27, 2011
posted by Ada-S
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You have the right idea. Encantar is a gustar-like verb.
In your sentence las gambas are the subject of the sentence, hence a plural verb is needed.
Don't get locked into seeing those gustar-like sentences written that way. Grammar articles like to do it because it makes it easier to explain the grammar (you just read the sentence backwards to get the typical SVO English sentence) [the object being an i.o.]
The shrimp are pleasing to me.
However, it is also perfectly correct to write Las gambas me encantan as Spanish allows the subject to precede or follow the verb.
updated Sep 27, 2011
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
Thanks so much! Now that I've been practising so much, this question almost seems silly and obvious!Thanks again - Ada-S, Sep 27, 2011
