"I do not like you"

Question

How do I translate "I do not like you"?

I know 'te amo' means 'I love you', and the structure, literally, is 'you, I love'.

I also know we use 'gustar' to roughly translate as 'like', though literally it means 'pleasing to'. And the structure is 'me gusta [whatever I like]', literally '[whatever I like] is pleasing to me'.

So if I want to say I don't like something, I would probably say 'no me gusta [whatever I dislike]', right? So the structure would be 'no, not pleasing to me, this thing (gusta in 3rd person singular)'.

But what if I wanted to say I don't like you (2nd person)?

I was thinking either 'yo no te gustas', 'yo no me gustas', or 'yo no me gusta tú'. Is any of them correct?

If you click on the more tab and then referrence articles, you can find an article on gustar, Bienvenida al foro. :) - EL_MAG0, Nov 21, 2011

Have often wondered the same thing myself so I'm off to the reference section too. Good question. - caza, Nov 21, 2011

Answer 1

Don't get confused with the "yo no". It will be "A mí no me gustas tú." Not "Yo no me gustas."

Answer 2

no me gustas'

This is correct

anything you need to know about gustar:

compilation gustar

Gracias Heidita, that's a very helpful link. - mathslover, Nov 21, 2011

Heidita, I take your word for it, you know! - annierats, Nov 21, 2011

Answer 3

"No me gustas" is correct but I actually wouldn't use gustar for this. I would say "me caes mal" or "no me caes bien."

Answer 4

No me gustas tú

Hopefully you don't want to say that. But to help you understand the structure. That's it. :) - EL_MAG0, Nov 21, 2011

Gracias Amor_y_paz :) - mathslover, Nov 21, 2011

No hay de que, el placer es mío. - EL_MAG0, Nov 21, 2011