Nunca te aburre VS nunca te aburres

Question

I thought "get bored" was pronomial, SE.

So:

Te gusta jugar al golf, nunca te aburres.

But this has

Te gusta jugar al golf, nunca te aburre.

I wonder if it's like

Me preocupa

or

me alegra.

Something that affects the user, it never bores you. VS you never get bored (doing that).

So do both ways work?

Gracias

Answer 1

Aburrirse is actually reflexive, meaning "to get bored."

Izanoni gave these three sample sentences in this thread.

• Me aburre - It bores me/it is boring to me

• Te aburro - I bore you/I am boring to you (you're bored by me)

• Me aburres - You bore me/You are boring to me (I am bored by you)

As you can see the "es" at the end of your example

nunca te aburres

would mean "you never (will never) bore yourself"

and

Te gusta jugar al golf, nunca te aburre. You love playing golf, it never bores you.

You would always interpret "nunca te aburre" as it/he/she/you [formal] bores you [informal]. So aburrirse does work similarly to gustarse.

Hope this answers your question

that's the thing I had in my mind!!Very good!! - xicotillo, Dec 20, 2011

wow, excelente turtle:) - 00494d19, Dec 20, 2011

just one little thing Terri, the verb is pronominal not reflexive, of course it is possible to use the verb reflexively by boring yourself, however none of those three examples given by Iza are reflexive (where the doer of the action is also the receiver) - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 20, 2011

Very good explanation. - Gekkosan, Dec 20, 2011

Answer 2

Te gusta jugar al golf, nunca te aburre......... it never bores you

Yeah I was thinking that. But what if I said "nunca te aburres"? would that work for "you never get bored"? - jeezzle, Dec 20, 2011

Yes, that's right, Jeezzle - 005faa61, Dec 20, 2011