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Using gustar with pronoun

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It is saying te gustas is incorrect for this sentence. I have no clue because te should be for you(informal) and gustas for (you). Not sure what else should it be besides te gustas.

A tí te gustas las zonas verdes.

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updated Nov 24, 2013
posted by jenazbrat02

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The verb gustar gives everyone a lot of problems, because for English speakers it seems that the verb does not agree with the subject of the sentence. Most people would translate this as "you like the green areas". This makes "you" the subject, and one would think the verb "like" should agree with that.

However, that is not what the Spanish construction really is. Think of the sentence as "the green areas are pleasing to you". Now you can see that "the green areas" is now the subject, and the verb must be the third person plural "gustan".

"A ti te gustan las zonas verdes" is the correct phrase.

updated Nov 24, 2013
edited by Noetol
posted by Noetol
Note: "ti" never has an accent mark - lizarey, Nov 23, 2013
Thanks, lizaryey! - Noetol, Nov 23, 2013