me gusta o me gustan??

Question

How do you say I" like ham and eggs"? Or "I like bacon, cheese and pancakes"? ¿Me gusta o me gustan?

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Answer 1

http://spanish.about.com/od/usingparticularverbs/qt/gustar_plural.htm

Question: I have a question about gustar . I have looked for an answer in books and online, but I either can't find an answer or get conflicting ones. In a sentence with two singular subjects, such as " Me gusta la hamburguesa y el queso ," would it be correct to use the singular form of gustar or the plural ( gustan )?

Answer:You could defend either choice in a sentence like that. Using gustan would certainly seem logical, and it is indeed said that way sometimes. But it is far more common to use the singular, gusta. It's kind of like shortening "me gusta la hamburguesa y me gusta el queso" by leaving out the second "me gusta," just as in English we might shorten "the happy children and happy adults" to "the happy children and adults." Why say "me gusta" twice if once gets the message across?

According to the Royal Spanish Academy, the singular verb should be used in a sentence like this when the two things you're talking about are uncountable or abstract and they follow the verb (as is usually the case with gustar). Here's an example the Academy gives: Me gusta el mambo y el merengue. Note how the two subjects are uncountable (they are both types of music). Here are some other sentences that follow this pattern:

• Es una red social de gente que le gusta el deporte y el ejercicio. It's a social network of people who like sports and exercise. • Me encanta el manga y el anime. I love manga and anime. • Me gusta la música y bailar. I like music and dancing. • Al presidente le falta el coraje y la voluntad política para resolver los problemas de nuestro país. The president lacks the courage and political will to resolve the problems of our country. • Si te gusta el cine y la tele, querrás pasar tiempo en California. If you like movies and TV, you will want to spend time in California.

In real life, however, the singular verb (when it precedes two subjects) is used much more often than the Academy would suggest. In everyday speech, even when verbs such as gustar have two countable subjects, the singular verb is usually used. In the following examples, both sentences might be said by native speakers, but the first is more commonly heard even though the second one is grammatically preferable to the Academy:

• Me duele la cabeza y el estómago. Me duelen la cabeza y el estómago. I have a headache and stomachache. • Me gusta mi cama y mi almohada. Me gustan mi cama y mi almohada. I like my bed and my pillow. • A Raúl le gustaba el taco y el helado. A Raúl le gustaban el taco y el helado. Raúl liked the taco and the ice cream.

Just in case there is any doubt, my answer say use gusta, not gustan. The question you are asking refers to abstract nouns, things you like as a whole, not specific items. ;) - bosquederoble, Mar 4, 2015

Very nice! :) - Manity, Mar 4, 2015

Answer 2

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Rac, I can't be the only person in this world who finds links so tiring: if I looked at all those I would be ocupied for nearly 3 hours.. Maybe internet is very much faster in the US of A? - annierats, Mar 4, 2015

It is something that someone wanting to learn Spanish would be happy to do. Effort needs to be made. Research is important. - rac1, Mar 4, 2015

I agree amiga xx - ian-hill, Mar 4, 2015

Answer 3

Go to this link

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Annie you are going over the top with the Anti Link thing. - ian-hill, Mar 4, 2015

Answer 4

i would say "me gustan el jamón y los huevos" because the ham and eggs make you fell good when eating them haha, i think the verb must be in the same person of the objects that are doing the action, in this case "gustarte",

by the way, "me gusta el jamon y los huevos" it doesnt sound weird, and i think this sentence could have been "me gusta el jamón y me gustan los huevos" but it sound a bit redundant.

i hope i could help you

You have a double point, as it were. - annierats, Mar 4, 2015

Answer 5

Here we are, I suggest, put it in the negative, suddenly one feels right and the other not:

¿Los comerías en un gorro?

¿Los comerías con un zorro?

No en un gorro.

No con un zorro.

No en un caserón.

No con un ratón.

¡No, no me gustarían!

Aquí, allá o más allá.

Pues no me gustan nada

Los huevos verdes con jamón.

¡No, no me gustan nada,Juan Ramón.

Doing it for them doesn't help them to learn, Annie. They need to make some effort to learn. - rac1, Mar 4, 2015

That is the essence of good effective teaching - providing answers is not. xx - ian-hill, Mar 4, 2015

Would you please put this following word in the negative,- "aniierats" Ooopps sory it is already neagative. - ray76, Mar 5, 2015