Which form of Gustar to use?

Question

Hello! So I have a question on which form of gustar to use in this sentence:

A muchos les gusta/gustan tomar fotos en santuario Itsukushima.

I guess I'm confused because the verb after gustar is singular and the item (fotos) is plural, so I'm not sure with form of gustar to use.

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Answer 1

Tomar fotos is the subject of the verb gustar, not fotos. (So use gusta)

With infinitives, you will always use gusta. Which you should do even if there are more than one.

Me gusta nadar y correr.

Here is a good source for how to use combinations of other nouns- per RAE it depends on whether the nouns are countable or not. But as they note in real usage, I normally use gustan only if it is immediately followed by a plural noun.

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

Ahh okay, got it! Thanks so much for your help! - crl92, Nov 4, 2016

De nada. :) - bosquederoble, Nov 4, 2016

Answer 2

gusta