verb gustar to like

Question

What is: you like singular informal le gusta/n she likes we like they like los gustan les gustan

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Answer 1

In brackets, rather crude literal translations:

• Me gusta una cosa = (one thing pleases me) = I like one thing
• Te gusta una cosa = (one thing pleases you) = You like one thing
• Le gusta una cosa = (one thing pleases him/her/you(polite)) = He/you like one thing
• Nos gusta una cosa = (one thing pleases us) = We like one thing
• Os*/les gusta una cosa = (one thing pleases you guys) = You (guys) like one thing

• Les gusta una cosa = (one thing pleases them) = They like one thing

• Me gustan dos cosas = (two things please me) = I like two things

• Te gustan dos cosas= (two things please you) = You like two things
• Le gustan dos cosas = (him/her/you(polite)) = He/you like two things
• Nos gustan dos cosas = (two things please us) = We like two things
• Os*/les gustan dos cosas = (two things please to you guys) = You (guys) like two things
• Les gustan dos cosas= (two things please them) = They like two things

(*) "os" is only used in Spain

Notice that you change the verb to match the subject ("una cosa"), so you say "one thing pleases me", but "two things please me", so you have to say "me gusta una cosa / una cosa me gusta", but "me gustan dos cosas / dos cosas me gustan." The person who is "pleased" (I, you, him, us, etc...) has no effect on the conjugation of the verb.

Here, "yo" is the subject (ommited, though), so the verb is in the first person singular:

• Me gusto = (I please me) = I like myself
• Te gusto = (I please you) = You like me
• Le gusto = (I please him/her/you(polite)) = He/she likes me

Here, "tú" is the subject (ommited, though), so the verb is in the 2nd person singular:

• Me gustas = (You please me) = I like you
• Te gustas = (You please you) = You like yourself
• Le gustas = (You please him/her/you(polite)) = He/she likes you

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Answer 2

HI gaming, welcome to this friendly forum

Gustar means to like.

like : gustar

I like : me gusta

The conjugation is somewhat odd.

Would you like to have a look at our conjugation tab?

gustar

Answer 3

Welcome to the forum.

Gustar has two different ways of being used.

If you are new to Spanish you will probably learn it to express that you like something but using the third person singular or plural. A little like saying something s pleasing to you. You use singular gusta - if the item/noun is singular or if it is something you do expressed with a verb in the infinitive.

If it is plural eg chocolates you use gustan.

The to me/you etc is an indirect object eg me/te/le/nos/os/les. With the third person construction you do not use los.

Gustar can be used like a normal ar verb too but there are lots of other choices. ManuChao sings a really catchy song where he uses both ways of using gustar.

Finally, here is a very thorough explanation [probably more than you need or want at the moment]

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