La comida
If I were to say popular Spanish food is ..(for example, paella etc.)
How would i put this into a sentence'
11 Answers
got it gracias
lazarus1907 said:
Eddy said:
Lazarus, you might want to look at your "penultimate" sentence as it might confuse punisher, unless as you say, Paella is a person.
But, Eddy, if you don't say "la Paella", it must be a person!!! At least in Spanish.
I know but I think because you chose the name Paella, it also confused PUNISHER hence his additional post.
Eddy said:
Lazarus, you might want to look at your "penultimate" sentence as it might confuse punisher, unless as you say, Paella is a person.
But, Eddy, if you don't say "la Paella", it must be a person!!! At least in Spanish.
PUNISHER said:
well im kin of sonfused but do u mean that its wrong to say (me gusta la paella)? and it should be me gusta paella?
"Me gusta paella" is wrong!
If you say "Me gusta XXXX", this XXXX must be a proper noun, like Lazarus, Italy or Jack the Ripper. To talk about things in general, like paella, you must say: "Me gusta el/la xxxx". If you omit the article, natives will assume it is a proper name; maybe a person's name.
To clarify things further, I wrote "Me gusta Paella", using capitals on "paella" because, without the article, it must be a proper name, and these are normally written with capitals. And I wrote it on purpose, including a translation, to illustrate how a native would interpret the sentence without the article. It doesn't have to be wrong... if there is a lady called Paella, hehe.
Am I making sense'
Eddy said:
This is why I asked Lazarus to clarify what he has said. It is "me gusta la paella" but you noticed that Lazarus wrote "Me gusta Paella"
Right. So . . . You WOULD NOT SAY THAT unless "Paella" is the name of a person. Don't say it that way if it is referring to the food.
By the way you are making me hungry . . . too expensive to get real paella here, because of the saffron. 
PUNISHER said:
well im kin of sonfused but do u mean that its wrong to say (me gusta la paella)? and it should be me gusta paella?
could u please type down the right sentences for me?
using gustar y encantar
thanx
Eddy said:
lazarus1907 said:
A few corrections:
PUNISHER said:
me gusta la paella o me encanta la paella La paella es la comida preferida en españa
"Inverted" verbs, like "gustar" or "encantar", have the subject at the end of the sentence ("la paella"), and this subject must have an article, unless it is a proper name, like América or Robert."Normal" verbs tend to have the subject at the beginning of the sentence ("La paella es..."), and the article is needed for the previously stated reason. Without the article, "Paella" would be a lady called Mrs. Paella:-Me gusta Paella. (I like Paella)-No la conozco, pero seguro que me gusta más Emily. (I don't know her, but I bet I like Emily better)
Lazarus, you might want to look at your "penultimate" sentence as it might confuse punisher, unless as you say, Paella is a person.
This is why I asked Lazarus to clarify what he has said. It is "me gusta la paella" but you noticed that Lazarus wrote "Me gusta Paella". It may have been that he is referring to Mrs Paella hence the capital "P". You will have to wait till he comes back on the site.
PUNISHER said:
well im kin of sonfused but do u mean that its wrong to say (me gusta la paella)? and it should be me gusta paella? could u please type down the right sentences for me?
using gustar y encantar
thanx
Lazarus already did it. Here they are with punctuation added.
Me gusta la paella.
Me encanta la paella.
La paella es la comida preferida en España.
well im kin of sonfused but do u mean that its wrong to say (me gusta la paella)?
and it should be me gusta paella?
could u please type down the right sentences for me?
using gustar y encantar
thanx
Eddy said:
lazarus1907 said:
A few corrections:
PUNISHER said:
me gusta la paella o me encanta la paella La paella es la comida preferida en españa
"Inverted" verbs, like "gustar" or "encantar", have the subject at the end of the sentence ("la paella"), and this subject must have an article, unless it is a proper name, like América or Robert."Normal" verbs tend to have the subject at the beginning of the sentence ("La paella es..."), and the article is needed for the previously stated reason. Without the article, "Paella" would be a lady called Mrs. Paella:-Me gusta Paella. (I like Paella)-No la conozco, pero seguro que me gusta más Emily. (I don't know her, but I bet I like Emily better)
Lazarus, you might want to look at your "penultimate" sentence as it might confuse punisher, unless as you say, Paella is a person.
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lazarus1907 said:
A few corrections:
PUNISHER said:
me gusta la paella o me encanta la paella La paella es la comida preferida en españa
"Inverted" verbs, like "gustar" or "encantar", have the subject at the end of the sentence ("la paella"), and this subject must have an article, unless it is a proper name, like América or Robert.
"Normal" verbs tend to have the subject at the beginning of the sentence ("La paella es..."), and the article is needed for the previously stated reason. Without the article, "Paella" would be a lady called Mrs. Paella:
-Me gusta Paella. (I like Paella)
-No la conozco, pero seguro que me gusta más Emily. (I don't know her, but I bet I like Emily better)
Lazarus, you might want to look at your "penultimate" sentence as it might confuse punisher, unless as you say, Paella is a person.
A few corrections:
PUNISHER said:
me gusta la paella o me encanta la paella La paella es la comida preferida en españa
"Inverted" verbs, like "gustar" or "encantar", have the subject at the end of the sentence ("la paella"), and this subject must have an article, unless it is a proper name, like América or Robert.
"Normal" verbs tend to have the subject at the beginning of the sentence ("La paella es..."), and the article is needed for the previously stated reason. Without the article, "Paella" would be a lady called Mrs. Paella:
-Me gusta Paella. (I like Paella)
-No la conozco, pero seguro que me gusta más Emily. (I don't know her, but I bet I like Emily better)
Yeah thats what i was thinking.. thanks 
let me try this with u,
me gusta la paella o me encanta al paella
paella es la comida preferida en españa
im not sure of what i wrote my self but its just a try
