Verbs like gustar

Por Carlos Reid

In English we say...

Picking it apart

I      

subject of the sentence

love

the verb

it

direct object

Simple enough in Spanish, right?

En español we do things differently

I like it

It is pleasing to me

What is different?

In Enligsh:

I like the book

In Spanish:

The book is pleasing to me

subject, and also direct object

subject

indirect object pronoun

Conjugating gustar verbs

When singular....

gusta

from "ar" to simply "a"

When plural...

gustan

from "ar" to simply "an"

an example of a singular subject: a book

an example of a singular subject: the books

Verbs you should know

importar - to be important

interesar - to interest

encantar - to love, to delight

gustar - to be pleasing

Without further ado...