gustar: saying what you like
me gusta, me gustan.
10 minutes · A free lesson from A1: Primeros pasos (first steps) · Roman and Urdu pronunciation guides and English meanings are shown under each phrase
gustar works "backwards": the thing you like is the subject. Me gusta + one thing or a verb; me gustan + more than one thing.
| gustar | Say goostar | گُوستار | Means: to like (literally: to please) |
| Me gusta | Say meh goosta | مے گُوستا | Means: I like (literally: it pleases me) |
| me gustan | Say meh goostan | مے گُوستان | Means: I like (more than one thing) |
Me gusta el café. Me gusta leer. Me gustan los libros. · ¿Te gusta el fútbol? · A mi madre le gusta cocinar.
| Me gusta el café. Me gusta leer. Me gustan los libros. | Say meh goosta ehl kafeh. meh goosta lehehr. meh goostan lohs leebrohs. | مے گُوستا اےل کافے. مے گُوستا لےےر. مے گُوستان لوس لیبروس. | Means: I like coffee. I like reading. I like books. |
| ¿Te gusta el fútbol? | Say teh goosta ehl footbohl? | تے گُوستا اےل فُوتبول? | Means: Do you like football? |
| A mi madre le gusta cocinar. | Say a mee madreh leh goosta kohtheenar. | ا می مادرے لے گُوستا کوثینار. | Means: My mother likes cooking. |
Quick check: Me ___ las películas de acción.Say: meh, las pehleekoolas deh akthyohn.مے, لاس پےلیکُولاس دے اکثیون.Means: I [like] action films.
- gusta
- gustan
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B: gustan
Lesson quiz
Check what you have learned. Choose an answer to see whether it is right, and why.
Quick check: Choose the right form: “Me ___ leer.”
- gustan
- gusta
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B: gusta — Before a verb, it is always gusta: me gusta leer.
Quick check: Which question asks “Do you like football?”
- ¿Cómo estás?
- ¿De dónde eres?
- ¿Te gusta el fútbol?
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C: ¿Te gusta el fútbol? — te gusta means you like, and me gusta means I like.
Quick check: What does “A mi madre le gusta cocinar” mean?
- My mother likes cooking.
- I like my mother's cooking.
- My mother wants me to cook.
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A: My mother likes cooking. — le gusta means he or she likes. The thing liked, cocinar, is the subject.
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