I like to read. In English: • “I” is the subject • “like” is the verb • “to read” is the direct object
En español: • “to read” is the
subject
• “to please” is the
verb
• “me” is the indirect
object
En Español…: The word order is actually “backwards”: • The indirect object comes first:
Me
• Then the verb:
gusta
• Finally the subject of the verb: leer.
• Make it negative by adding “no” at the beginning.
Who is doing the liking? I like to read
Me gusta leer
I don’t like to read
No me gusta leer
You like to read
Te gusta leer
You don’t like to read
No te gusta leer
Frases de clarificación: Me
=
a mí =
to me
Te
=
a ti =
to you
“Me gusta jugar.”
“Te gusta jugar.”
I like to play. (playing is pleasing to me) You like to play. (playing is pleasing to you)
Quiere decir “to be pleasing” en inglés. It can loosely translate to “to like”.
We use indirect object pronouns with the verb gustar Gustar - to be pleasing
Me gusta …it is pleasing to me. Te gusta
…it is pleasing to you
*Le gusta …it is pleasing to him/her/you formal Nos gusta …it is pleasing to us Os gusta
…it is pleasing to you all(vosotros)
*Les gusta …it is pleasing to them/you all(ustedes)
El verbo gustar
Me
= a mí = to me
Nos
Te
= a ti
Os
*Le
= to you
= a él = to him a ella = to her a Ud. = to you (a Carl) = to him (a Lola) = to her (a tu hermano) to him
*Need to be more specific. A Carl le gusta el libro
= a nosotros = to us = a vosotros = to you (inf.)
*Les
= a ellos = to them a ellas = to them a Uds. = to you (f.) (a Carl y a Luis) = to them (a Lola y a Carmen) = to them (a mis amigos) = to them
*Need to be more specific. A Lola y a Carmen les gusta la camisa
Indirect Object Pronouns – los IOP