Cornell Notes Gustar

Cornell Notes: p. 62 The verb gustar, ¿por qué? And porque Topics The verb gustar

To ask what someone likes Conjugation

Le and les are referring to who?

Example

To ask who is being talked about

Negative sentences ¿Por qué? Vs. porque

Notes • We use the verb gustar to express what people like. • If the thing being liked is singular, we use gusta. • If the thing being liked is plural, we use gustan • To ask what someone likes, we use ¿Qué te gusta • This is the verb chart for gustar. It must be memorized. • Me gusta= I like Nos gusta= we like Te gusta= you like Os gusta = you all like Le gusta= he likes Les gusta = they like =she likes = you all like =you like =it likes Notice that “le” can stand for you, he, she or it likes. • Notice that “les” can stand for you all like or they like. • In order to decipher who is doing the liking, there is usually an “A name” put in the sentence. • A María le gusta la pizza. • Maria likes the pizza. • A Mario y A Juan les gustan las películas • Mario and Juan like movies. • ¿A quién le gusta la pizza? • Who likes pizza? • ¿A quiénes les gustan las películas? • Who all likes movies? • Put a “No” in front of the pronoun to make a sentence negative (ex. No me gusta el libro.) • To ask why use ¿por qué? • To say because, use porque