When do we use gustan

My dad loves records from the seventies. Seeing so many skyscrapers in the city impressed by cousins. Pollution bothers her. Does it seem like a good idea to you? We hope that these examples made it clear on how to use the verb gustar and other related verbs.

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View Privacy Policy Ok, understood! Level Test Check your level with our free online level test. Ice cream is pleasing to me. To whom? To me — IO. Romantic movies are pleasing to us. To us — IO. The only thing you really have to remember is that when using gustar, the indirect object comes first. You do not even have to take into account what you are liking or the conjugation of gustar! Just add the appropriate indirect object and forget about it.

It is really not that difficult to remember to start your Spanish gustar sentences with the indirect object. It may take a little bit to get used to it, but once you have done it a couple of times, it will come out naturally. Nos gustan los deportes extremos. We like extreme sports. They like Italian movies. It is very important that you remember to transform the English subject into the indirect object of the Spanish sentence if you do not want to sound weird, as you will see in the next section.

At the beginning of this post, I told you that you are not allowed to conjugate the verb gustar as if it were a normal verb. This is not entirely true. But as you can see, it takes the form of a reflexive verb. What does this imply? Simply put, if you say me gusto you are saying you like yourself. In the second example, both the indirect object and the main subject are singular and so gusta is used. The verb is also not dependent on the pronouns used in the sentence.

For example, gusta will be used for me, te, nos I, you, we , if the subject is a single object. Gustan is used when the subject is in plural or is more than one object. Juat like the verb gusta, gustan is also used irrespective of the indirect object.

To be clear, if the main subject is in plural and the indirect object is a single object, gustan will always be used. Also the person saying the statement or the person referred in the statement will always be considered as an indirect object. In the first example stated above, the indirect object is a single person I while the main subject is in plural pens and thus gustan is used. In the second example, the main subject is in plural buildings and the indirect object is also in plural they and so gustan is used.

This is not a simple issue once it is analysed in depth. I hope I didn't make things too complicated. Learn Spanish. Sign in. You use "gusta" in a list of items. Not quite that simple.