{"id":18819,"date":"2026-10-16T08:32:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T06:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strasbourg.eleusal.com\/?p=18819"},"modified":"2026-10-16T08:32:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T06:32:45","slug":"gustar-spanish-me-gusta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strasbourg.eleusal.com\/en\/gustar-spanish-me-gusta\/","title":{"rendered":"Gustar in Spanish: why do we say \u201cme gusta\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- H1 in WordPress title field: Gustar in Spanish: why do we say \u201cme gusta\u201d? Do not duplicate it in the body. --><\/p>\n<div lang=\"en\" style=\"color: #292d33;line-height: 1.75\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 19px;line-height: 1.6;border-left: 5px solid #d22427;padding-left: 18px\">You know how to say \u201cI like cinema\u201d in English, or \u201cj\u2019aime le cin\u00e9ma\u201d in French. Then you meet <em lang=\"es\">me gusta el cine<\/em> in Spanish, followed by <em lang=\"es\">me gustan las pel\u00edculas<\/em>. Why does the verb change when you are still talking about yourself?<\/p>\n<p>The answer lies in the sentence structure. To understand <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">gustar in Spanish<\/span>, think \u201cto be pleasing to\u201d rather than simply replacing \u201cto like\u201d. For French speakers, <span lang=\"fr\">plaire<\/span> provides a particularly useful comparison: <span lang=\"fr\">le cin\u00e9ma me pla\u00eet, les films me plaisent<\/span>. In the usual Spanish construction, the thing that is pleasing is the grammatical subject; the person who likes it is expressed through an indirect object. The <a style=\"color: #d22427;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rae.es\/dpd\/gustar\">RAE\u2013ASALE dictionary of usage<\/a> explains this distinction.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #fbe7e7;border-left: 5px solid #d22427;border-radius: 8px;padding: 18px 22px;margin: 24px 0\">\n<p style=\"color: #d22427;font-weight: bold;margin: 0 0 10px\">The essentials in 30 seconds<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 22px\">\n<li>Think \u201cit is pleasing to me\u201d to understand the structure.<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me<\/span> tells you who likes it; the thing liked is the subject.<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta el cine<\/span>: a singular subject.<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gustan las pel\u00edculas<\/span>: a plural subject.<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta leer<\/span>: an activity expressed by an infinitive.<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">A m\u00ed tambi\u00e9n<\/span> and <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">a m\u00ed tampoco<\/span> help you respond.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border-left: 5px solid #d22427;border-radius: 8px;padding: 18px 22px;margin: 24px 0\">\n<p style=\"color: #d22427;font-weight: bold;margin: 0 0 10px\">In this article<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #99042f\" href=\"#structure\">The structure<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #99042f\" href=\"#agreement\">Gusta or gustan<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #99042f\" href=\"#pronouns\">The pronouns<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #99042f\" href=\"#a-mi\">A m\u00ed me gusta<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #99042f\" href=\"#responses\">Responding<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #99042f\" href=\"#mistakes\">Common mistakes<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #99042f\" href=\"#exercises\">Exercises<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #99042f\" href=\"#faq\">FAQ<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"structure\" style=\"border-left: 6px solid #d22427;padding-left: 14px;margin-top: 48px;line-height: 1.3\">Understanding gustar in Spanish: think \u201cto be pleasing\u201d<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"color: #99042f;margin-top: 28px;line-height: 1.35\">The thing you like is the subject<\/h3>\n<div style=\"margin: 24px 0\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;font-size: 15px;line-height: 1.55\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background: #58595b;color: #fff;text-align: left;padding: 12px 14px;border: none\" scope=\"col\">Natural English<\/th>\n<th style=\"background: #58595b;color: #fff;text-align: left;padding: 12px 14px;border: none\" scope=\"col\">To understand the structure<\/th>\n<th style=\"background: #58595b;color: #fff;text-align: left;padding: 12px 14px;border: none\" scope=\"col\">Spanish<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">I like cinema.<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">Cinema is pleasing to me.<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta el cine.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">I like films.<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">Films are pleasing to me.<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gustan las pel\u00edculas.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">I like reading.<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">Reading is pleasing to me.<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta leer.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>The middle column is a grammatical stepping stone, not a model for natural translation. In conversation, \u201cI like cinema\u201d remains a natural way to translate <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">me gusta el cine<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">me gustan las pel\u00edculas<\/span>, the grammatical subject is <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">las pel\u00edculas<\/span>, not the person who likes them. That is why the verb is plural.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #99042f;margin-top: 28px;line-height: 1.35\">The pronoun identifies the person<\/h3>\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border-left: 5px solid #d22427;border-radius: 8px;padding: 18px 22px;margin: 24px 0\">\n<p style=\"color: #d22427;font-weight: bold;margin: 0 0 10px\">One sentence, three parts<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 22px\">\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me<\/span>: who finds it pleasing \u2014 me.<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Gusta<\/span>: the verb.<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">El cine<\/span>: the subject \u2014 the thing liked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ask two separate questions: who likes it? What is liked? The first helps you choose the pronoun. The second helps you choose the verb form.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"agreement\" style=\"border-left: 6px solid #d22427;padding-left: 14px;margin-top: 48px;line-height: 1.3\">Me gusta or me gustan: which should you use?<\/h2>\n<p>When talking about objects, interests and activities in the present, you will very often use <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">gusta<\/span> and <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">gustan<\/span>. They are two common forms, not the only forms of the verb.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #99042f;margin-top: 28px;line-height: 1.35\">A singular noun: gusta<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 22px\">\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta este libro.<\/span> \u2014 I like this book.<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Te gusta la m\u00fasica.<\/span> \u2014 You like music.<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Nos gusta el espa\u00f1ol.<\/span> \u2014 We like Spanish.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The subjects \u2014 <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">este libro<\/span>, <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">la m\u00fasica<\/span> and <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">el espa\u00f1ol<\/span> \u2014 are singular, so the verb is singular.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #99042f;margin-top: 28px;line-height: 1.35\">A plural noun: gustan<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 22px\">\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gustan estos libros.<\/span> \u2014 I like these books.<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Le gustan las canciones.<\/span> \u2014 He or she likes the songs.<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Nos gustan los idiomas.<\/span> \u2014 We like languages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here, the subjects are plural, so the verb is plural too. The change does not depend on how many people like something.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #99042f;margin-top: 28px;line-height: 1.35\">An activity in the infinitive: gusta<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 22px\">\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta leer.<\/span> \u2014 I like reading.<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Nos gusta viajar.<\/span> \u2014 We like travelling.<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Les gusta aprender espa\u00f1ol.<\/span> \u2014 They like learning Spanish.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With a single activity expressed by an infinitive, use <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">gusta<\/span> here. The <a style=\"color: #d22427;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/cvc.cervantes.es\/ensenanza\/biblioteca_ele\/plan_curricular\/niveles\/02_gramatica_inventario_a1-a2.htm\">Instituto Cervantes curriculum<\/a> introduces this construction at A1.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 24px 0\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;font-size: 15px;line-height: 1.55\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background: #58595b;color: #fff;text-align: left;padding: 12px 14px;border: none\" scope=\"col\">What is liked<\/th>\n<th style=\"background: #58595b;color: #fff;text-align: left;padding: 12px 14px;border: none\" scope=\"col\">Form<\/th>\n<th style=\"background: #58595b;color: #fff;text-align: left;padding: 12px 14px;border: none\" scope=\"col\">Example<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">A singular noun<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">gusta<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta el cine.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">A plural noun<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">gustan<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gustan las pel\u00edculas.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">An activity expressed by an infinitive<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">gusta<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta bailar.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border-left: 5px solid #d22427;border-radius: 8px;padding: 18px 22px;margin: 24px 0\">\n<p style=\"color: #d22427;font-weight: bold;margin: 0 0 10px\">A teacher\u2019s tip<\/p>\n<p>Start with one subject or one activity per sentence. Coordinated lists sometimes need further explanation: choosing the verb form is not simply a matter of counting the words after it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"pronouns\" style=\"border-left: 6px solid #d22427;padding-left: 14px;margin-top: 48px;line-height: 1.3\">Me, te, le, nos, os, les: who likes it?<\/h2>\n<p>These indirect object pronouns identify the person experiencing the liking or interest.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 24px 0\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;font-size: 15px;line-height: 1.55\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background: #58595b;color: #fff;text-align: left;padding: 12px 14px;border: none\" scope=\"col\">Person concerned<\/th>\n<th style=\"background: #58595b;color: #fff;text-align: left;padding: 12px 14px;border: none\" scope=\"col\">Pronoun<\/th>\n<th style=\"background: #58595b;color: #fff;text-align: left;padding: 12px 14px;border: none\" scope=\"col\">Example<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">Me<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">me<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta el caf\u00e9.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">You: t\u00fa<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">te<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Te gusta el caf\u00e9.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">Him, her, or formal singular you: usted<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">le<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Le gusta el caf\u00e9.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">Us<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">nos<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Nos gusta el caf\u00e9.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">You: vosotros\/vosotras<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">os<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Os gusta el caf\u00e9.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">Them, or plural you: ustedes<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">les<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Les gusta el caf\u00e9.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Notice that <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">gusta<\/span> stays the same throughout: the subject is always <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">el caf\u00e9<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/strasbourg.eleusal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/10\/gustar-tabla-sin-frase.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18803\" title=\"Gustar in Spanish - Present-tense gustar chart showing indirect object pronouns\" src=\"https:\/\/strasbourg.eleusal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/10\/gustar-tabla-sin-frase.jpg\" alt=\"Gustar in Spanish - Present-tense gustar chart showing indirect object pronouns and singular and plural examples.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;color: #58595b;text-align: center\">Common present-tense forms for expressing likes. The text table above explains the same structure in English.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #99042f;margin-top: 28px;line-height: 1.35\">Why is it nos gusta?<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 22px\">\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta el museo.<\/span> \u2014 I like the museum.<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Nos gusta el museo.<\/span> \u2014 We like the museum.<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Nos gustan los museos.<\/span> \u2014 We like museums.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Changing <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">me<\/span> to <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">nos<\/span> changes the person concerned, not the subject. The verb becomes plural when the subject becomes <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">los museos<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #99042f;margin-top: 28px;line-height: 1.35\">Plural \u201cyou\u201d: os or les?<\/h3>\n<p>With <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">vosotros<\/span>, ask <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">\u00bfOs gusta esta canci\u00f3n?<\/span>. With <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">ustedes<\/span>, ask <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">\u00bfLes gusta esta canci\u00f3n?<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Ustedes<\/span> is the general plural form of address in Spanish-speaking America and is also used in some varieties of Spanish in Spain. <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Vosotros<\/span> is common in much of Spain for informal plural address. In both examples, the singular subject is <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">esta canci\u00f3n<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-mi\" style=\"border-left: 6px solid #d22427;padding-left: 14px;margin-top: 48px;line-height: 1.3\">Why do we say a m\u00ed me gusta?<\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta el caf\u00e9<\/span> is already a complete sentence. You can also say <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">A m\u00ed me gusta el caf\u00e9<\/span>. <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">A m\u00ed<\/span> can add emphasis or introduce a contrast, but it does not replace <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">me<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #99042f;margin-top: 28px;line-height: 1.35\">Adding emphasis or contrasting tastes<\/h3>\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border-left: 5px solid #d22427;border-radius: 8px;padding: 18px 22px;margin: 24px 0\">\n<p style=\"color: #d22427;font-weight: bold;margin: 0 0 10px\">Comparing preferences<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">A m\u00ed me gusta el caf\u00e9, pero a ti te gusta el t\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I like coffee, whereas you like tea.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">A m\u00ed<\/span> and <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">a ti<\/span> make the contrast explicit. Both <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta el caf\u00e9<\/span> and <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">A m\u00ed me gusta el caf\u00e9<\/span> are valid. Do not write <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">A m\u00ed gusta el caf\u00e9<\/span> for this construction.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #99042f;margin-top: 28px;line-height: 1.35\">Making le and les clearer<\/h3>\n<p><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Le gusta leer<\/span> does not tell you by itself whether the person is \u201che\u201d, \u201cshe\u201d or someone addressed as <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">usted<\/span>. You can clarify:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 22px\">\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">A Clara le gusta leer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">A \u00e9l le gusta leer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">A usted le gusta leer.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The phrase introduced by <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">a<\/span> identifies the person; <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">le<\/span> keeps its role in the sentence.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"responses\" style=\"border-left: 6px solid #d22427;padding-left: 14px;margin-top: 48px;line-height: 1.3\">Negatives, questions and short responses<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/strasbourg.eleusal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/10\/Reacciones-gustar.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18806\" title=\"Gustar in Spanish - Two people react differently to coffee\" src=\"https:\/\/strasbourg.eleusal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/10\/Reacciones-gustar.jpg\" alt=\"Gustar in Spanish - Two people react differently to coffee: one enjoys it and the other declines it.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;color: #58595b;text-align: center\">The same drink, different preferences: me gusta and no me gusta.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #99042f;margin-top: 28px;line-height: 1.35\">No me gusta and \u00bfte gusta?<\/h3>\n<p>To express a negative preference in these simple sentences, put <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">no<\/span> before the pronoun:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 22px\">\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">No me gusta el caf\u00e9.<\/span> \u2014 I don\u2019t like coffee.<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">No me gustan las pel\u00edculas de terror.<\/span> \u2014 I don\u2019t like horror films.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To ask a question:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 22px\">\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">\u00bfTe gusta leer?<\/span> \u2014 Do you like reading?<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">\u00bfTe gustan estas canciones?<\/span> \u2014 Do you like these songs?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Making the sentence negative or turning it into a question does not change agreement with the subject.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #99042f;margin-top: 28px;line-height: 1.35\">A m\u00ed tambi\u00e9n or a m\u00ed tampoco?<\/h3>\n<p>Both English \u201cme too\u201d and French <span lang=\"fr\">moi aussi<\/span> can tempt learners to use <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">yo tambi\u00e9n<\/span> every time. To respond by echoing a <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">me gusta<\/span> construction, use <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">a m\u00ed tambi\u00e9n<\/span>. For agreement with a negative statement, use <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">a m\u00ed tampoco<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 24px 0\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;font-size: 15px;line-height: 1.55\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background: #58595b;color: #fff;text-align: left;padding: 12px 14px;border: none\" scope=\"col\">The other person says\u2026<\/th>\n<th style=\"background: #58595b;color: #fff;text-align: left;padding: 12px 14px;border: none\" scope=\"col\">Your preference<\/th>\n<th style=\"background: #58595b;color: #fff;text-align: left;padding: 12px 14px;border: none\" scope=\"col\">Your response<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta leer.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">You like reading too.<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">A m\u00ed tambi\u00e9n.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">No me gusta madrugar.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">You don\u2019t like getting up early either.<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">A m\u00ed tampoco.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta el caf\u00e9.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">You don\u2019t like it.<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">A m\u00ed no.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">No me gusta el caf\u00e9.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">You do like it.<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">A m\u00ed s\u00ed.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Compare <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Estudio espa\u00f1ol. \u2014 Yo tambi\u00e9n.<\/span> with <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta el espa\u00f1ol. \u2014 A m\u00ed tambi\u00e9n.<\/span>. The response follows the grammatical role of the person. This <a style=\"color: #d22427;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/revision\/grammar\/yo-tambienyo-tampocoa-mi-tambien-a-mi-tampoco-for-me-too-me-neither\">guide to short responses<\/a> explains the distinction.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mistakes\" style=\"border-left: 6px solid #d22427;padding-left: 14px;margin-top: 48px;line-height: 1.3\">Common mistakes to avoid<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"color: #99042f;margin-top: 28px;line-height: 1.35\">Agreement, determiners and mucho<\/h3>\n<div style=\"margin: 24px 0\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;font-size: 15px;line-height: 1.55\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background: #58595b;color: #fff;text-align: left;padding: 12px 14px;border: none\" scope=\"col\">Incorrect for the intended meaning<\/th>\n<th style=\"background: #58595b;color: #fff;text-align: left;padding: 12px 14px;border: none\" scope=\"col\">Correction<\/th>\n<th style=\"background: #58595b;color: #fff;text-align: left;padding: 12px 14px;border: none\" scope=\"col\">Why?<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta los libros.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gustan los libros.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">Los libros is plural.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Nos gustan el cine.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Nos gusta el cine.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">El cine is singular.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">A m\u00ed gusta leer.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">A m\u00ed me gusta leer.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">A m\u00ed does not replace me.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta paella.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta la paella.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">For this general preference, the noun needs a determiner here.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta muy.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta mucho.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">Use mucho to intensify the verb here.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Do not conclude that every noun must have <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">el<\/span> or <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">la<\/span>. Other determiners work too: <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta este libro<\/span> and <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gustan tus ideas<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>This is particularly worth noticing for English speakers: English often omits the article in \u201cI like music\u201d, while Spanish uses <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta la m\u00fasica<\/span>. French <span lang=\"fr\">J\u2019aime la musique<\/span> offers a helpful comparison.<\/p>\n<p>The Instituto Cervantes curriculum also distinguishes <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">mucho<\/span> after a verb from <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">muy<\/span> before an adjective or adverb. See the <a style=\"color: #d22427;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/dle.rae.es\/muy\">RAE\u2013ASALE definition of muy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #99042f;margin-top: 28px;line-height: 1.35\">Gustar has more than two forms<\/h3>\n<p><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gustas.<\/span> \u2014 I like you \/ I am attracted to you, depending on the context. The subject is <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">t\u00fa<\/span>, so the verb is second-person singular: <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">gustas<\/span>. Conversely, <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Te gusto<\/span> means \u201cYou like me\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gustas<\/span> can express attraction in a personal context. It is not automatically equivalent to a strong romantic \u201cI love you\u201d.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border-left: 5px solid #d22427;border-radius: 8px;padding: 18px 22px;margin: 24px 0\">\n<p style=\"color: #d22427;font-weight: bold;margin: 0 0 10px\">Agreement is not determined by word order<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Estos libros me gustan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The subject is still estos libros, even though it comes before the verb. The rule concerns the grammatical subject, not where words happen to appear.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"related-verbs\" style=\"border-left: 6px solid #d22427;padding-left: 14px;margin-top: 48px;line-height: 1.3\">Encantar and interesar: reuse the pattern<\/h2>\n<div style=\"margin: 24px 0\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;font-size: 15px;line-height: 1.55\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background: #58595b;color: #fff;text-align: left;padding: 12px 14px;border: none\" scope=\"col\">Spanish<\/th>\n<th style=\"background: #58595b;color: #fff;text-align: left;padding: 12px 14px;border: none\" scope=\"col\">English<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me encanta esta canci\u00f3n.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">I love this song.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me encantan estas canciones.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">I love these songs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me interesa la historia.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">History interests me.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\"><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me interesan los idiomas.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border: none;border-bottom: 5px solid #fff;padding: 12px 14px;vertical-align: top\">Languages interest me.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>In these uses, the person concerned is expressed through an indirect object, while the verb agrees with what produces the feeling or interest. The Instituto Cervantes curriculum includes <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">encantar<\/span> and <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">interesar<\/span> alongside this pattern.<\/p>\n<p>On the ELE USAL Strasbourg blog, the aim is to give you patterns you can reuse: understanding how the words relate to one another helps you build new sentences rather than memorise just one expression.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"exercises\" style=\"border-left: 6px solid #d22427;padding-left: 14px;margin-top: 48px;line-height: 1.3\">Gustar exercises with answers<\/h2>\n<p>These exercises were written for this article using the rules explained above. Try each set before reading its answers.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #99042f;margin-top: 28px;line-height: 1.35\">1. Complete with gusta or gustan<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 22px\">\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me ______ esta canci\u00f3n.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Nos ______ los libros.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">\u00bfTe ______ viajar?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">A Clara le ______ las pel\u00edculas mexicanas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Les ______ aprender espa\u00f1ol.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border-left: 5px solid #d22427;border-radius: 8px;padding: 18px 22px;margin: 24px 0\">\n<p style=\"color: #d22427;font-weight: bold;margin: 0 0 10px\">Answers \u00b7 Exercise 1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 22px\">\n<li>1. <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Gusta<\/span>: esta canci\u00f3n is singular.<\/li>\n<li>2. <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Gustan<\/span>: los libros is plural.<\/li>\n<li>3. <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Gusta<\/span>: viajar is an infinitive.<\/li>\n<li>4. <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Gustan<\/span>: las pel\u00edculas mexicanas is plural.<\/li>\n<li>5. <span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Gusta<\/span>: aprender espa\u00f1ol expresses an activity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"color: #99042f;margin-top: 28px;line-height: 1.35\">2. Correct the sentences<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 22px\">\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">A m\u00ed gusta el cine.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Nos gustan la m\u00fasica.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta los museos.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta muy leer.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border-left: 5px solid #d22427;border-radius: 8px;padding: 18px 22px;margin: 24px 0\">\n<p style=\"color: #d22427;font-weight: bold;margin: 0 0 10px\">Answers \u00b7 Exercise 2<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 22px\">\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">A m\u00ed me gusta el cine.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Nos gusta la m\u00fasica.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gustan los museos.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta mucho leer.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"color: #99042f;margin-top: 28px;line-height: 1.35\">3. Respond according to your preferences<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 22px\">\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta leer.<\/span> You share this preference.<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">No me gusta madrugar.<\/span> You also dislike this.<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">Me gusta el caf\u00e9.<\/span> You don\u2019t like it.<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">No me gusta el caf\u00e9.<\/span> You do like it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border-left: 5px solid #d22427;border-radius: 8px;padding: 18px 22px;margin: 24px 0\">\n<p style=\"color: #d22427;font-weight: bold;margin: 0 0 10px\">Answers \u00b7 Exercise 3<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 22px\">\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">A m\u00ed tambi\u00e9n.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">A m\u00ed tampoco.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">A m\u00ed no.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\" style=\"color: #99042f;font-style: italic\">A m\u00ed s\u00ed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border-left: 5px solid #d22427;border-radius: 8px;padding: 18px 22px;margin: 24px 0\">\n<p style=\"color: #d22427;font-weight: bold;margin: 0 0 10px\">Your turn \u00b7 A1\u2013A2<\/p>\n<p>Write three personal sentences: one with a singular noun, one with a plural noun and one with an infinitive. Check the pronoun and the verb agreement separately.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"faq\" style=\"border-left: 6px solid #d22427;padding-left: 14px;margin-top: 48px;line-height: 1.3\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border-radius: 8px;padding: 16px 20px;margin: 12px 0\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px;color: #99042f;margin: 0 0 8px\">Why do we say me gusta rather than yo gusto?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0\">To express \u201cI like it\u201d, Spanish usually uses a structure comparable to \u201cit is pleasing to me\u201d. Me identifies the person concerned; the thing liked is the subject. Yo gusto exists, but it does not simply mean \u201cI like\u201d in this construction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border-radius: 8px;padding: 16px 20px;margin: 12px 0\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px;color: #99042f;margin: 0 0 8px\">What is the difference between gusta and gustan?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0\">In the present tense, gusta is used with a third-person singular subject, such as el cine, and gustan with a plural subject, such as las pel\u00edculas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border-radius: 8px;padding: 16px 20px;margin: 12px 0\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px;color: #99042f;margin: 0 0 8px\">Why is it nos gusta?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0\">Because nos means \u201cto us\u201d and is not the subject. In Nos gusta el cine, the singular subject is el cine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border-radius: 8px;padding: 16px 20px;margin: 12px 0\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px;color: #99042f;margin: 0 0 8px\">Do I always need a m\u00ed me gusta?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0\">No. Me gusta is enough. A m\u00ed can add emphasis or contrast your preference with someone else\u2019s. If you add it, keep me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border-radius: 8px;padding: 16px 20px;margin: 12px 0\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px;color: #99042f;margin: 0 0 8px\">How do I say \u201cI like reading\u201d?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0\">Me gusta leer. The infinitive expresses the activity you enjoy and takes gusta here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border-radius: 8px;padding: 16px 20px;margin: 12px 0\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px;color: #99042f;margin: 0 0 8px\">What does me gustas mean?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0\">\u201cI like you\u201d, potentially expressing attraction depending on the context. The subject is t\u00fa, which explains the form gustas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border-radius: 8px;padding: 16px 20px;margin: 12px 0\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px;color: #99042f;margin: 0 0 8px\">Why respond with a m\u00ed tambi\u00e9n?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0\">It follows the role of the person in me gusta. Yo tambi\u00e9n works, for example, in response to Estudio espa\u00f1ol, where the person is the subject.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"sources\" style=\"border-left: 6px solid #d22427;padding-left: 14px;margin-top: 48px;line-height: 1.3\">Sources and further reading<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 22px\">\n<li><a style=\"color: #d22427;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rae.es\/dpd\/gustar\">RAE\u2013ASALE \u00b7 Gustar<\/a>: sentence structure and grammatical subject (Spanish).<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #d22427;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/cvc.cervantes.es\/ensenanza\/biblioteca_ele\/plan_curricular\/niveles\/02_gramatica_inventario_a1-a2.htm\">Instituto Cervantes \u00b7 A1\u2013A2 grammar<\/a>: pronouns, infinitives and gustar constructions (Spanish).<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #d22427;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/dle.rae.es\/muy\">RAE\u2013ASALE \u00b7 Muy<\/a>: uses of the adverb (Spanish).<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #d22427;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/revision\/grammar\/yo-tambienyo-tampocoa-mi-tambien-a-mi-tampoco-for-me-too-me-neither\">Kwiziq \u00b7 Yo tambi\u00e9n and a m\u00ed tambi\u00e9n<\/a>: short responses (English).<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #d22427;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/burbujadelespanol.com\/yo-tambien-a-mi-tambien\/\">Burbuja del Espa\u00f1ol \u00b7 Short responses<\/a>: agreement and disagreement (Spanish).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The examples and exercises in this article are teaching materials, not quotations attributed to named authors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know how to say \u201cI like cinema\u201d in English, or \u201cj\u2019aime le cin\u00e9ma\u201d in French. 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