Spanish Verbs
Spanish Verbs
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Spanish Verbs – Group 1
How To Use The Spanish Verb Gustar
In Spanish, there is no literal equivalent to the English verb ‘to like’, in fact the nearest in both meaning and, more importantly, in the way that it is used, is the verb gustar, which literally translated means ‘to please’.
To emphasize this; if you were to say in English, ‘I like my coffee strong’, the Spanish equivalent when translated would be ‘Strong coffee pleases me’.
The use of the verb gustar is actually very simple compared to other Spanish verbs.
Gustar doesn’t follow any of the traditional Spanish verb patterns, be they regular or irregular and it only ever uses the third person forms, no matter what the tense.
The construction of a sentence using the verb gustar is the opposite as it is in English. I will explain in good old grammatical terms; the English subject becomes the indirect object and the English object becomes the subject.
Now to put that into English that everyone will understand.
If you look at the example ‘I like my coffee strong’, in this sentence ‘I’ is the subject and ‘coffee’ is the object, whereas – the sentence, ‘Strong coffee pleases me’, ‘coffee’ is the subject and ‘me’ is the indirect object.
As I have said, gustar is only used in the third person and this is because it relates to what is liked rather than whom or what likes it.
If what is liked is singular or if it is an action that is liked you would use gusta, and if what is liked is plural you would use gustan.
The present tense singular/plural looks like this:
Me gusta/gustan I like…or, I like it
Te gusta/gustan You like…or, you like it
Le gusta/gustan He/She/You like…or, he/she/you like it
Nos gusta We like…or, we like it
Os gusta/gustan You like…or, you like it
Les gusta/gustan They/you like…or, they/you like it.
Here are some examples:
Me gusta el deporte. I like sport
Nos gusta España We like Spain
A Juan le gusta cocinar. Juan likes cooking.
And in the plural:
Me gustan los deportes I like sports
Nos gustan las naranjas We like oranges
Les gustan los perros They like the dogs.
Gustar isn’t the only Spanish verb that is used in the this way, encantar ‘to enchant/love’, apetecer ‘to fancy/crave for’ quedar ‘to stay/remain’, faltar ‘to be missing’, parecer ‘to seem’, and doler ‘to hurt/ache/mourn’ are a few of the common verbs that are used in the same way.
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Can someone let me know the difference between the spanish verbs SER and ESTAR? They both seem to mean TO BE!!?
Hi, I hust began Learning Spanish from the web as a total beginner, and I am already stuck with this quesion. Which verb do I use when, if they both mean To Be? How can I AM be both SOY and ESTOY?
Also, please let me know if you have some suggestions for an effective Spanish Learning program online (preferably free).
Thank, all. 
Spanish distinguishes between permanent and temporary characteristics. As a general rule, “ser” means permanent things and “estar” means temporary things.
So if you ask someone “Como esta?” you mean “how are you (today or right now)?” But if you ask “Como es?” you mean “What are you like?”
It’s confusing at first but you get used to it.
Edited: I think the most confusing cases are ones where both “ser” or “estar” could be used, and they make two different sentences. But in many cases, only one or the other is proper. There are a bunch of good online lessons that address all the different cases. Like here:
http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/serest1.htm
You’ll notice there are four complete “ser vs. estar” lessons. There’s a lot to cover.
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