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Gustar: how to say "I like"
Me gusta el café means "I like coffee", literally "coffee pleases me". Use gustan for plural things.
The thing you like is the subject, so the verb matches it: me gusta el libro, me gustan los libros.
The person goes in front as me, te, le, nos, les: ¿Te gusta? Les gusta bailar.
With an infinitive, always use gusta: Me gusta leer.
Pattern: me / te / le / nos / les + gusta(n) + thing
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Examples
- Me gusta mucho esta canción.
I really like this song. - No me gustan los lunes.
I do not like Mondays.
In real sentences
- ¿Te gusta?
Are you enjoying it?
Tatoeba: Shishir - Me gusta.
I like it.
Tatoeba: chinopinyin - Nos gusta.
We like it.
Tatoeba: cueyayotl - Me gusta mucho.
I like it very much.
Tatoeba: Shishir - ¿Qué te gusta?
What do you like?
Tatoeba: Shishir - Te gusta, ¿verdad?
You like it, don't you?
Tatoeba: Shishir
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