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gustar
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to be pleasing (= to like) — the «backwards» verb
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me gusta + …
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I like + a singular thing or an infinitive («me gusta el café», «me gusta leer»)
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me gustan + …
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I like + a plural thing («me gustan los libros»)
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Indirect-object pronouns
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me · te · le · nos · os · les (to me / to you / to him…)
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encantar
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to love — «me encanta la música» (I love music)
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interesar
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to interest — «me interesa el arte» (art interests me)
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molestar
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to bother — «me molesta el ruido» (the noise bothers me)
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doler
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to hurt — «me duele la cabeza» (my head hurts), «me duelen los pies»
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parecer
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to seem — «me parece interesante» (it seems interesting to me)
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faltar
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to be lacking — «me faltan dos euros» (I'm short two euros)
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How does the gustar structure work?
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Think «X is pleasing to me»: the thing is the subject, the person is an indirect object (me/te/le…) — «me gusta el café».
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When is it gusta vs gustan?
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gusta with a singular thing or an infinitive; gustan with a plural thing. The verb agrees with the thing, not the person.
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What is the «yo gusto» error?
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An English calque — making the person the subject. Correct is «(A mí) me gusta…», never «yo gusto».
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Why «A mí me gusta…» with an «a»?
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The emphatic «a + person» adds or clarifies who likes it; dropping the «a» («mí me gusta») is wrong.
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