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Several Spanish verbs follow the same pattern as GUSTAR.
These verbs are also preceded by indirect object pronouns me, te, le, nos, os, les instead of
subject pronouns.
Molestar: to bother
Le
molesta el ruido de la calle The street noise bothers her/him/you
Interesar: to interest
Nos
interesan los libros de ciencia ficción The science fiction books interest
us
The subject determines the singular or plural
form of the verb
With verbs like GUSTAR, the subject is the thing experienced, liked, or the object that is pleasing
to you. Therefore, the verb in Spanish must agree with the subject of the sentence and not with the indirect object.
VERY
IMPORTANT: In Spanish the indirect object in NOT the subject of the sentence like it is in English:
INCORRECT:
Nos gustamos el chocolate
CORRECT: Nos gusta el chocolate
the chocolate is pleasing to us
El chocolate is the subject; therefore, the verb
gustar must agree with it.
It could be a little confusing because the subject, el chocolate, comes after the verb gusta. Do not let the word order influence
you.
In Spanish, when you use verbs like GUSTAR, you have to rearrange the words. Instead of saying, "We are
interested in sport cars", you would say "Sport cars interest us".
Nos interesan
los carros deportivos Sport cars interest us
The verb form
interesan (plural) agrees with the subject los carros deportivos
(plural)
Te interesa el libro
The book interests you
The verb form interesa (singular) agrees with the
subject el libro (singular)
MORE EXAMPLES:
Le queda
bien ese abrigo That coat looks good on her/him/you
Le
quedan bien esos abrigos
Those coats look good on her/him/you
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Negative sentences
To say that you are not interested in
something, just put NO in front of the indirect object pronoun:
No nos interesa la casa grande
The big house does not interest us
No te
interesa el libro The book does not interest you
No le quedan bien esos abrigos Those coats do not look good on
her/him/you
The personal a + a pronoun
or a person's name can be used for emphasis, or to make clear to whom you
are referring
A la señora Gómez le molesta el ruido en la calle
The street noise bothers
Mrs. Gómez
A nosotros
nos interesan los libros de ciencia ficción
The science fiction books interest us
A Natalia
le queda bien ese
abrigo
That coat looks good on Natalia
MORE VERBS LIKE GUSTAR:
aburrir: to bore
agradar: to like
bastar: to be sufficient
caer bien: to suit
caer mal: to not suit
convenir: to suit, to be suitable
costar trabajo:
to be difficult
dar asco: to be loathsome, to disgust
disgustar:
to upset, to hate something
doler: to ache, to be painful
encantar:
to delight, to love
enojar: to get angry, to get annoyed (with)
faltar: to be lacking, to be missing
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fascinar: to be fascinating
to, to love
hacer falta: to need
importar:
to be important to, to matter
impresionar: to impress
parecer:
to seem, to appear to be
picar: to itch
preocupar:
to worry
quedar: to have left, to remain
quedar
bien: to fit well, to look good on
quedar mal: to fit badly, to look
bad on
sobrar: to have in excess
sorprender:
to surprise
volver loco: to be crazy about
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