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Asran Zakry
The verb "Gustar" and saying "He likes you" in Spanish
¡Hola!
I am trying to understand Gustar. I have been practicing the reflexive verb Gustar and I think I understand it quite well. I am trying to construct a sentence like "He will speak to you all night long because he likes you".
Como se dice " ... he likes you." What is the correct way of saying it?
Is it: "le gusta tú" or "le gustas"
Thanks!
7 août 2016 05:33
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"Gustar" is not reflexive. The problem for English speakers is that we do not have a modern equivalent to its true meaning which is "to please". If you approach using "gustar" in the awkward but accurate meaning of "to please", it works. Example: "I like her." (She pleases me = Me gusta). "He likes you."(You please him = Le gustas). "We like tacos." (Tacos please us.) You will use the indirect object at all times because it is the act of being pleasing "to" someone. That also explains why we don't use "yo" or "tú" as the subject (because they're actually the objects). "Yo me gusta" is incorrect. A mí me gusta (a ti te gusta) is correct because whatever it is, it is pleasing "to me" or "to you".
It's backwards to English speakers; however, 300+ years ago, English did it the same way. The phrase: "He is my son and he liketh me." in old English is translated today as: "He is my son and he pleases me." Somehow "like" made the big switch to our modern usage and we diverged from the Latin use which Romance languages continue to use.
7 août 2016
"Le gustas" is the correct option
7 août 2016
Lo correcto es : "Le gustas"
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Hasta pronto.
Juan
7 août 2016
The standard phrase should be: "le gustas"
Btw if you want to put emphasis on the person you can also say: "le gustas tú". It means he likes you (and not another girl)
7 août 2016
"Hablará contigo toda la noche porque le gustas."
It would be like this.
7 août 2016
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Asran Zakry
Compétences linguistiques
Anglais, Allemand, Malais, Russe, Espagnol
Langue étudiée
Espagnol
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