9 Gustar Particles

Question 1

What are le and les?

Answer 1

Indirect Object pronouns

Question 2

What do le and les mean?

Answer 2

to him/her/etc.
to them

Question 3

The beach is pleasing to him.

Answer 3

Le gusta la playa.
[To him is pleasing the beach.]

Question 4

How do you clarify who is pleased?

Answer 4

A él le gusta la playa.

Question 5

The beach is pleasing to them.

Answer 5

Les gusta la playa.

gusta = one beach

Question 6

More specifically . . .?

Answer 6

A ellos les gusta la playa.

Question 7

What are the Indirect Object pronous?

Answer 7

me/te/le/nos/les

Question 8

What are the 4 verbs that act like gustar?

Answer 8

disgustar, encantar, faltar, importar

Question 9

disgustar

Answer 9

to hate

Question 10

encantar

Answer 10

to love

Question 11

faltar

Answer 11

to be lacking

Question 12

importar

Answer 12

to matter

Question 13

I hate household chores.

Answer 13

Me disgustan los quehaceres domésticos.

plural

Question 14

We hated the book.

past tense

Answer 14

Nos disgustó el libro.

Preterit → singular

Question 15

I love the beach.

Answer 15

Me encanta la playa.

Question 16

I used to love to play tennis.

Answer 16

Me encantaba jugar al tenís.

Question 17

My brother loves your car.

Answer 17

A mi hermano le encanta tu carro.

Question 18

Paco loves his work.

Answer 18

A Paco le encanta su trabajo.

Question 19

I lack five dollars.

Answer 19

Me faltan cinco dólares.

plural

Question 20

How much are you lacking?

Answer 20

¿Cuánto te faltan?

Question 21

They need a horse.

are in need of

Answer 21

Les falta un caballo.

You can also use necesitar

Question 22

It doesn’t matter to me.

Answer 22

No me importa.

Question 23

Why does it matter to you?

Answer 23

Por qué te importa?

Question 24

He doesn’t care.

Answer 24

No te importa.

Question 25

He doesn’t care about his work.

Answer 25

No le importa el trabajo.

Question 26

Do you care?

Answer 26

¿Le importa?

Question 27

Did you care?

Answer 27

¿Le importó?

Preterit

Question 28

I used to love working in the garden.

Answer 28

Me encantaba trabajar en el jardín.

Imperfect

Question 29

I hated what I saw yesterday.

Answer 29

Me disgustó lo que ví ayer.

Preterit

Question 30

I was lacking a car.

Answer 30

Me faltaba un coche.

Question 31

I love the song.

Answer 31

Me encanta la canción.

Question 32

What are the Direct Object pronouns which refer to things?

Answer 32

Lo, la, los, las

Question 33

What D.O. pronouns refer to people?

Answer 33

lo (him/you), los, la (her, you), las, le (to hom, her, you), les (to them, you all)

Question 34

I met her.

Answer 34

Yo la concocí.

Question 35

They saw him.

Answer 35

Ellos lo vieron.

Question 36

She called you.

Answer 36

Ella la llamó.

Question 37

I’m buying it.

Answer 37

Lo compro.

Question 38

She invited me.

Answer 38

Me invitó.

Question 39

They saw us.

Answer 39

Nos vieron.

Question 40

We’re calling you.

Answer 40

Te llamamos.

Question 41

She showed them the photo.

Answer 41

Les mostró la foto.

Question 42

I bought the purse for her.

Answer 42

La compré la bolsa.

For her I bought the purse.

Question 43

We called them

Answer 43

Les llamamos.

Them we called.

Question 44

She met her yesterday.

Answer 44

La conoció ayer.

her she met yesterday.

Question 45

Call him now!

Answer 45

¡Llamalo ahora!

Question 46

I gave you the jacket.

Answer 46

Te dí la chaqueta.

To you I gave the jacket.

Question 47

They left you the money.

dejar

Answer 47

Te dejaron el dinero.

To you they left the money.

Question 48

My cousin gave it to me.

Answer 48

Mi prima me lo dio.

My cousin to me gave it.

Question 49

Pancho is buying it for us.

Answer 49

Pancho nos compralo

Question 50

He prepared it for you.

Answer 50

Él te lo preparó.

Question 51

She wants to give it to me.

Answer 51

Ella quiere me lo da. [damelo]