9 Gustar Particles Flashcards
What are le and les?
Indirect Object pronouns
What do le and les mean?
to him/her/etc.
to them
The beach is pleasing to him.
Le gusta la playa.
[To him is pleasing the beach.]
How do you clarify who is pleased?
A él le gusta la playa.
The beach is pleasing to them.
Les gusta la playa.
gusta = one beach
More specifically . . .?
A ellos les gusta la playa.
What are the Indirect Object pronous?
me/te/le/nos/les
What are the 4 verbs that act like gustar?
disgustar, encantar, faltar, importar
disgustar
to hate
encantar
to love
faltar
to be lacking
importar
to matter
I hate household chores.
Me disgustan los quehaceres domésticos.
plural
We hated the book.
past tense
Nos disgustó el libro.
Preterit → singular
I love the beach.
Me encanta la playa.
I used to love to play tennis.
Me encantaba jugar al tenís.
My brother loves your car.
A mi hermano le encanta tu carro.
Paco loves his work.
A Paco le encanta su trabajo.
I lack five dollars.
Me faltan cinco dólares.
plural
How much are you lacking?
¿Cuánto te faltan?
They need a horse.
are in need of
Les falta un caballo.
You can also use necesitar
It doesn’t matter to me.
No me importa.
Why does it matter to you?
Por qué te importa?
He doesn’t care.
No te importa.
He doesn’t care about his work.
No le importa el trabajo.
Do you care?
¿Le importa?
Did you care?
¿Le importó?
Preterit
I used to love working in the garden.
Me encantaba trabajar en el jardín.
Imperfect
I hated what I saw yesterday.
Me disgustó lo que ví ayer.
Preterit
I was lacking a car.
Me faltaba un coche.
I love the song.
Me encanta la canción.
What are the Direct Object pronouns which refer to things?
Lo, la, los, las
What D.O. pronouns refer to people?
lo (him/you), los, la (her, you), las, le (to hom, her, you), les (to them, you all)
I met her.
Yo la concocí.
They saw him.
Ellos lo vieron.
She called you.
Ella la llamó.
I’m buying it.
Lo compro.
She invited me.
Me invitó.
They saw us.
Nos vieron.
We’re calling you.
Te llamamos.
She showed them the photo.
Les mostró la foto.
I bought the purse for her.
La compré la bolsa.
For her I bought the purse.
We called them
Les llamamos.
Them we called.
She met her yesterday.
La conoció ayer.
her she met yesterday.
Call him now!
¡Llamalo ahora!
I gave you the jacket.
Te dí la chaqueta.
To you I gave the jacket.
They left you the money.
dejar
Te dejaron el dinero.
To you they left the money.
My cousin gave it to me.
Mi prima me lo dio.
My cousin to me gave it.
Pancho is buying it for us.
Pancho nos compralo
He prepared it for you.
Él te lo preparó.
She wants to give it to me.
Ella quiere me lo da. [damelo]
