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In this episode of Speaking Spanish for Beginners, you’ll learn how to use the verb gustar to express your likes and dislikes in Spanish.
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Episode Transcript
What are some of your favorite TV shows and more importantly,
how can you talk about them? An espanel. Let's find
out in this episode of Speaking Spanish for Beginners kital
sooy Marco Ferro two Professor Latino the espanel. In this episode,
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you learn how to talk about the things you like
and don't like using the verb good. Start a fun
topic to connect with your amigos over the things you love.
Are you ready for this? Yes, mam. First we'll listen
to dialogue between two amigos, Gaspard and me Marco. We
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chad about our favorite TV series. Pay close attention to
how they describe what they like and don't like. N espanel. Ready,
here we go. The gusta are gonna say it as part.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
See Magusta las Silo, Simpsons, Mehusta la sis and emalas
Estyno the Wusta lo Simpsons.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
No Motomeustan odra seris and emalas me Gusta South Park,
Ita me gusta rik amurty meoster las sis more.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Negro tegusta la sais gon too sposa.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
No I mean supposa no Legustan South Park near riek Amurti.
Soon Muekstrania's elokas paraya ah yah lewustan las romanticas okay,
too difficult. Let's see. We talked about three TV shows,
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Los Simpsons, South Park, e Driek and Marty Gaspar.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Says megusta la silo Simpsons.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
I like the series Los Simpsons, and then he.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Said, mehusta la sis and emasesty.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
I like animated series from the USA. Did you notice
something about gusta in each case? When he referred to
la sidi singular, he used gusta me gusta LACEDI Los Simpsons.
But when he talked about last saidis plural? He said,
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gustan mey gustan las saidis the stallosunidos. What's important here
is that the very gusta changes depending on whether the
thing you like is singular or plural. May gusta laced singular,
may wustan last sais plural, And in the conversation I
use the same structures to refer to the shows I like,
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may gusta South Park singular, me gusta dric and Morty
singular two. But may wustan las sais comor negro plural.
By the way, umor negro means dark, hue more en
espanol or more nero, may wustan last serious more nero. So,
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as a simple rule, use gusta when the thing you
like is singular, and gustan with an end at the
end when it's plural. Easy psy. What if the thing
you like is an action averb. In that case we
use gustar in the singular form because averb comes as
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a singular object. That's why Gaspar asked.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
The gusta last saies contespos?
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Do you like to watch serious with your wife? The
verb he uses is better to watch the gusta bear.
He didn't say the woolstan beer, but the gusta beart.
So with verbs, use the singular form of gustar gusta
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may gusta versaious. I like wat serious, may gusta itra sine,
I like going to the movies. Mayosta bear, may wusta ear.
That's how it works. And finally, some thoughts on the
word may and they may gusta tegusta and so on.
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Those words indicate who's the person that likes the object,
or think when I say may gusta is to me,
mayusta South Park. To me, that series is good, but
the gusta South Park that's to you, you like that
series the wusta. You can notice in both cases what
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changes is the may or te before gusta, but the
very gusta remains the same. Learning those two forms may
wusta tegusta is a good starting point. Why because most
of your first conversations will be using may or te
and to say you don't like something simply at no
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before that structure. For example, when I don't like a series,
I would say no me gusta las sidi. You see
mui fasil another you know the vocabulary. Let's listen to
the dialogue again. Here we go Agusta Algonas Park.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
See megusta la seria Lo Simpsons, Magusta la sais and
emdas estasnios the wusta los Simpsons.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
No moto betmeustan odra seris and emalas me gusta South Park,
Ita me gusta rik Amurti meusta las sis more.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Negro tegusta bela saidis gon to esposa No I.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Mean I supposa no Legustan South Park near rick AMORTI
soon Muekstrania's Elokas paraya ai Yah Legustan romanticas two difficult.
The summary of this lesson and listen and activity transcript
are available on my blog at Latin led dot com.
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Plus on my blog you'll find a fan quiz to
practice all of this. Take it out with the link
in the episode description and now time to practice. I'll
ask you in Spanish what series do you like? And
when you hear this sound reply with your own information. Ready,
here we go, Kiss said it the Woolstar super and
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