Syntaxdifficulty 4
gustar-class verbs
SentenceVerbs like gustar, encantar, doler, interesar take an indirect object as their grammatical subject. 'Me gusta el café' literally = 'coffee pleases me'. The verb agrees with the thing-liked, not the person.
Examples
___ gusta el café.
→ Me
IO pronoun before; thing-liked is subject
A ella ___ encanta bailar.
→ le
Optional 'a + person' clarifies the IO
Nos ___ los libros.
→ interesan
Subject is plural → verb plural
Words in this rule
| Word | English |
|---|---|
| gustar | like |
| encantar | enchant |
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