ME GUSTA, ME ENCANTA, ME

FASCINAHoy es: martes, 29/10/13

VOCABULARIO Encantar (enchanted) Gustar (to like) Fascinar (to fascinate) Pregunta (question) = ¿Te

gusta/fascina/encanta? Respuesta (answer)Me gusta/fascina/encanta. Indirect objects

Nos gusta…A mí me gusta… or just say me gusta…Al (subject) Al maestro le gusta or le gusta¿Te gusta?

TO EXPRESS WHAT YOU LIKE We use the verbs: gustar, fascinar,

encantar In Spanish we say the thing(s) that

please you first (“La pizza me gusta”), but you can also say “Me gusta la pizza”

So instead of saying, “I like pizza”, you would say “Pizza is pleasing to me”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRo55O9Zaic

GUSTAR IN ALL ITS FORMSIf what you like

is singular

Me gusta (I like)

Nos gusta(we like)

Te gusta(You familiar like)

Os gusta(you all familiar like)

Le gusta(he/she, it likes)(You formal like)

Les gusta(They like)(You all like)

If what you like

is plural

Me gustan(I like)

Nos gustan(we like)

Te gustan(You familiar like)

Os gustan(you all familiar like)

Le gustan(he/she, it likes)(You formal like)

Les gustan(They like)(You all like)

If you DON’T like something, just put a NO in front of the object pronoun (me) Ejemplo: No me gusta la carne.

ME ENCANTA ME FASCINA Encantar works the same way, it’s just a

stronger emotion than gustar. It means that someone loves something. To conjugate the verb Encantar do the same

thing you do to the verb gustar Ejemplo: Me encanta, te encanta, le encanta

nos encanta, les encanta, os encanta

Fascinar (to fascinate) To conjugate the verb you drop the –r Ejemplo: Me fascina, le fascina, nos fascina,

les fascina.

EMPHASIS & CLARITY If you want to either emphasize or clarify

who likes, loves, or does not like something, add the following to the beginning of the sentence.

You can use these with gustar, no gustar, encantar, or fascina

Ejemplo: A mí me gusta el fútbol. (I like soccer)

A mí (I) A nosotros (they)

A ti (you) A vosotros

A él (he)A ella (she)A usted (you)

A ellos (they)A ellasA ustedes

HOW MUCH DO YOU LIKE IT? To emphasize how much or how little

you like add: Mucho – VERY OR A LOT Somewhat – más o menos Poco – A LITTLE BIT

Ejemplo: Me gusta mucho el chocolate. I really like chocolate

SCALE OF EMOTIONS

Here is a scale to demonstrate which words you world use to express the way you feel. We will use examples of pizza and tacos .

LOVEDISLIKE

LIKENo me fascina la pizzaI am not fascinated by pizza.

Nos gustan los tacosWe like tacos.

Me encanta la pizza.Pizza is very pleasing to me