Gustar, interesar, aburrir

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1 Gustar, interesar, aburrir
Expressing likes and dislikes

2 Gustar Gustar = to be pleasing
You will only use this verb in the 3rd person - gusta or gustan. You add pronouns to tell who it is pleasing to. Me = to me Nos = to us Te = to you Os = to you all Le = to him/her Les = to them, you all

3 Gustar - to be pleasing Use GUSTA when the word after it is singular.
Use GUSTAN when the word after it is plural. A mí me gusta el fútbol. Soccer is pleasing to me/I like soccer No me gustan los deportes. Sports are not pleasing to me/I don’t like sports

4 Gustar - to be pleasing To say that you like to do something: use GUSTA + INFINITIVE Me gusta jugar béisbol Me gusta cantar Me gusta escribir

5 Gustar (A mí) Me gusta la casa (A mí) Me gustan las casas
The house is pleasing to me (A mí) Me gustan las casas The houses are pleasing to me (A ti) Te gusta el béisbol Baseball is pleasing to you (A ti) Te gustan los libros. Books are pleasing to you (A él/ella) Le gusta la revista. The magazine is pleasing to him/her (A él/ella) Le gustan los periodicos. The newspapers are pleasing to him/her

6 Gustar (A nosotros) Nos gusta la escuela
The school is pleasing to us (A nosotros) Nos gustan los videos. The videos are pleasing to us (A vosotros) Os gusta el perro The dog is pleasing to you all (A vosotros) Os gustan los perros The dogs are pleasing to you all (A ellos) Les gusta el baloncesto. Basketball is pleasing to them. (A ellos) Les gustan los partidos. The games are pleasing to them.

7 Interesar y aburrir The verbs Interesar (to be interesting) and Aburrir (to be boring) also work the same way. Interesar = to be interesting. You will only use the forms INTERESA and INTERESAN Aburrir = to be boring. You will only use the forms ABURRE and ABURREN. Me interesan los deportes Me aburren las matemáticas. Te interesa la escuela. Te aburre la tarea.