Nouns, Adjectives and Gustar. All nouns are either masculine or feminine

Nouns, Adjectives and Gustar

All nouns are either masculine or feminine

El libro El ojo el barril El árbol El actor El color

La casa La costumbre La condición La libertad La luz La decisión

El español – Spanish El lunes – Monday Los Andes – the Andies

All adjectives must agree with their nouns in both gender and number

To make an adjective that ends in an –o, or -r masculine, leave the ending as an –o, or –r

To make an adjective that ends in –o or –r feminine, change the –o to –a and add an “a” to form –ra

Some adjectives end in –e and are the same for both masculine and feminine

For 2 people add and s to vowels (-e, -o, -a)

And add –es to consonants (-l, -r)

GUSTAR

Me gusta(n)

Te gusta(n)

Le gusta(n)

Nos gusta(n)

Os gusta(n)

Les gusta(n)

(A mí)

(A ti)

(A nosotros)

(A vosotros)

(A ellos, ellas, ustedes)

(A él, ella,

usted)

When we translate gustar, we are really saying:

It is pleasing to me To form gustar, first we need an indirect

object pronoun: me nos te os le les This refers to the person who the object

is pleasing to.

A Juan y a Ana les gusta la pizza

Pizza is pleasing to Juan and Ana A nosotros nos gusta la clase de español.

Spanish class is pleasing to us. A Marta le gustan las papas fritas

Agreement agreement

GUSTAR + NOUN

When the verb gustar is followed by a noun, the verb must agree in ________ with the noun (the subject).

number

When Gustar is followed by a verb or multiple verbs, the singular form of gustar is used.

A Juan le gusta bailar y Cantar. A los chicos les gusta comer

las papas fritas.

Since the person doing the liking in Spanish is an indirect object, we must have an “A” before their name:

A mí A nosotros A ti A vosotros A Carlos A Juana y a Ana

Juan / La pizza A Juan le gusta la pizza. Yo / las manzanas. A mí me gustan las manzanas. La clase / hacer la tarea. A la clase le gusta hacer la tarea. Los chicos / jugar deportes A los chicos les gusta jugar deportes.