Spanish Speaking Brehs: Why Is It "Me Gusta" And So Forth, And Not "Le Gusto"?

[HabitualChiller]

I can't comprehend why this is.

This is what I got went I went to SpanishDict Answers

"it's just that it doesn't mean "to like", it means "to be pleasing to". Yo gusto = I am pleasing to... Me gusta = (to me) he/she/it is pleasing, or to make it more natural "I like him/her/it".

Le gusto a ella = I am pleasing to her (She likes me)

Me gustas = You are pleasing to me (I like you)

Me gusta este libro = This book is pleasing to me (I like this book)

Me gustan las manzanas = Apples are pleasing to me (I like apples)"

Is this right?

Someone break it down barney style.

 

[Deuterion]

What are trying to say? Type it in English.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

nikka been living in SD now he trying to learn the lingo to understand them spanish thots

 

[mortuus est]

nikka been living in SD now he trying to learn the lingo to understand them spanish thots

 

[Hersh]

u got he gist of it

 

[L2014]

Tu maricon la hynas gon be there

my Spanish trash

 

[O.T.I.S.]

First of all, stop thinking so technical about it.

me gusta = I like

yo gusto = i like

tu gusta = you like

etc.

a lot of that shyt is situational from my understanding as well... as well as different cultures of latinos having different dialects.

Plus, it never really ACTUALLY means in spanish what they say it means in english... spanish didn’t derive from english, different structure, etc. It’s always like “it kinda means ____”...

from my understanding btw.

 

[T'krm]

It's reflexive, so Me gusta refers directly 1st person. Remains the same in it's plural form, too. So Me gusta(n) multiple x is correct.

 

[Taadow]

I can't comprehend why this is.

This is what I got went I went to SpanishDict Answers

"it's just that it doesn't mean "to like", it means "to be pleasing to". Yo gusto = I am pleasing to... Me gusta = (to me) he/she/it is pleasing, or to make it more natural "I like him/her/it".

Le gusto a ella = I am pleasing to her (She likes me)

Me gustas = You are pleasing to me (I like you)

Me gusta este libro = This book is pleasing to me (I like this book)

Me gustan las manzanas = Apples are pleasing to me (I like apples)"

Is this right?

Someone break it down barney style.

Because "le gusto" is masculine.

The subject of "she likes me" is "me" ...like in English, "I" is the subject of "I am pleasing to her"...
the major variable is the one who makes the action (to "please") take place.

Contrast that with your other examples, the subjects are pleasing you - which is why it is "me gusta(n)"



...but I only got a B+, so take that with a grain of salt.

 

[Cave Savage]

Because it technically means something more along the lines of "to be liked by".
So "me gustan las mujeres Dominicanas" technically translates into "the Dominican women are liked by me", but functionally it's "I like Dominican women", and that's how you should think of it as.

Most Spanish verbs aren't like that, but some very notable ones like "gustar" and "encantar" are generally used like that.

 

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

First

This is what I got went I went to SpanishDict Answers
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What are trying to say? Type it in English.

u got he gist of it

Master English first

 

[FreedMind]

 

[blockburna420]

Spanish is very specific