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The following Spanish tutorial was written by a soon to be graduate student in linguistics named Jennifer Wagner, who runs a fantastic website called Indo-European Languages - ielanguages.com. We thank her for generously allowing us to post her work here!

35. Spanish Verb Gustar - To Like

Gustar plus a noun means to like something.  Literally, it means to please and takes an indirect object, so the construction of the sentence will be different than that of English.

Me gusta(n)	I like		Nos gusta(n)	we like
Te gusta(n)	you like		Os gusta(n)	you like
Le gusta(n)	you/he/she likes		Les gusta(n)	you/they like

Gusta is used with singular nouns, while gustan is used with plural nouns.  With le and les, you can add a Ud., a él, a ella, a Uds., a ellos and a ellas to make the meaning clear.

Me gustan las flores.  I like the flowers.  (Literally: To me are pleasing the flowers or the flowers are pleasing to me.)
Nos gusta la casa.  We like the house.
No me gusta.  I don't like it.
Le gusta a Ud.?  Do you like it?
Le gustan a ella.  She likes them.

For a detailed tutorial about Spanish Verb Gustar w/ Audio & Quizzes, check out the Musical Spanish Grammar Tutorial

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