gustar to like, to be pleasing aburrir to bore faltar to lack; to need importar to be important to; to matter molestar to bother; to annoy encantar love facinar to fascinate; to like very much interesar to be interesting to; to interest ...
Conditional conjugation in Spanish is similar to the future tense in the sense that both forms add an ending to the infinitive, instead of dropping the -ar, -ir, or -er endings to change the endings. For example, comer ("to eat") drops the -er ending, such as the first person presen...
"Gustar" and Similar Verbs The most common type of verb using an indirect-object pronoun in Spanish—where it might not seem intuitive to English speakers—is with a verb such as "gustar" (like, please) as in: Le gustaba el libro. > The book pleased him/her. This is the literal tran...
How to use Gustar and similar verbs-how do you say: I like the movie Thoughgustaris translated asto likein English, its literal meaning isto please.Gustaris preceded by an indirect object pronoun indicatingthe person who is pleased. It is followed by a noun indicatingthe thing or person tha...
odiar‘to hate’), as in (2a), Experiencer-Dative verbs (e.g. gustar‘to please’), as in (2b), and Experiencer-Accusative verbs (e.g. asustar 'to frighten'), as in (2c). Many verbs in the last type present the accusative-dative case alternation for the Experiencer argument, ...
English) doesn't refer to anyone in particular. There is no significant difference in meaning between saying "Comen arroz en Guatemala" and "Se come el arroz en Guatemala" (Rice is eaten in Guatemala). In other words, this impersonal usage is similar in meaning to that of thepassive voice...
Reflexive Verbs You must remember that these are actions being done to oneself, by oneself. For example: I wash my (my own) hair. Reflexive Pronouns nos (to or for ourselves) me (to or for myself) os (to or for you all) se (to or for themselves, you all, or each other) me ...
Regarding touch, one would have a hard time finding a statement in modern Catalan similar to the one Llull made (veer, hoir, adorar, gustar, sentir), in which sentir referred to tactile perception. Therefore, although we could use this verb in sentences such as Sents, que és suau?, the...
At Hyperion's current rate, he'll be able to destabilize the Earth's core within minutes. Ambos tienen celulas islámicas a las que le gustarian desestabilizar los lazos americanos en la región. They've got Islamic cells that would like to destabilize American ties in the region. desesta...
Present Progressive in English The present progressive is used to say that an action is happening now. In English, we use: present tense of “to be” the present participle which ends in -ing. I am reading. index index index