Gustar/no me gustas tú o ti no me gusta??

Amber:

Hi, July 8.2011

I just bought a CD for my students to use this Fall. Each song teaches so much of the grammar I teach in Spanish Level One.

There is one line of grammar in one of the songs I don't understand. It uses gustar this way:

Pero no me gustas tú........But I don't like you.

I would have written: Pero ti no me gusta.

I've checked all of my review books and texts at every level and couldn't find an answer....so thank you all very much for you time, I look forward to your responces.

Gracias,

Amber

Usuario Nuevo04

Amber:

.........oops...mistake/error.

I should have written: Pero te no me gusta.

Thanks again for any help;) (I hope I'm correct!)

Amber

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Syl:

it should be:
pero no me gustas tú
or
pero tú no me gustas

tú is not necessary unless you emphasize that it's YOU who I don't like.

the other ones you wrote do not make sense.

me refers to the person who does or does not like something

I like = me gusta/gustas/gustan
you like = te gusta/gustas/ gustan

the verb gustar has to be inflected according to what the person does or does not like. is it you?( = gustas) him or something/it?(gusta) plural?(gustan) etc....

Miembro Senior1,096

Amber:

Thanks for the help Syl,

Everything that I have in my books, including my 501 Verb book doesn't have the verb gustar conjugated like the regular verbs. So, I have only seen gusta and gustan used in the presente de indicativo. Now the sentence makes sense with me gustas.

Now I have some other questions....How do these sentences translate??:

Te gusta = you like (it) (la manzana)

Te gustas = you like yourself???

Te gustan = you like them(las manzanas)

Can you also write: Me gusto = ?

Nos gustamos = ?

Thanks.....you have helped me before but under a different username, Nonna Barbie/Barbara....muchas gracias:)

Syl:

I like you = me gustas
you like me = te gusto
I like myself = me gusto. ( yes...although it sounds a bit stupid to say so hehehe)
you like yourself = te gustas.... ( but once again, you won't really need this cuz you rarely walk around saying that you like yourself Emotion: stick out tongue

)

they like eachother = se gustan

we like eachother = Nos gustamos... hmmm, I guess it's possible to say so. but if you talk about that two persons like and care about eachother the verb querer sounds better to me: nos queremos, se quieren ....etc.

Take a look at the verb gustar en VERBIX .

Amber:

Thanks again Syl. I learned a lot today. I checked VERBIX and have bookmarked the site....I'll probably use it often. Thanks again for your time...it was most appreciated:)

Barbara

EXLMARK:

Hola:
Here are some additional tips for easier comprehension of the verb “GUSTAR”:
If you say: “(Yo) te amo”, it means:“I love you”… but
if you say: “(Yo) te gusto”, it DOESN”T mean “I Ilike YOU”, it means the other way around; it means:
“YOU like ME”.
Confused? Bueno, let me explain further: GUSTAR has two essential meanings, namely:
a) To like or enjoy something or doing something
e.g.:• Las mujeres gustan de chismes = Women like or enjoy gossips.
• (Yo) gusto hacer politica = I like playing politics.
b) To please someone, or to be pleasing to someone.
e.g.:• Me gustan las frutas verdes = green fruits please me, or green fruits are pleasing to me. (meaning: I like green fruits)
— Here, the subject of the sentence is “frutas verdes”, the verb is “gustan” and the direct/indirect object is “me”.
• (Yo) te gusto = I please you, or I’m pleasing to you. (meaning: you like me).
— Here, the subject is YO, the verb is GUSTO, and the direct/indirect object is TE.
• (Tú) no me gustas = You don’t please me, or you’re not pleasing to me. (meaning: I don’t like you).
— Here, the subject is TÚ, the verb is GUSTAS, the direct/indirect object is ME.
• (Yo) no te gusto = I don’t please you, or I’m not pleasing to you. (meaning: You don’t like me).
— Here, the subject is YO, the verb is GUSTO and the direct/indirect object is TE.

Espero que esto baste para aclarar más el tema.[H]M

Miembro Pleno858

Gustar/no me gustas tú o ti no me gusta??

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