| Let's look at the sentence pattern. |
| Do you remember how the character said, |
| "I'm passionate about fishing. I enjoy going to the lake early in the morning." |
| Me apasiona la pesca. Disfruto ir al lago temprano en la mañana. |
| Me apasiona la pesca. Disfruto ir al lago temprano en la mañana. |
| This sentence follows two key patterns. |
| Pattern One: |
| [Conjugated verb of liking] + [infinitive verb] + complement. |
| Pattern Two: |
| [Indirect object pronoun] + [gustar-type verb] + noun. |
| Pattern One uses a conjugated liking verb like disfrutar, amar, preferir, followed by an infinitive and optional complements like time or place. It's used to talk about actions you enjoy. |
| Pattern Two works differently. It uses gustar-type verbs, like gustar, encantar, apasionar, or interesar. |
| In this pattern, you start with an indirect object pronoun, like me, te, or nos, then add the conjugated verb, and and finally the noun, which is the thing you like. The verb doesn't match the person — it matches the thing that is liked. |
| To summarize: Pattern One is for liking actions and uses regular conjugation, while Pattern Two is for liking things and uses gustar-type verbs, where the verb matches the thing you like. |
| Here's how the line from the dialogue shows both patterns. |
| Me apasiona la pesca. Disfruto ir al lago temprano en la mañana. |
| "I'm passionate about fishing. I enjoy going to the lake early in the morning." |
| Let's break it down. |
| In the first part, Me apasiona la pesca, we follow Pattern Two. |
| Me is the indirect object pronoun, apasiona is the gustar-type verb, and la pesca is the noun. The verb apasiona agrees with la pesca, not with me. |
| In the second part, Disfruto ir al lago temprano en la mañana, we follow Pattern One. |
| Disfruto is the conjugated liking verb, ir is the infinitive, and al lago temprano en la mañana is the complement, explaining where and when. |
| So, in one sentence, we see both patterns. The first part shows how to talk about liking a thing, and the second shows how to talk about liking to do something. |
| There's another line from the dialogue that follows Pattern Two: |
| A mí me encanta el fútbol. |
| "I love football." |
| Here, A mí adds emphasis, me is the indirect object pronoun, encanta is the gustar-type verb, and el fútbol is the noun. |
| The verb encanta agrees with el fútbol, which is singular. |
| So in this sentence, we are not describing an action, but a thing we like, which is why it follows Pattern Two. |
| Now you know how to talk about what you like to do in your free time, using two simple patterns — one for actions and one for things. |
| Let's take a look at the conjugation. |
| For Pattern One, we use regular liking verbs. |
| For example, disfrutar — meaning "to enjoy" — is a regular -ar verb. In the present tense, we say yo disfruto, tú disfrutas, él o ella disfruta, nosotros disfrutamos, vosotros disfrutáis, ellos o ellas disfrutan. |
| Amar — meaning "to love" — follows the same -ar pattern: yo amo, tú amas, él o ella ama, nosotros amamos, vosotros amáis, ellos o ellas aman. |
| Preferir — meaning "to prefer" — is an -ir verb with a stem change, so we say yo prefiero, tú prefieres, él o ella prefiere, nosotros preferimos, vosotros preferís, ellos o ellas prefieren. Notice how the e changes to ie in most forms, but not in nosotros and vosotros. |
| Now, for Pattern Two, we use gustar-type verbs, such as encantar, apasionar, and interesar. These verbs agree with the thing you like, not with the person. |
| If it's just one thing, the verb stays singular. We say me encanta — meaning "I love (something)," me apasiona — meaning "I'm passionate about," or me interesa — meaning "I'm interested in." |
| If it's more than one thing, the verb becomes plural. We say me encantan, me apasionan, me interesan when talking about more than one thing. |
| The pronoun shows who likes it, but the verb always agrees with what is liked, singular or plural. |
| Now let's look at some speaking examples. |
| Disfruto caminar en el parque por las tardes. |
| "I enjoy walking in the park in the afternoons." |
| Can you see how the pattern applies here? |
| Let's break it down: |
| This follows Pattern One, which is [Conjugated verb of liking] + [infinitive verb] + complement. |
| We start with Disfruto, the conjugated form of disfrutar in the first person singular, meaning "I enjoy." |
| Next comes caminar, the infinitive verb, meaning "to walk." |
| Then we have en el parque, meaning "in the park," and por las tardes, meaning "in the afternoons." |
| These are complements, giving extra information about where and when. |
| So this sentence follows Pattern One perfectly: |
| Disfruto, conjugated verb of liking, |
| caminar, the infinitive verb, |
| plus complements that explain more about the action. |
| Here's another example |
| Prefieren escuchar música mientras estudian. |
| "They prefer listening to music while studying." |
| Prefieren escuchar música mientras estudian. |
| "They prefer listening to music while studying." |
| Let's try one more, |
| Amo preparar cenas especiales los fines de semana. |
| "I love preparing special dinners on the weekends." |
| Amo preparar cenas especiales los fines de semana. |
| "I love preparing special dinners on the weekends." |
| Another one. |
| Me interesa la cultura japonesa. |
| "I'm interested in Japanese culture." |
| Me interesa la cultura japonesa. |
| "I'm interested in Japanese culture." |
| This example follows pattern two: |
| Me is the indirect object pronoun, |
| Interesa is a gustar-type verb, |
| La cultura japonesa is the noun. |
| One last example. |
| Nos encanta el cine mexicano. |
| "We love Mexican cinema." |
| Nos encanta el cine mexicano. |
| "We love Mexican cinema." |
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