Practice how to talk about what you like and enjoy in Spanish
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| Do you know how to talk about what you like to do in your free time in Spanish? |
| Welcome to Three Step Spanish Practice by SpanishPod101.com. In this lesson, you will practice how to talk about what you like and enjoy in Spanish, using both regular liking verbs and gustar-type verbs. |
| Let's look at the main dialogue. |
| Two people are having a conversation. |
| Oye, Lucas, ¿qué te gusta hacer cuando tienes tiempo libre? |
| "Hey, Lucas, what do you like to do when you have free time?" |
| 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." |
| [Me apasiona] and [Disfruto] |
| Let's review how to talk about what you like in Spanish. There are two common sentence patterns. |
| The first pattern is used when you want to say you like to do something. |
| In this pattern, you use a conjugated liking verb, followed by an infinitive verb, and sometimes a complement, like a time or a place. |
| For example, in the sentence Disfruto ir al lago temprano, Disfruto, meaning "I enjoy," is the conjugated verb, ir, meaning "to go," is the infinitive, and al lago temprano, meaning "to the lake early," is the complement. |
| This pattern is used with regular liking verbs like disfrutar, meaning "to enjoy," amar, meaning "to love," and preferir, meaning "to prefer." |
| The second pattern is different. It is used to talk about liking things. |
| In this case, the sentence starts with an indirect object pronoun, like me or nos, followed by a gustar-type verb, and then a noun. |
| A good example is Me apasiona la pesca, which means "I'm passionate about fishing." |
| Here, me is the pronoun, apasiona is the verb, and la pesca is the noun. |
| When you like an action, you can also use a gustar-type verb followed by an infinitive, for example: Me gusta cantar. |
| With the first pattern, the verb is conjugated normally to match the person. |
| For example, disfruto means "I enjoy," disfrutas means "you enjoy," and disfrutamos means "we enjoy." |
| Verbs like amar and preferir follow similar conjugations. |
| Just remember that preferir has a small spelling change in most forms. |
| With the second pattern, the verb doesn't change based on the person, but it changes to match the thing you like. |
| If you like just one thing, the verb stays singular, like me encanta, meaning "I love (something)," or me apasiona, meaning "I'm passionate about (something)." |
| If you like more than one thing, the verb becomes plural, like me encantan, meaning "I love (things)," or me apasionan, meaning "I'm passionate about (things)." |
| The pronoun shows who likes it, and the verb agrees with what is liked. |
| In short, use the first pattern to talk about actions you enjoy, and the second pattern to talk about things you like. |
| Let's practice this grammar more in this lesson. |
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