| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| leer libros en la playa. |
| leer libros en la playa. |
| Disfruto |
| Disfruto |
| Disfruto leer libros en la playa. |
| Disfruto leer libros en la playa. |
| "I enjoy reading books at the beach." |
| We use Disfruto in this sentence because it is the first-person singular form of the verb disfrutar, meaning "to enjoy," in the present tense. With verbs like disfrutar, we use a conjugated verb directly followed by an infinitive verb like leer ("to read") to talk about actions we enjoy doing. The verb agrees with the subject yo, meaning "I." |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Me la comida mexicana. |
| Me la comida mexicana. |
| encanta |
| encanta |
| Me encanta la comida mexicana. |
| Me encanta la comida mexicana. |
| "I love Mexican food." |
| We use encanta in this sentence because it is the third-person singular form of the verb encantar, meaning "to love (something)," in the gustar-type structure. The indirect object pronoun me shows who loves it, and the verb encanta agrees with the singular noun la comida mexicana, meaning "Mexican food." The verb matches the thing liked, not the person. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| cocinar juntos los fines de semana. |
| cocinar juntos los fines de semana. |
| Disfrutamos |
| Disfrutamos |
| Disfrutamos cocinar juntos los fines de semana. |
| Disfrutamos cocinar juntos los fines de semana. |
| "We enjoy cooking together on weekends." |
| We use disfrutamos because it is a regular verb that follows the first pattern: conjugated verb + infinitive. Encanta and encantan are gustar-type verbs and need a pronoun like me or nos, and the verb agrees with the thing liked, not the subject, so they don't fit here. |
| Unscramble the words to make a sentence. |
| Ready? |
| Te |
| Te apasiona |
| Te apasiona el |
| Te apasiona el fútbol. |
| "You are passionate about soccer." |
| Te apasiona el fútbol. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Nos (interesa or interesan) la historia de México. |
| Nos (interesa or interesan) la historia de México. |
| interesa |
| interesa |
| Nos interesa la historia de México. |
| "We are interested in the history of Mexico." |
| Interesa is used here because it is the third-person singular form of the verb interesar, meaning "to be interested in," in a gustar-type structure. The indirect object pronoun nos shows who is interested — we — but the verb agrees with la historia de México, which is a singular noun. That's why we use interesa. |
| Interesan would not be correct because it is the plural form, which is only used when referring to multiple things. Since la historia is singular, we must use the singular verb interesa. |
| Let's translate some sentences into Spanish. |
| Translate "You enjoy listening to music in the mornings." into Spanish. |
| Disfrutas, meaning "you enjoy," is the second-person singular form of the verb disfrutar in the present tense, |
| followed by |
| escuchar, the infinitive verb meaning "to listen," showing the action that is enjoyed, |
| next |
| música, a singular feminine noun meaning "music," the direct object of escuchar, |
| followed by |
| por las mañanas, a time expression meaning "in the mornings." |
| We use Disfrutas because it is a regular liking verb that uses normal subject-verb conjugation. The verb is conjugated in the present tense to match the subject tú, meaning "you." After Disfrutas, we use an infinitive verb, escuchar, to express the action you enjoy doing. |
| Disfrutas escuchar música por las mañanas. |
| Disfrutas escuchar música por las mañanas. |
| "You enjoy listening to music in the mornings." |
| Translate "They like outdoor concerts." into Spanish. |
| Les, an indirect object pronoun meaning "to them" or "they like," shows who likes it, |
| followed by |
| gustan, the third-person plural form of the verb gustar in the present tense, meaning "are liked," and agreeing with a plural noun, |
| next |
| los conciertos, a plural masculine noun meaning "the concerts," the thing that is liked, |
| followed by |
| al aire libre, a prepositional phrase meaning "outdoors" or "in the open air." |
| We use gustan because gustar is a gustar-type verb that agrees with the thing that is liked, not the person. The noun los conciertos is plural, so the verb is also plural: gustan. The pronoun les shows who likes it — in this case, they — but the verb form is determined by the concerts, not the people. |
| Les gustan los conciertos al aire libre. |
| Les gustan los conciertos al aire libre. |
| "They like outdoor concerts." |
| Translate "I prefer studying in the library." into Spanish. |
| Prefiero, meaning "I prefer," is the first-person singular form of the verb preferir in the present tense, |
| followed by |
| estudiar, the infinitive verb meaning "to study," describing the action preferred, |
| next |
| en, a preposition meaning "in," |
| followed by |
| la biblioteca, a singular feminine noun meaning "the library," the location where the action happens. |
| We use Prefiero because it is a regular liking verb that follows normal subject-verb conjugation. It is in the present tense, matching the subject yo, meaning "I." After Prefiero, we use the infinitive verb estudiar to express the activity the speaker prefers. |
| Prefiero estudiar en la biblioteca. |
| Prefiero estudiar en la biblioteca. |
| "I prefer studying in the library." |
| Listen to me as I speak. Which verb is used in the sentences? |
| Disfruto leer libros en la playa. |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| Disfruto leer libros en la playa. |
| Did you hear, disfruto? |
| Disfruto, meaning "I enjoy," is the first-person singular form of the verb disfrutar in the present tense. We use disfruto with an infinitive verb like leer to describe an action you enjoy doing. |
| How about...? |
| Te apasiona el fútbol. |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| Te apasiona el fútbol. |
| Did you hear, apasiona? |
| Apasiona, meaning "you are passionate about," is a gustar-type verb in the third-person singular form. It agrees with the noun el fútbol, meaning "football," and the pronoun te shows "to you." The verb agrees with what is liked, not with the person. |
| Next… |
| Nos interesa la historia de México. |
| One more time. |
| Nos interesa la historia de México. |
| Did you hear, interesa? |
| Interesa, meaning "is interesting to us," is another gustar-type verb in the third-person singular form. It matches the singular noun la historia, and nos shows who it interests — we. The verb agrees with the thing liked. |
| And... |
| Prefiero estudiar en la biblioteca. |
| One more time. |
| Prefiero estudiar en la biblioteca. |
| Did you hear, prefiero? |
| Prefiero, meaning "I prefer," is the first-person singular form of preferir in the present tense. It follows the standard liking verb pattern, where a conjugated verb is followed by an infinitive, estudiar, describing an action you like to do. |
| Thank you for watching. |
| Now you know how to talk about what you like to do in your free time in Spanish. |
| ...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway. |
| Nos vemos. |
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