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Zach
May 04, 2006, 11:32 AM
Is this sentence correct?

Me gusta latinas mujeres

or would it be:

Me gusta latina mujeres

or

Me gustas latinas mujeres

???

Tomisimo
May 04, 2006, 11:37 AM
It would be: Me gustan las mujeres latinas.

The verb gustar is a "backwards" verb. You will get it right if you think of it as meaning "to be pleasing to me" instead of "to like"

So:

Me gusta comer carne. I like to eat meat (It is pleasing to me to eat meat)
Me gustan las mujeres. I like women. (Women are pleasing to me)
(Tu) me gustas (a mí). I like you (You are pleasing to me)
Te gusto? Do you like me? (Am I pleasing to you?)

Hope that helps.

Nix
May 10, 2006, 03:54 AM
Those backwards verbs are the ones that always get me. I can't seem to understand how they work but thanks fro the examples. 8)

Tomisimo
May 10, 2006, 06:30 PM
Those backwards verbs are the ones that always get me. I can't seem to understand how they work but thanks fro the examples. 8)
Do you think this would make a good topic for a quick tutorial?

Zach
May 10, 2006, 08:36 PM
A tutorial would be very useful. I often get confused with that.

Tomisimo
May 11, 2006, 12:18 AM
A tutorial would be very useful. I often get confused with that.
Cool, I just wrote up a post covering when to use ser/estar, now I've got a couple more topics waiting to be written :)

Nix
May 11, 2006, 10:50 AM
Do you think this would make a good topic for a quick tutorial?
Definitely do write a tutorial on that if you have time man. That would help me out.

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