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Originally Posted by dreax
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Soy singapurensa de Choa Chu Kang,  la afuera en el occidental de Singapur. If you're trying to say 'out in the east of Singapur', you don't need to translate so literally. Just say 'situated in ...'.
Mi papa es taxista.
Gustamos (missing article) comida japonesa, por ejemplo, (missing article) sushi y (missing article) sashimi.
Esta comida vale $85. Yo y mi hermana gustamos (missing article) fondue de chocolate. Mis padres gustan el café con leche. Mi segundo hermano gusta el café de moca con hielo. Mi tercero hermano gusta el batido de mango. Mi hermana gusta el batido de uva. |
The majority of the problems marked in red have to do with improper use of the verb
gustar.
This verb takes an indirect object. The subject may precede or follow it, but most people place it behind the verb. The verb does not translate as 'to like'. You should think of it as 'to be pleasing to'. The thing that is pleasing to someone is the subject. To whom it is pleasing is the indirect object. In Spanish, when you use an indirect object, you
must use an indirect object pronoun. The indirect object itself, which isn't always required, is preceded with the preposition
a.
I like chocolate. = Me gusta el chocolate.
Notice that the subject (el chocolate) is following the verb. In English, chocolate is the direct object, but in Spanish, the subject is 'what is pleasing'. To whom it is pleasing is the indirect object. I wrote only the indirect object pronoun (which precedes a conjugated verb in Spanish). I omitted the indirect object
a mí because it is evident from the pronoun I used that I was referring to myself.
My sister likes Japanese food. = A mi hermana le gusta la comida japonesa.
Here is an example of a sentence with the indirect object included. It is preceded by the preposition
a. The ambiguous 3rd-person
le usually requires the indirect object (at least until the person has been established). Once the person is known, the indirect object can be omitted, but not the indirect object pronoun.
If the food is pleasing to
us, we write
nos gusta la comida. If the subject is plural, as in apples, we write
nos gustan las manzanas. The conjugated verb must agree in number with the subject.