Gustar

[laepelba]

Escrito originalmente por Perikles

And I didn't have any trouble with it until 15 minutes ago

Sorry. I hope we can still be friends.

Escrito originalmente por Rusty

The use of gustar de isn't very common and sounds ancient (because it is). It can be found in literary works.

What your Peruvian friend said is purely colloquial. It's the same construct above, but without the preposition.

If you say 'me likey' in English, everyone understands it, but it isn't grammatically correct by any means. I would choose to tolerate, but not adopt, the occasional colloquialisms you hear.

Gustar can be fully conjugated, Lou Ann. It isn't always used in the 3rd person.
Me gustas. = I like you.
Te gusto. = You like me.
Les gustamos. = They like us.

Right. I remember reading threads about the various conjugations of gustar and what they mean. But I haven't actually heard or read a use of it outside of the third person until now.......

Thanks for pointing to the colloquial usage. I do think that I shall avoid using it.

[Perikles]

Escrito originalmente por laepelba

Sorry. I hope we can still be friends.

Nothing to be sorry for - I've just learned something new. Thank you.

[Rusty]

When you learn Portuguese, you'll use gostar de all the time.

[laepelba]

I'm going to hold off on the Portuguese...... Although my friends in Uruguay live on the border of Uruguay & Brazil, and their kids are taught Spanish, English, & Portuguese all through their years of school. Instead of speaking "Spanglish", they speak "Portuñol".