The verb gustar and other rare verbs

The verb gustar and other rare verbs

There are a number of verbs (gustar apetecer, interesar, importar, doler, molestar, caer bien/mal, divertir, aburrir, fascinar, impresionar, asustar, etc. ) that follow the same grammatical structure:

Indirect complement pronoun PRONOUMS IC PRONOUMS + conjugated verb + noun/infinitive.

• Me gusta el queso manchego.

• No me gusta ir a la ópera

To add emphasis, we use a + prepositional pronoun PRONOUMS PREPOSITION (me, you, him, her, you, we, us, you, them) or person's name before the indirect complement pronoun.

• A Juan le encanta jugar al ajedrez A él le duele la rodilla

Both the prepositional pronoun and the noun correspond to the indirect object.

• A mí me gusta el café. A Carolina le aburre el teatro.

After the preposition a, the pronoun yo becomes mí, and the pronoun tú becomes ti.

• A mí me gusta bailar con desconocidas ¿y a ti?

Note: we can never place a in front of a subject (the person who performs the action), that is, with verbs that do not follow this structure.

• Jose Luis sings. *NO A JOSE LUIS CANTA

• Rodrigo likes to sleep with clean sheets.