Comments on: Verbs like “gustar” http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/12/29/verbs-like-gustar/ A bilingual blog and conversational Spanish podcast. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:02:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Henrique Ferreira http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/12/29/verbs-like-gustar/#comment-3221 Henrique Ferreira Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:14:11 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/12/29/verbs-like-gustar/#comment-3221 Congratulations for all this content you share with us. Always when I travel, I review it enjoying each time more than the last! Thank you! Congratulations for all this content you share with us. Always when I travel, I review it enjoying each time more than the last! Thank you!

]]> By: eleena http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/12/29/verbs-like-gustar/#comment-151 eleena Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:39:22 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/12/29/verbs-like-gustar/#comment-151 ¡Hola Manutd! ¿Cómo te va? Regarding molestar, it fits the pattern because it falls into that category of verbs that require the use of an indirect object pronoun. At first glance your example may seem like it doesn't follow the rule, but in reality it does. It just doesn't seem that way because you used the first person singular. But take the same verb and use a different scenario. <em><strong>A Javier, le molestan los pájaros</strong></em> (Javier is bothered by birds. Birds annoy Javier.) By the way, be careful when using "gustar" in reference to people. If a native Spanish speaker were to say to you "<em>me gustas</em>" ("I like you") it is commonly understood that they are expressing their interest in you, i.e. to like someone in a romantic, non-platonic way. Thanks for stopping by and leaving this comment. You made me think more closely about Spanish grammar, a topic I greatly enjoy. ¡Hola Manutd!
¿Cómo te va? Regarding molestar, it fits the pattern because it falls into that category of verbs that require the use of an indirect object pronoun. At first glance your example may seem like it doesn’t follow the rule, but in reality it does. It just doesn’t seem that way because you used the first person singular. But take the same verb and use a different scenario. A Javier, le molestan los pájaros (Javier is bothered by birds. Birds annoy Javier.)

By the way, be careful when using “gustar” in reference to people. If a native Spanish speaker were to say to you “me gustas” (“I like you”) it is commonly understood that they are expressing their interest in you, i.e. to like someone in a romantic, non-platonic way.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving this comment. You made me think more closely about Spanish grammar, a topic I greatly enjoy.

]]> By: Manutd http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/12/29/verbs-like-gustar/#comment-150 Manutd Sun, 30 Dec 2007 02:55:06 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/12/29/verbs-like-gustar/#comment-150 molestar doesn't work exactly like gustar: Me gusta a mi hermano. Le molesto a mi hermano. They're similar, but not identical. molestar doesn’t work exactly like gustar:
Me gusta a mi hermano.
Le molesto a mi hermano.
They’re similar, but not identical.

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