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Interesar-type verbs

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  • Verbs like interesar (to interest), gustar (to like), encantar (to love), and doler (to hurt) follow a different sentence structure than most English sentences. Instead of saying ‘I like chocolate,’ in Spanish we would say: Me gusta el chocolate. The literal translation of this would be ‘To me pleases chocolate’ (Indirect Object + Verb [3rd person] + Subject).
  • Common indirect object pronouns:
    • gustar (to like)
    • encantar (to love)
    • interesar (to interest)
    • doler (to hurt)
    • molestar (to bother)
    • fascinar (to fascinate)
    • importar (to matter)
    • parecer (to seem / appear)
    • quedar (to remain / be left)
    • faltar (to lack / be missing)
  • Examples:
    • Me interesa la historia. (History interests me.) Literally: “To me interests history”
    • ¿Te gusta la música clásica? (Do you like classical music?) Literally: “Does classical music please you?”
    • Le encanta el cine. (He/she loves the cinema.) Literally: “To him loves the cinema”
    • Nos duele la cabeza. (We have a headache.) Literally: “To us hurts the head.”
English Spanish
to me me
to you te
to him/her le
to us nos
to you all os
to them les

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