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Gustar, Encantar, Fascinar

Notice that yo is not used with any of these verbs. That is because with these verbs yo is not doing the action. Me or te or le is receiving the action.

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Basic greetings and how to ask to go to the bathroom

Notes on Personal Pronouns

Notes on Gustar, Encantar, and Fascinar

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Purple People with Gustar, Encantar, Fascinar

Purple People

When it comes to verbs like gustar, the people before the verb will not be the subject. Those people will be receiving the action of the verb, not doing it.

-¿Qué te gusta hacer?

–Me gusta aprender al español.

Here’s a review of the parts of speech.

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Pronouns for People

Subjects do the action.

  • I
  • you
  • he
  • she

Verbs are the action, and reflect the subject doing them and the time.

  • eat, eats
  • am eating, are eating (right now)
  • ate, used to eat (in the past)

Infinitives are actions not matched up with a subject and not confined to a time.

  • to eat
  • to drink
  • to run
  • to walk
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Spanish Class? Es la máxima. Me encanta

¿La clase de español? Es la máxima. Me encanta.

La clase de español is working as the subject for these sentences. Es is “is” and is the first verb. la máxima is a superlative working as an adjective to add more information. What is the class like? It is “the best.” Me is an indirect object pronoun, meaning “to me.” Something is happening “to me.” encanta means “is enchanting.” Something is enchanting to me. What is that something? The class of Spanish.

“I love it” is not a literal translation of “me encanta.” Encanta does not reflect “I” in anyway, and there is no “yo” in the sentence.