¿Te gustan los perritos calientes con mostaza, con kétchup,
o con ambos. Is gustan for ustedes or for perritos
callientes?
¿Te gustan los perritos calientes con mostaza, con kétchup, o con ambos

Ava Dawn
March 21, 2015

Steven-W15
March 21, 2015
los perritos calientes. ya me has dado hambre... ;-)

ricardo-rich
March 21, 2015
Hola Aurora,
Gustan refers to the perritos and ambos is "both" . I don't understand where "ustedes" figures in?
Saludos,
Ricardo
Gustan refers to the perritos and ambos is "both" . I don't understand where "ustedes" figures in?
Saludos,
Ricardo

Ava Dawn
March 21, 2015
I always have a difficult time with the verb gustar. It does not
follow yo gusto, tu gustas, el ella ud gusta, nosotros gustamos,
ellos ellas ustedes gustan. I keep seeing me gusta, te gusta. I
think it has to do with reflexive verb.

Ava Dawn
March 21, 2015
I graduated from the beginning Spanish with the Senior Center and
by April will join the other participants in the Intermediate
level. It is very easy to pass the beginner's. You just have to
know SER and ESTAR in the present tense and be able to know some of
the vocabulary. RS has a better curriculum and yet I still have
more questions than answers. I would like to know someone who would
speak in English and will ask me to translate in Spanish or the
other way around.

Robert-C7
March 21, 2015
The verb 'gustar' is one of a class of verbs where what we consider
to be the object of the sentence is actually the subject. So,
to say "I like cats", you need to rephrase it in your mind to "cats
are pleasing to me" and therefore say "me gustan
los gatos". Likewise, if I want to say "they like this dog",
we need to rephrase it to "this dog is pleasing to them" and say
"les gusta este perro". Rocket Spanish
lesson 6.7 explains this fairly well.
http://members.rocketlanguages.com/lessons/699
http://members.rocketlanguages.com/lessons/699

Dan-H24
March 21, 2015
¡Me gusta los perritos calientes de Chicago: con todos, en unapan
de amapola!

Ava Dawn
March 22, 2015
¿Te gustan los perritos calientes? What is the
difference between Dan's "Me gusta" and this question "Te gustan"?
It is both perritos callientes

Dan-H24
March 22, 2015
I think I should have used gustan instead of gusta, since, as you
say, we were both talking about hot dogs (plural.)
Me gustan los perritos calientes de Chicago.
Me gustan los perritos calientes de Chicago.

Ava Dawn
March 23, 2015
Robert, thank you so much for the link. I should have learned that
a long time ago. There are other words with the same rules.
Dan I hoped that it was not deliberate just so I would feel better. Muchas gracias tambien.
Dan I hoped that it was not deliberate just so I would feel better. Muchas gracias tambien.

Cristian-Montes-de-Oca
March 23, 2015
Hola!
Since the question starts with 'te' there is no 'ustedes' or 'usted' here, only 'tu'. So its asking someone if he or she likes 'two or more things" (that is why the verb 'gustar' switches to 'gustan' . If I were to ask about one thing (e.g. ¿Te gusta el pastel?) we use the verb 'gustar' as 'gusta'). If you want to address the question to several people, it should be something like "Les gustan los perritos....?
Y, sí, si me gustan los perritos calientes!!!
Since the question starts with 'te' there is no 'ustedes' or 'usted' here, only 'tu'. So its asking someone if he or she likes 'two or more things" (that is why the verb 'gustar' switches to 'gustan' . If I were to ask about one thing (e.g. ¿Te gusta el pastel?) we use the verb 'gustar' as 'gusta'). If you want to address the question to several people, it should be something like "Les gustan los perritos....?
Y, sí, si me gustan los perritos calientes!!!