In an early lesson, Amy used
“Me gustaría un café”
Why not “Mi gustaría un café” ?
Robert-C7
March 24, 2015
Here is the grammatical explanation for this question.
present indicative: me gusta un café = a coffee is pleasing to
me = I like a coffee
conditional tense: Me gustaría un café = a coffee would be pleasing
to me = I would like a coffee
me = indirect object pronoun = to me
mi = my
The verb 'gustar' is a reverse construct verb where the object as
we would think in English is actually the subject. Here
'me' is used to specify to whom the coffee is
pleasing.
ricardo-rich
March 24, 2015
Excellent explanation!
george-gmh
March 24, 2015
Thanks Robert
George
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