Gusta v gustan

Jessicah J.A2Kwiziq community member

Gusta v gustan

I thought gustar was modified by the thing being liked (vs the person/people doing the liking), but when I chose gustan for liking the horse races I was marked wrong.

This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Using gustar in Spanish + verb to say like [doing something]"

Asked 1 year ago

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InmaKwiziq Head of Spanish, Native Spanish TeacherCorrect answer

Hola Jessicah

If what you're saying it that you like "something" and that something is plural, yes, you need "gustan":

Me gustan las carreras de caballos.

But here, the sentence is expressing that they like "to do / doing something", with an infinitive. In this case you need "gusta":

Me gusta ir a las carreras de caballos.

I like to go to the horse races.

I hope it clarified it.

Saludos

Inma

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Jessicah J. asked:

Gusta v gustan

I thought gustar was modified by the thing being liked (vs the person/people doing the liking), but when I chose gustan for liking the horse races I was marked wrong.

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