Hola. In this video lesson, we’re going to review the verb gustar as well as add on to what we learned in the previous gustar videos. What the heck. I’ll throw in some fruits too.
The names for the fruits might differ from country to country. These are more or less standard names. I have noticed that my Mexican friends use ‘el limón‘ for both ‘la lima‘ and ‘el limón‘. I find that interesting.
Enjoy!
Let me know if you have any questions, comments or suggestions about this video below! 🙂
Vocabulario:
me gusta(n__. – I like __.
te gusta(n) __. – You like __.
me gustará(n) __ – I would like __.
te gustará(n) __ – You would like __.
la fresa – strawberry
la sandía – watermelon
la naranja – orange
el limón – lemon
la lima – lime
la manzana – apple
el durazno – peach
la cereza – cherry
las uvas – grapes
el plátano – banana
la pera – pear
el coco – coconut
la piña – pineapple
*el tomate – tomato
*I heavily vacillated about putting the tomato on this video, but decided that even though I learned it as a vegetable as a wee lad, it’s a fruta.
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Another great lesson Señor Jordan! Here where I live in Central Mexico it is very common to call a tomato a “jitomate”. The word “tomate” can mean “tomato” but it can also be used to describe a”tomatillo” which has a paper-like husk and resembles a tomato except that it is green and is usually used to make a green salsa. What we generally call a lemon in English is called a “limón agria” or a “limón real” here and they are not very common. If you just use the word “limón” by itself it generally always refers to a lime and limes here are very common and used for just about everything. I have a suggestion for another lesson using “gustar”. It would be helpful for people to learn how to turn gustar around a bit to say things like “Juan does not like Maria’s dog” or “Lorenzo does not like how I cook” or “They do not like me”.
Thanks for pointing out some of the regional differences. For more complicated gustar videos, those will be coming up soon enough. Thanks for the suggestion!
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again thanx for these videos
Cool video, I like it so much! But how about the conjugations for He/She/You like, We like, They/ You all like?
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Hello! I have just moved to Costa Rica from the US and am learning Spanish by immersion. In school I had several years of Spanish class so I have a base from which to start but that was many years ago. I found your videos through youtube and they have been a tremendous help. I like that I can pick and choose what topics I want and that they are in relatively short modules. And your explanations are simple and easy to understand.
I have a question about gustaria. I have learned here to say quisiera when ordering in a restaurant. Is this the same as gustaria? Or maybe it is a regional variation? I have a feeling they both would work but there is maybe a subtle difference in the wording/translation?
Thank you for providing these videos – they are great!
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Hi SJ. Really enjoying your videos. Is there any particular you are using mas? I thought mas meant” more”. Does it have another meaning here?
Thanks
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Hola! I was just wondering why when you say “Te gusta mas _” why it isn’t “Que te gusta mas _” or “Cual te gusta mas_”
Gracias Senor Jordan
This is a very helpful video that gave me a much better understanding on the term gustar and how to use it