# How gustar works: me gusta, me gustan

> id: grammar.verbs.gustar-structure · category: grammar · depth: standard · levels: A1, A2 · review: internally_reviewed

**Summary.** The liked thing is the subject; the person is an indirect object: me gusta el café, me gustan los viajes. The verb agrees with the thing, not the person.

Literally 'the coffee pleases me': me/te/le/nos/os/les + gusta (singular thing or infinitive) / gustan (plural things). Me gusta viajar; me gustan las salteñas.

Emphasize or clarify the person with a + pronoun: a mí me gusta, a ella le gusta. Never *yo gusto el café — that reverses the structure.

When what is liked is one or more actions, the verb stays singular even with several infinitives: me gusta cocinar y comer. Use the a-phrase whenever you switch or contrast subjects — a mí me gusta, pero a él no — since le and les are otherwise ambiguous about who is meant.

## Examples
- Nos gusta este barrio. — We like this neighborhood.
- ¿Te gustan los mariscos? — Do you like seafood? *(Plural thing → gustan.)*
- A mí me gusta madrugar, pero a mis hijos les gusta dormir hasta tarde. — I like getting up early, but my kids like sleeping in.

Related: grammar.verbs.gustar-like-verbs, grammar.pronouns.indirect-object

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