Realidades 1A Infinitives and Gustar

Realidades 1A Infinitives and Gustar

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Translate "to go to school"

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Translate "to talk on the phone"

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Translate "to ski"

Poll

What is "to write stories" in Spanish

• Leer revistas

• Escribir cuentos

• Usar la computadora

​Infinitive!

​Watch the video about Infinitives and afterwards we will take some notes on them!

Infinitives

Infinitives are verbs that have no subject.

They are also know as "unconjugated" verbs.

Conjugating is the process of changing a verb to match it's subject.

Ex: to talk (infinitive) I talk (conjugated verb because we have a subject)

Infinitives in Spanish

In English, we know a verb is an infinitive because it has "to" in front of it.

In Spanish, we can tell by the ending. There are 3 types of infinitives in Spanish:

AR (Hablar)

ER (Correr)

IR (Escribir)

Poll

What type of Infinitive is the verb Patinar

• AR

• ER

• IR

Poll

What type of Infinitive is the verb Esquiar

• AR

• ER

• IR

Poll

What type of Infinitive is the verb Ver

• AR

• ER

• IR

Poll

What type of Infinitive is the verb Escribir

• AR

• ER

• IR

Poll

What type of Infinitive is the verb Bailar

• AR

• ER

• IR

Talking about likes

When we talk about what we like to do, we used the verb "Gustar"

Gustar means "to like or to be pleasing to"

I like to... = (A mí) me gusta

A mí means "to me"

It can be dropped so you can simply say "Me gusta"

Me gusta + Infinitive

• To describe what you like to do, you simply take "Me gusta" and follow it with the infinitive

• Ex: I like to swim = Me gusta nadar

Multiple Choice

Translate "I like to sing"

• Me gustas nadar

• Me gusta bailar

• Me gusta cantar

• Me gustas bailar

Multiple Choice

Translate "I like to read magazines"

• Me gusta leo revistas

• Mi gusta leer revistas

• Me gusta leer

• Me gusta leer revistas

Using Mucho to say "A lot"

When you really like to do something, you use "Mucho" to say "a lot"

Placement in sentence: Mucho must always be placed right after "gusta"

Ex: I like to skate a lot --> Me gusta mucho patinar

Poll

Translate: I like to use the computer a lot.

• Me gusta usar la computadora

• Me gusta mucho usar la computadora

• Mucho me gusta computadora

Multiple Choice

I like to skateboard a lot

• Me gusta mucho montar en bicicleta

• Me gusta montar en monopatín

• Me gusta montar en bicleta

• Me gusta mucho montar en monopatín

Open Ended

Translate: I like to play videogames.

Open Ended

Translate: I like to run a lot.

​No me gusta...

​To say you don't like something

​

​No me gusta + infinitive

​

​Ex: I don't like to read. --> No me gusta leer.

​Nada

​To say you don't like something "at all"

​

​No me gusta + nada + infinitive

​

​Ex: I don't like to skate at all. --> No me gusta nada patinar.

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Translate: I don't like to sing at all.

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I don't like to dance at all.

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I don't like to dance at.

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I don't like to swim at all.