Gustar, Encantar, Fascinar, and Chocar

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Gustar, Encantar, Fascinar, and Chocar

• Grammar Essential
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Definitions

• Gustar to be pleasing / to like
• Encantar to be very pleasing / to really like
• Fascinar to be extremely pleasing/ to love
  (not to be confused with amar)
• Chocar to not be pleasing / to dislike

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Subject Chart

• With all the verbs, you need to use this chart
  for your subject. If you want to say he, you
  will not use él, you will use a él le. It
  may seem redundant it is used for clarification.

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Conjugations

• All 4 verbs are only conjugated into two forms
  the 3rd and 6th boxes.
• Example Gustar conjugates only into gusta and
  gustan.
• As you learn different tenses, this still
  applies.

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Conjugations

• In order to conjugate the verb, you must figure
  out what is being liked (gustar), what is being
  really liked (fascinar), loved (encantar), or
  what is being disliked (chocar).
• Once you found the object, determine whether it
  is singular, plural, or an infinitive.
• 3rd box is used for singular objects and
  infinitives
• 6th box is used for plural objects

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Examples

• He likes the dogs.
• In Spanish, you have to think backwards The dogs
  are pleasing to him.
• First, you must go to the subject chart and find
  the phrase for he.
• A él le
• Now, figure out what is being liked.
• He likes what?... The dogs los perros
• Dogs is plural, so you will use gustan. Think
  backwards. The object will always determine the
  singular or plural verb (using these special
  infinitives).
• Put the phrases together, you get
• A él le gustan los perros.

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• A él le gustan los perros.
• Use gustan because the object is plural.
• The dogs please is what you are translating.
• Use a él is used to make sure the reader knows
  who le is referring to in the sentence.
• If you didnt have a él it could be she or
  you. The really person who like the dogs is
  him. You insure that the reader is not confused
  or mistakes the subject.

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Examples

• We hate to sing in school.
• Who is our subject?... We a nosotros nos
• We hate what?... To sing cantar
• Cantar is an infinitive, so you use the singular
  form of chocar choca
• A nosotros nos choca cantar en escuela.

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• A nosotros nos choca cantar en escuela.
• Use choca because the object is singualr.
• to sing is not pleasing is what you are
  translating.
• Use a nosotros is used to make sure the reader
  knows who nos is referring to in the sentence.
  
• Because with nos you can only refer back to
  nosotros, you dont always have to use a nos
  to insure that the reader is not confused or
  mistakes the subject.

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Practice

• They like the classes.
• You (s. fam.) love fruit.
• I hate my old car.
• She really likes to dance.

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Answers

• A ellos les gustan las clases.
• A ti te fascina la fruta.
• A mí me choca mi carro viejo.
• A ella le encanta bailar.
• Mí me (does not agree in gender or number)
• Mi my (will agree in number)