Me gusta caminar por el campo tranquilo con mi familia.

I

Breakdown of Me gusta caminar por el campo tranquilo con mi familia.

• con: with
• mi: my
• la familia: the family

Questions & Answers about Me gusta caminar por el campo tranquilo con mi familia.

Why is it “me gusta” and not “yo gusto” for “I like”?

In Spanish, gustar doesn’t work like “to like” in English.
Literally, gustar means “to be pleasing”.

• Me gusta caminar…
  = Walking is pleasing to me
  = I like walking

Grammatically:

• “gusta” is the verb form that agrees with what pleases (here, caminar = walking).
• “me” is an indirect object pronoun, meaning “to me”.

So instead of saying “I like walking”, Spanish says “Walking pleases me”:

• Me gusta caminar. = [To me] it is pleasing to walk.

You do not usually say “yo gusto caminar”. That would sound like “I please to walk,” which is wrong in Spanish.

---

Why is it “gusta” (singular) and not “gustan” in this sentence?