Me gusta poner almendras en mi yogur por la mañana.

I like to put almonds in my yogurt in the morning.

Breakdown of Me gusta poner almendras en mi yogur por la mañana.

• yo: I
• en: in
• mi: my
• la mañana: the morning

Questions & Answers about Me gusta poner almendras en mi yogur por la mañana.

Why is it me gusta and not yo gusto?

In Spanish, gustar doesn’t work like English to like.

• Literal structure: Me gusta X = “X pleases me.”
• X is the subject, and me is an indirect object (the person pleased).

So:

• Me gusta poner almendras… = “Putting almonds… pleases me.”
• Saying yo gusto would literally be “I please” (someone else), which is almost never how we talk about personal likes in Spanish. You’d need to say who you please: Yo le gusto a ella = “She likes me.”

Why is gusta singular if almendras is plural?

Because the real subject of the sentence is the verb phrase, not almendras.

• Subject: poner almendras en mi yogur por la mañana (the action of putting almonds in my yogurt in the morning)
• That whole action is treated as one thing, so gustar is used in the singular: gusta.

Compare:

• Me gustan las almendras. – I like almonds. (subject = las almendras, plural → gustan)
• Me gusta comer almendras. – I like to eat almonds. (subject = comer almendras, one action → gusta)

Can I also say A mí me gusta poner almendras en mi yogur por la mañana? What’s the difference?