Breakdown of Me gusta hablar en voz baja en la biblioteca.
yo
I
en
in
gustar
to like
la biblioteca
the library
Questions & Answers about Me gusta hablar en voz baja en la biblioteca.
Why is it me gusta and not yo gusto?
In Spanish, gustar does not work like to like in English.
- Me gusta literally means "it is pleasing to me."
- me = to me (an indirect object pronoun)
- gusta = is pleasing
So the structure is closer to "Talking quietly in the library is pleasing to me" than "I like..." in terms of grammar.
Yo gusto would mean "I please" (other people), which is almost never what you want in this kind of sentence.
What is the subject of gusta in this sentence?
The subject of gusta is the action hablar en voz baja en la biblioteca (speaking quietly in the library).
- Me = to me (indirect object)
- gusta = is pleasing
- hablar en voz baja en la biblioteca = what is pleasing (the subject)
Any verb in the infinitive (like hablar) or a whole infinitive phrase can act as the subject of gustar and it always uses gusta (singular).
Why is hablar in the infinitive and not hablo?