Me gusta plantar flores en el huerto comunitario.

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Breakdown of Me gusta plantar flores en el huerto comunitario.

• gustar: to like
• en: in
• la flor: the flower

Questions & Answers about Me gusta plantar flores en el huerto comunitario.

Why do we use Me gusta plantar flores instead of Yo gusto plantar flores?

In Spanish, gustar doesn’t work like English “to like.” It literally means “to be pleasing to.”
Structure:
• Me = indirect object pronoun (“to me”)
• gusta = 3rd-person singular of gustar (“is pleasing”)
• plantar flores = subject (the action that pleases)
So you never say Yo gusto, because you’re not the subject; the thing you like is.

Why is plantar in the infinitive? Could we say Me gusta planto?

After verbs of liking/disliking (gustar, encantar, interesar…), when you describe the action you like, you always use the infinitive. The infinitive functions like a noun: “plantar flores” = “planting flowers.”
• Me gusta plantar = “Planting pleases me.”
• Me gusta planto would mix two conjugations and is grammatically incorrect.

Why is it Me gusta plantar flores and not Me gustan plantar flores? Shouldn’t the verb agree with the plural flores?

The verb gusta agrees with its subject, which here is the entire infinitive phrase plantar flores (a single activity). Even though flores is plural, it’s part of a singular action, so you keep gusta (3rd person singular).

Why don’t we use an article before (as in )?