Questions & Answers about Me gusta mirar el cielo desde mi ventana.
Why is it me gusta and not yo gusto?
In Spanish, gustar works differently from English to like. Literally, Me gusta means “[It] is pleasing to me.”
- me = to me (indirect object)
- gusta = is pleasing (3rd person singular)
So you don’t say yo gusto el cielo, because that would mean “I am pleasing the sky.” The thing you like is the grammatical subject (here: mirar el cielo), and me is the person who experiences the liking.
What exactly does the pronoun me do in this sentence?
me is an indirect object pronoun meaning “to me”. With gustar, the structure is:
- [indirect object pronoun] + gusta + [thing/action that is liked]
So Me gusta mirar el cielo literally = “Looking at the sky is pleasing to me.”
You would change me depending on who likes it: te gusta, le gusta, nos gusta, os gusta, les gusta.
Why is it gusta and not gustan here?