Learn Hardcore Spanish (Spain): De noche, me gusta leer en mi cuarto.

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De noche, me gusta leer en mi cuarto.

Meaning

At night, I like to read in my room.

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Breakdown of De noche, me gusta leer en mi cuarto.

Why does Spanish use me gusta leer instead of something like yo gusto leer?

Because gustar works differently from to like in English.

In Spanish, gustar literally works more like to be pleasing to. So:

Here:

So me gusta leer is the normal way to say I like reading.

Why is it gusta and not gustan?

Because the thing being liked here is the infinitive leer, and an infinitive counts as a singular idea in Spanish.

So:

But if you like plural nouns, then you use gustan:

So in me gusta leer, the verb is singular because leer is treated as one activity.

What exactly does de noche mean here?