Me gusta el dibujo de mi hermana.

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Breakdown of Me gusta el dibujo de mi hermana.

• gustar: to like
• mi: my
• de: of

Questions & Answers about Me gusta el dibujo de mi hermana.

Why is it me gusta instead of something like yo gusto?

Because gustar works differently from to like in English.

In English, you say:

• I like the drawing.

But in Spanish, the structure is more like:

• The drawing is pleasing to me.

So:

• me = to me
• gusta = is pleasing
• el dibujo = the drawing

That is why me gusta means I like in English, even though the grammar is built differently in Spanish.

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What exactly does me mean here?

Me is an indirect object pronoun meaning to me.

So in:

• Me gusta el dibujo de mi hermana

the literal idea is:

• The drawing of my sister / my sister’s drawing pleases me
• or more naturally, I like my sister’s drawing

Other common forms are:

• me gusta = I like
• te gusta = you like
• le gusta = he/she likes, or you like (formal)

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