Me gusta guardar una flor seca en mi cuaderno.

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Breakdown of Me gusta guardar una flor seca en mi cuaderno.

• una: a
• gustar: to like
• en: in

Questions & Answers about Me gusta guardar una flor seca en mi cuaderno.

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

Because gustar works differently from to like in English. A helpful way to think about it is to be pleasing to.

So:

• me = to me
• gusta = is pleasing

That means Me gusta... literally works like ...is pleasing to me.

So instead of saying I like X, Spanish often says X pleases me.

Also, yo gusto is not the normal way to say I like. Yo gusto would mean something more like I am pleasing or I appeal, which is a different idea.

Why is it gusta and not gustan?

Because the thing that gusta is the whole action guardar una flor seca en mi cuaderno.

After gustar, an infinitive verb like guardar counts as a singular idea, so Spanish uses gusta.

Compare:

• Me gusta leer. = I like reading.
• Me gusta guardar una flor seca... = I like keeping a dried flower...

You use gustan when the thing that is pleasing is a plural noun:

• Me gustan las flores secas.