No me gusta el tono de ese comentario.

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Breakdown of No me gusta el tono de ese comentario.

• gustar: to like
• me: me
• ese: that

Questions & Answers about No me gusta el tono de ese comentario.

Why is it me gusta and not yo gusto?

Because gustar works differently from to like in English.

In English, I am the subject in I like the tone.
In Spanish, the thing that is pleasing is the grammatical subject. So in:

No me gusta el tono de ese comentario

the subject is el tono de ese comentario, and me means to me.

So the structure is closer to:

• The tone of that comment is not pleasing to me

That is why Spanish uses me gusta rather than yo gusto.

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Why is it gusta and not gustan?

Because the subject is singular: el tono.

With gustar, the verb agrees with the thing being liked, not with the person who likes it.

• Me gusta el tono = I like the tone / The tone pleases me
• Me gustan los tonos = I like the tones / The tones please me

Here, tono is singular, so the verb is gusta.

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