Me gusta pasear por la playa al anochecer.

I like to walk on the beach at dusk.

Breakdown of Me gusta pasear por la playa al anochecer.

• yo: I
• gustar: to like
• pasear: to walk
• la playa: the beach

Questions & Answers about Me gusta pasear por la playa al anochecer.

Why is it me gusta and not yo gusto?

Because gustar works differently from English to like.

In Spanish, the thing that is liked is the grammatical subject, and the person who likes it is shown indirectly:

• me = to me
• gusta = is pleasing

So Me gusta pasear... literally works like Strolling... is pleasing to me.

Yo gusto usually means I am pleasing / I am liked, which is a very different idea.

Why is it gusta and not gustan?

Because the subject is the whole infinitive phrase:

• pasear por la playa al anochecer

An infinitive used as a subject counts as a singular idea, so Spanish uses gusta.

Compare:

• Me gusta pasear.
• Me gustan las playas.

In the second example, las playas is plural, so the verb becomes gustan.

Why isn’t yo included?