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Me gustan los juegos de mesa.

Me gustan los juegos de mesa.
I like board games.
From Lesson 48:Plural likes (me gustan)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Me gustan los juegos de mesa.

Why is it gustan and not gusta?
Because the verb gustar works differently than "to like" in English; it literally means "to be pleasing to." The things that are pleasing here are the games (los juegos), which is plural. Since the subject is plural, the verb gets an 'n' at the end to become gustan.
Why do we need the word los? In English, we just say "I like board games."
In Spanish, when you talk about your general likes or dislikes, you must always include the definite article (el, la, los, or las) before the noun. So you literally have to say "the board games are pleasing to me."
What does de mesa literally translate to?
It literally means "of table." In Spanish, a board game is called a "table game" (juego de mesa). You will see de used a lot to link nouns together to describe what type of thing something is.
Does Me mean "I" here?
Not exactly. Because the sentence literally translates to "The table games are pleasing to me," the word Me is the "to me" part. It tells us who is receiving the pleasure from the games.

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