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A mi perro le gustan los juguetes pequeños.

A mi perro le gustan los juguetes pequeños.
My dog likes small toys.
From Lesson 48:Plural likes (me gustan)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about A mi perro le gustan los juguetes pequeños.

Why is it gustan with an 'n' instead of gusta?
Because the things being liked—the toys (los juguetes)—are plural. The verb gustar actually works like 'to be pleasing to.' Since multiple toys are pleasing to the dog, we use the plural form gustan.
Why does the sentence start with A?
Because gustar translates more literally accurately to 'to be pleasing to,' we use A to introduce who is experiencing the feeling. A mi perro literally means 'To my dog.'
Why do we need the word le if we already said A mi perro?
In Spanish, verbs like gustar require a pronoun to show who is being pleased—in this case, le ('to him/it'). Even though we already specified 'to my dog' (A mi perro), Spanish grammar strictly requires you to include le anyway. It feels repetitive to English speakers, but it is mandatory in Spanish!
Why is it los juguetes? The English translation just says 'small toys,' not 'the small toys.'
When you use gustar to say someone likes certain things, Spanish requires you to put the definite article (el, la, los, or las) before the noun, even if we leave out 'the' in English.
Why is it juguetes pequeños instead of pequeños juguetes?
In Spanish, descriptive adjectives like pequeños (small) usually come right after the noun they describe (juguetes). Also notice how pequeños ends in -os to perfectly match the masculine, plural noun it describes.

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