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A ustedes les gustan los tres gatos y los cuatro perros.

A ustedes les gustan los tres gatos y los cuatro perros.
You like the three cats and the four dogs.
From Lesson 51:Numbers 0 to 15 (cero, uno, dos…)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about A ustedes les gustan los tres gatos y los cuatro perros.

Do numbers like tres and cuatro change depending on the gender of the noun?
For numbers 2 through 15, the answer is no! While un changes to una for feminine nouns, tres and cuatro stay exactly the same. If you were talking about female cats and dogs, it would still be tres gatas and cuatro perras.
Why does the verb gustan end in an 'n' here?
In Spanish, the verb gustar literally means 'to be pleasing to'. So, the things you like are actually the ones doing the action! Because the animals pleasing to you are plural (los tres gatos y los cuatro perros), the verb takes the plural form gustan.
Why do we need both A ustedes and les in this sentence?
They both refer to 'you all', but they work together. The pronoun les is required to show who is receiving the action (who the animals are pleasing to). Adding A ustedes at the beginning is used to clarify exactly who les refers to, since les can also mean 'to them'.
Could I just say gustan tres gatos without the los?
You need the los here for two reasons. First, the English sentence says 'the three cats,' so we need los for 'the.' Second, when using verbs like gustar, Spanish requires a definite article (el, la, los, or las) before the noun you like, even when speaking about things in general.

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