Breakdown of Me gusta la gente con sentido del humor.
con
with
del
from the / of the
la gente
the people
me
to me / me (direct object)
gustar
to like
el sentido
the sense (meaning)
el humor
the humor (sentido del humor)
Questions & Answers about Me gusta la gente con sentido del humor.
Why is it Me gusta and not Me gustan, since 'people' is plural in English?
In Spanish, la gente is a singular collective noun, even though it refers to a group of people. Because the subject of the sentence (the thing being liked) is singular, you must use the singular verb gusta. If you chose to use the plural word las personas instead, you would say Me gustan las personas.
Why do we need la before gente? In English we just say 'I like people'.
When you talk about your general likes or dislikes using verbs like gustar, Spanish requires you to include the definite article (el, la, los, or las) before the noun. Since you are talking about people as a general category, it needs la.
Why is it sentido del humor instead of just sentido de humor?
In Spanish, abstract concepts and general categories like humor usually require the definite article (el humor). When you combine the preposition de (of) with the article el (the), they contract to form del, giving you sentido del humor (literally 'sense of the humor').
How could I use the igual de ... que structure from this lesson to say 'I like people who are as funny as you'?
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