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¿Te gusta el fútbol?

¿Te gusta el fútbol?
Do you like football?
From Lesson 51:Plural agreement with verbs of liking (gustan)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about ¿Te gusta el fútbol?

Why is the verb gusta instead of a "you" form, since the English translation is "Do you like..."?
In Spanish, the verb gustar works a bit backwards compared to English. It literally means "to be pleasing". This sentence actually says "Is football pleasing to you?". Because el fútbol (a single thing) is what is doing the pleasing, we use the singular form gusta.
What does the Te at the beginning do?
Te means "to you". It tells us who the football is pleasing to. If you wanted to say that I like football, you would swap Te for Me (to me): Me gusta el fútbol.
Why is it el fútbol instead of just fútbol?
When talking about your general likes and dislikes with gustar, Spanish requires you to use the definite article (el, la, los, or las) before the noun. Even though we just say "football" in English, Spanish needs that "the" (el).
Where is the word for "Do" in this question?
Spanish doesn't use helper verbs like "do" or "does" to ask questions. You simply take the normal statement (Te gusta el fútbol), add the upside-down and regular question marks (¿ ?), and make your voice go up at the end when speaking.

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