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Al profesor le gustan las fotos de España.

Al profesor le gustan las fotos de España.
The teacher likes photos of Spain.
From Lesson 51:Plural agreement with verbs of liking (gustan)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Al profesor le gustan las fotos de España.

Why is it gustan and not gusta if there is only one teacher?
In Spanish, gustar works more like "to be pleasing to". The things that are pleasing here are las fotos (the photos), which is a plural subject. Because the photos are plural, the verb must also be plural: gustan.
Why does the sentence start with Al?
Al is a combination of a (to) and el (the). Because gustar means "to be pleasing to", we have to say to whom the photos are pleasing. So, "to the teacher" translates to a + el profesor, which always combines into the single word Al.
Why is the word le in the sentence if we already said Al profesor?
In Spanish, when you use a verb like gustar, you must always include the indirect object pronoun (like me, te, or le), even if you already stated exactly who the person is. Here, le points back to Al profesor, acting as a mandatory tag that means "to him".
Why is it las fotos instead of los fotos if the word ends in an "o"?
The word foto is a common exception to the normal gender rules! It is short for fotografía, which is a feminine word. Because the original long word is feminine, foto keeps the feminine plural word for "the", which is las.

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