Breakdown of ¿Te gustan los tomates?
gustar
to like
te
to you / yourself (reflexive) / you (direct object)
el tomate
the tomato
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Questions & Answers about ¿Te gustan los tomates?
Why is the verb gustan instead of gusta?
Why do we need los before tomates? In English we just ask "Do you like tomatoes?".
When you talk about things you like or dislike in a general sense, Spanish requires you to use the definite article (words like el, la, los, or las). You cannot drop the article and just say Te gustan tomates.
What exactly does Te mean in this sentence?
Te means "to you". Because the sentence literally translates as "the tomatoes are pleasing to you", the word Te shows who is receiving that pleasing feeling. If you were asking if a third person liked tomatoes, you would change Te to Le (to him or her).
Why does the sentence start with an upside-down question mark?
In written Spanish, every question must begin with an inverted question mark (¿) and end with a standard one (?). This helps the reader know immediately that the sentence is a question, which is especially helpful for reading aloud.