Learn Spanish (Spain): No me gustan las verduras.

No me gustan las verduras.

I do not like vegetables.

Breakdown of No me gustan las verduras.

no / not

to me / myself (reflexive) / me (direct object)

Questions & Answers about No me gustan las verduras.

Why is the verb gustan instead of gusta?

In Spanish, the verb gustar works backwards compared to English. Instead of saying I like vegetables, the sentence is structured more like vegetables are pleasing to me. Since las verduras is plural, the verb must be in the plural form gustan. If you only liked one thing, you would use gusta.

What is the purpose of me in this sentence?

The word me means to me. Combined with gustan, it tells us exactly who the vegetables are pleasing to. In sentences using gustar, this pronoun always goes directly before the verb.

Why do we need las before verduras? In English we just say vegetables.

In Spanish, when you talk about things in a general sense, like all vegetables, you must use the definite article (the words for the). You use las here because verduras is a feminine and plural word.

Where do you put the no to make this sentence negative?

To say that you do not like something, the no goes at the very beginning of the phrase, right before the pronoun me. You never put it between me and the verb.