Gustar: me gusta, te gusta, le gusta

• Understand how works differently from "to like" in English
• Use (me, te, le, nos, os, les) with gustar
• Form simple sentences with gustar for singular and plural items
• Express preferences in simple conversations

Gustar is one of Spanish's most unique verbs because it works backwards from English. Instead of saying "I like pizza", Spanish literally says "Pizza pleases me" or "Pizza is pleasing to me". Once you understand this logic, expressing likes, dislikes, and preferences becomes natural.

The thing being liked is the subject of the sentence, and the person who likes it receives the action through an indirect object pronoun (me, te, le, nos, os, les).