In this episode we discuss the verb GUSTAR as well as a brief overview of indirect object pronouns (IOP). To say you like something is done differently in Spanish than in English. Talking about our likes and dislikes requires a slightly different perspective than what you may be used to. As you learned in Spanish 1, we typically use the verb gustar to discuss our likes and dislikes. Many people will say that gustar means “to like” as in “I like apples.” More accurate, however, would be to say that gustar, actually means “to be pleasing”. So in Spanish we don’t really say “I like apples.” Instead what we really say is “Apples are pleasing to me.” That’s why we say that it requires a slightly different perspective. In English we are accustomed to declare what we like, not to think, say, or even believe that it is not us that is doing the action rather that noun that is liked or disliked is actually the noun performing the action. Clear as mud? Don’t worry, by the end of this lesson you should be completely comfortable with how this workd. In order to say this, though, we need to learn a few words called “indirect object pronouns”.  You probably discussed indirect object pronouns briefly in Spanish 1.   As the name insinuates, an indirect object receives the action of the verb indirectly. What that means is that the indirect object in the sentence indicates the to or for whom the action is completed. In the sentence “Matt gives the book to Jon”, Matt is the subject – he is the one performing the action of the verb – to read. The book is the direct object: it is directly receiving the action of the verb. Matt gives, but what does he give? What is being given? The book. The book is being given so the book is directly receiving the action of the verb to give. Jon, though, is the indirect object because he indirectly receives the action of the verb (the book is given, but given to Jon).  Jon is a noun, so in this sentence above Jon is the indirect object noun. When we ...