✅ How to Indicate Likes and Wishes, Place Orders and Make Requests in Spanish 🤔Basics with Subtitles

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💡 You don't need prior knowledge of the Spanish language to enjoy this video for English-speaking beginners about the verbs you use in Spanish to indicate liking, wish and request, and what formulas are polite and appropriate for asking for favors and placing orders.


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🖍 Here is the transcription (with English translation) of the key takeaways of the video:

🇪🇸 ESPAÑOL /// 🇺🇸 ENGLISH

ME GUSTA + SUSTANTIVO (SINGULAR): "ME GUSTA EL CHOCOLATE."
ME GUSTA + VERBO EN INFINITIVO: "ME GUSTA TOMAR CHOCOLATE."
ME GUSTAN + SUSTANTIVO (PLURAL): "ME GUSTAN LOS CHOCOLATES."
ME GUSTARÍA + SUSTANTIVO (SINGULAR): "ME GUSTARÍA UN CHOCOLATE."
ME GUSTARÍA + VERBO EN INFINITIVO: "ME GUSTARÍA TOMAR CHOCOLATE."
ME GUSTARÍAN + SUSTANTIVO (PLURAL): "ME GUSTARÍAN UNOS CHOCOLATES."
YO QUIERO + SUSTANTIVO (SINGULAR / PLURAL): "YO QUIERO UN CHOCOLATE." / "YO QUIERO UNOS CHOCOLATES."
YO QUIERO + INFINITIVO: "YO QUIERO TOMAR CHOCOLATE."
YO QUERÍA + SUSTANTIVO (SINGULAR / PLURAL): "YO QUERÍA UN CHOCOLATE." / "YO QUERÍA UNOS CHOCOLATES."
YO QUERÍA + INFINITIVO: "YO QUERÍA TOMAR CHOCOLATE."
YO QUISIERA + SUSTANTIVO (SINGULAR / PLURAL): "YO QUISIERA UN CHOCOLATE." / "YO QUISIERA UNOS CHOCOLATES"
YO QUISIERA + INFINITIVO: "YO QUISIERA TOMAR CHOCOLATE."


"ME GUSTA/N": It indicates liking. It is not used to indicate wishes or to make requests / to place orders.


"ME GUSTARÍA/N": It does not indicate liking. It is used to indicate wishes and to make friendly requests / to place orders in a polite manner.


"YO QUIERO": It does not indicate liking. It is used to indicate wishes. It can be used to make requests / to place orders, but it is not polite.

"YO QUERÍA": it does not indicate liking. It is used to indicate wishes and to make friendly requests / to place orders in a polite manner.

"YO QUISIERA": it does not indicate liking. It is used to indicate wishes and to make friendly requests / to place orders in a polite manner.



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