¿te gusta esta escuela?
To ask "do you like this school?" in Spanish, use ¿te gusta esta escuela?
This phrase is a question used to ask someone if they have a positive opinion of the school they are currently attending or visiting. You may also use ¿te gusta este colegio? as a synonym, using the word colegio instead of escuela.
Which one should you use?
Using le instead of te changes the question from the informal tú to the formal usted. For example, ¿le gusta esta escuela? is the formal version.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Mexico, ¿Te late esta escuela? is a way to ask if someone likes the school.
How does it change in a sentence?
The verb gustar is used in a way that literally means "this school is pleasing to you". Because of this, the phrase te gusta translates to "you like (it)" in a functional sense, but the school is actually the subject of the sentence.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Avoid saying ¿tú gustas esta escuela? English speakers often mistakenly use gustar like the English verb "to like" by making the person the subject, but in Spanish, the thing being liked is the subject.
Did you know?
- While ¿Te late esta escuela? is common in Mexico, the word latir literally means 'to beat' or 'to throb', as in the beating of a heart.
- The word escuela shares a surprising ancestor with the English word 'school' and the Greek word skholḗ, which originally meant 'leisure' or 'spare time'.
- In a classroom setting, a student would almost never use ¿te gusta? with a teacher, as using the informal tú form can be seen as a lack of respect in many traditional Spanish cultures.
Examples in context
- ¿Te gusta esta escuela?Do you like this school?
- Ahora que estás aquí, ¿te gusta esta escuela?Now that you are here, do you like this school?
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries escuela, esta, te, CC BY-SA 4.0.
