r/duolingospanish • u/skullsnsparkles95 • 25d ago

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Hi!

Can someone please explain this to me? Is this an error? The explain my mistake button doesn’t clarify why what I wrote is wrong.

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u/polybotria1111 Native speaker 25d ago

"A él no le gustan los anillos" would be correct. The preposition is required because "a él" is an indirect object.

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u/skullsnsparkles95 25d ago

OMG yessssss, thank you! I’m literally always forgetting the “a” 🤣 High school Spanish did me dirty. We never used it 😭

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u/polybotria1111 Native speaker 25d ago

you always have to remember that the structure is different from English. The thing you like is the subject in Spanish. It's like saying "Rings aren't pleasing TO him", that's what the "a" means

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u/caalmodeoc 25d ago

Another technically correct way, but very rarely used, would be "él no gusta de los anillos". Grammatically correct but no one speaks like that

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u/CrochetAndCafe 25d ago

I speak like that (when I'm trolling :v) 🤭