Monday 25 July 2011

Do You Not Like The Film?

SCENARIO
Imagine you are talking about leisure activities with a relative, a friend or a colleague.  Perhaps you are talking about films in general or a specific film genre in particular. You might have said something which gave the impression that perhaps you are not very keen on a particular genre. The other person wants to ask you if you do not like the film genre in question.

He/ she could choose to be less formal and ask you:
¿No te gusta ese tipo de películas?

Alternatively, he/ she could choose to be a little bit more formal and say:
¿(A usted) no le gusta ese tipo de películas?

 


OUR TIP
You DO NOT need be concerned about the degree of formality in the question you are asked. Whether the other person uses the more/ less formal question is irrelevant to your choice of answer. Your answer depends only on whether you want to say that you:
  • Do not like that film genre
  • Do like that film genre

Here are a couple of examples which deal with those two basic possibilities:
  • No, no me gusta ese tipo de películas (don't like it)
  • Sí, sí que me gusta ese tipo de películas (do like it)

Now you should practice answering the question:
¿No te gusta ese tipo de películas?

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