Love-Spanish.com: Do You Like Going To The Cinema?

Saturday, 7 December 2013

Do You Like Going To The Cinema?

SCENARIO

Imagine you are talking to a relative, a friend or a work colleague. You are talking about the things each one of you like. At some point the other person says to you something like: "do you like going to the cinema?"

In Spanish, the other person could choose to be less formal and say:

¿Te gusta ir al cine?

Alternatively, he/ she could choose to be more formal and say:

¿Le gusta ir al cine?

OUR TIP

The question is an invitation for you to say whether or not you like going to the cinema. A yes/no answer may be strictly sufficient. However, with little effort, your answer could be a lot more informative.

Here are some examples of how you could reply:

Sí, me gusta ir al cine (yes, I like going to the cinema);
Sí, me gusta bastante ir al cine (yes, I quite like going to the cinema);
Sí, me gusta mucho ir al cine (yes, I like going to the cinema very much);
No, me gusta muy poco ir al cine (no, I don't like going to the cinema very much);
No, no me gusta ir al cine (no, I don't like going to the cinema);
No, no me gusta mucho ir al cine (no, I don't like going to the cinema very much);
No, no me gusta nada ir al cine (no, I don't like going to the cinema at all);