I'm not sure how far you can take this line of reasoning without fooling yourself. But some words are not like the others. "Gustar" is usually rendered as to l

I'm not sure how far you can take this line of reasoning without fooling yourself. But some words are not like the others. "Gustar" is usually rendered as to like. That leads to weird mistakes, eg a Spanish speaker may say "you like me" when they mean "I like you". A more correct translation is to please, eg "me gusta esto" -> "this pleases me". The constructions are not from an alien world, they are just more like Shakespearian English than modern.