Čini mi se da prezentacija sada zvuči bolje nego jutros.

Yes, čini mi se is a very common expression. It means it seems to me or I get the impression that.

Literally:

• čini = makes / does
• mi = to me
• se = a clitic particle that is part of the expression

But you should learn čini mi se as a whole chunk, because native speakers use it very naturally to give an opinion in a softer, less direct way.

So Čini mi se da... is a very common pattern meaning It seems to me that...

Because mi is the dative form of ja.

Croatian uses the dative for the person who something seems to:

• mi = to me
• ti = to you
• mu / joj = to him / to her
• nam = to us

So:

• Čini mi se = It seems to me
• Čini ti se = It seems to you

You do not use ja here, because ja is nominative, and this structure requires dative.

In this expression, se is part of the verb structure and helps create the meaning seem rather than plain make/do.

Compare:

• činiti can mean to do / make
• činiti se means to seem

So se is essential here. Without it, the meaning changes.

This is one of those cases where it is best to learn the whole expression:

• čini se = it seems
• čini mi se = it seems to me

Because da introduces the clause that explains what seems to be true.

Structure:

• Čini mi se da + clause

So in this sentence:

• Čini mi se da prezentacija sada zvuči bolje nego jutros.
• It seems to me that the presentation sounds better now than this morning.

This is very common in Croatian. English sometimes drops that, but Croatian usually keeps da in this kind of sentence.

Because prezentacija is the subject of zvuči.

The clause after da is:

• prezentacija sada zvuči bolje nego jutros

Here:

• prezentacija = subject
• zvuči = verb
• bolje = adverb/comparative form meaning better

So prezentacija stays in the nominative, because it is the thing that sounds better.

Zvuči literally means sounds, and yes, it can refer to actual sound. But just like English sounds, it can also be used more broadly for how something comes across.

So:

• To zvuči dobro. = That sounds good.
• Prezentacija zvuči bolje. = The presentation sounds better.

Here it probably means the presentation seems better in wording, style, flow, or delivery — not just volume or audio quality.

Bolje means better.

It is the comparative form of dobro when used adverbially:

• dobro = well / good in some uses
• bolje = better

Because the verb is zvuči (sounds), Croatian uses bolje to describe how it sounds:

• zvuči dobro = sounds good / well
• zvuči bolje = sounds better

This is very similar to English.

Nego is used for comparison, especially after comparatives like:

• bolji / bolje = better
• veći = bigger
• brže = faster

So:

• bolje nego jutros = better than this morning

This is the normal word for than in comparisons.

Examples:

• On je viši nego ja. = He is taller than me.
• Danas je toplije nego jučer. = Today it is warmer than yesterday.

Both relate to morning, but they are used differently.

• jutros usually means this morning
• ujutro usually means in the morning

So in this sentence, nego jutros means:

• than this morning

That fits the comparison with sada (now).

Compare:

• Vidio sam ga jutros. = I saw him this morning.
• Radim ujutro. = I work in the morning.

Sada means now, and here it modifies zvuči:

• prezentacija sada zvuči bolje = the presentation now sounds better

Croatian word order is fairly flexible, so you could move sada for emphasis:

• Čini mi se da prezentacija sada zvuči bolje nego jutros.
• Čini mi se da sada prezentacija zvuči bolje nego jutros.

Both are possible, but the original version sounds very natural.

Croatian often places short unstressed words, like mi and se, in special clitic positions near the beginning of the clause, so those are less movable than words like sada.

Because the expression is built impersonally: it seems to me, not I seem to myself.

So the verb is in 3rd person singular:

• čini se = it seems
• čini mi se = it seems to me

If you said činim, that would be I do / I make / I seem in a completely different structure, and it would not work here.

So the correct pattern is:

• Čini mi se da... not
• Činim mi se da...

Most commonly, prezentacija means a presentation in the usual modern sense:

• a talk
• a slideshow
• a business or school presentation

It can also refer more generally to presentation in the sense of how something is presented, depending on context, but in everyday use many learners will meet it first in the school/work meaning.

So in this sentence, native speakers will most likely understand it as a talk, pitch, slideshow, or spoken presentation.

The sentence already does that very well. Čini mi se da... is a polite, non-absolute way to express an opinion.

It is softer than saying something more direct like:

• Prezentacija sada zvuči bolje nego jutros. = The presentation sounds better now than this morning.

With Čini mi se, the speaker signals:

• this is my impression
• I am not stating it as an absolute fact

That makes it useful in conversations, feedback, and polite criticism.