Μου αρέσει ο κόκκινος καναπές στο σαλόνι.

I like the red sofa in the living room.

Breakdown of Μου αρέσει ο κόκκινος καναπές στο σαλόνι.

• μου: me
• σε: in
• ο καναπές: the sofa
• το σαλόνι: the living room

Questions & Answers about Μου αρέσει ο κόκκινος καναπές στο σαλόνι.

Why is it Μου αρέσει and not something like Εγώ αρέσω for I like?

Greek doesn’t say I like X; it says X pleases me.

• αρέσει is the 3rd person singular of the verb αρέσω = to please.
• μου is to me (indirect object, genitive case).

So Μου αρέσει ο κόκκινος καναπές literally means The red sofa pleases me.
You don’t say εγώ αρέσω τον καναπέ – that would mean I please the sofa, which is nonsense.

What exactly is μου here? Does it mean my or to me?

In this sentence μου means to me, not my.

• Grammatically, it’s a weak (clitic) pronoun in the genitive case, used for indirect objects.
• Functionally, it corresponds to English to me / for me.

So:

• Μου αρέσει ο καναπές = The sofa pleases me / I like the sofa.
  In another sentence, μου can be possessive:
• ο καναπές μου = my sofa.

Why is it ο κόκκινος καναπές and not τον κόκκινο καναπέ?