Μου αρέσει να ταξιδεύω με το αεροπλάνο.

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Breakdown of Μου αρέσει να ταξιδεύω με το αεροπλάνο.

• με: with
• μου: me
• αρέσω: to like

Questions & Answers about Μου αρέσει να ταξιδεύω με το αεροπλάνο.

What does Μου αρέσει literally mean? It looks different from I like.

Literally, Μου αρέσει means “(it) is pleasing to me” or “it pleases me”.

• μου = to me / of me (genitive of εγώ = I)
• αρέσει = is pleasing (3rd person singular of αρέσω)

So the Greek structure is “To me is pleasing [something]”, not “I like [something]”.
English: subject = I.
Greek: grammatical subject is what pleases you, and μου just marks to whom it is pleasing.

Why is it μου and not εγώ for “I”?

εγώ is the subject pronoun I (nominative case).
In Μου αρέσει, “I” is not the grammatical subject; the subject is the thing that pleases you.

Greek uses the genitive case to show to whom something is pleasing:

• μου – to me
• σου – to you (singular)
• του / της – to him / to her
• μας – to us
• σας – to you (plural/formal)
• τους – to them

So:

• Μου αρέσει… = It is pleasing to me.
• Σου αρέσει… = It is pleasing to you.