Μου αρέσει το θέατρο περισσότερο από το σινεμά.

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Breakdown of Μου αρέσει το θέατρο περισσότερο από το σινεμά.

• από: than
• αρέσω: to like
• το σινεμά: the cinema

Questions & Answers about Μου αρέσει το θέατρο περισσότερο από το σινεμά.

Why does Μου αρέσει το θέατρο mean I like the theatre and not The theatre likes me?

In Greek, the verb αρέσω works the opposite way from English to like.

• Literal structure: Μου αρέσει το θέατρο
  = To me is pleasing the theatre.

Grammatically:

• το θέατρο is the subject (the thing that pleases).
• μου is an indirect object in the genitive, meaning to me / for me.
• αρέσει is 3rd person singular (because the subject is το θέατρο, singular).

So in natural English we flip it to I like the theatre, but in Greek it’s literally The theatre pleases me.

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What exactly does μου mean here, and which case is it?

μου is the unstressed (clitic) form of εγώ in the genitive case.

• εγώ = I (nominative)
• μου = of me / to me, depending on context

In this structure μου means to me:

• Μου αρέσει το θέατρο → The theatre is pleasing to me → I like the theatre.

So μου is not the subject; it’s the person experiencing the liking.

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What form of the verb is αρέσει and what is the basic dictionary form?