Τα μαθηματικά μου φαίνονται δύσκολα, ενώ η βιολογία μου φαίνεται πιο ενδιαφέρουσα.

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Breakdown of Τα μαθηματικά μου φαίνονται δύσκολα, ενώ η βιολογία μου φαίνεται πιο ενδιαφέρουσα.

• πιο: more
• δύσκολος: difficult
• ενδιαφέρων: interesting

Questions & Answers about Τα μαθηματικά μου φαίνονται δύσκολα, ενώ η βιολογία μου φαίνεται πιο ενδιαφέρουσα.

What exactly does μου mean here? Is it “my mathematics” or “to me”?

Μου here does not mean “my” in the possessive sense; it means “to me”.

• Greek uses the weak genitive pronoun μου to express the experiencer of a feeling or impression, something English often does with “to me”:
  • Μου φαίνονται δύσκολα. = “They seem difficult to me.”
• If it meant “my mathematics”, you would normally expect a noun that can actually be possessed, like:
  • το βιβλίο μου = “my book”
  • η τσάντα μου = “my bag”

With school subjects, μου in this pattern is read as “to me”, not as “my [subject]” in a literal possessive sense.

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Why is it φαίνονται with μαθηματικά but φαίνεται with βιολογία?

The verb φαίνομαι (“to seem/appear”) agrees with the subject in number (singular/plural):

• τα μαθηματικά → neuter plural → verb in 3rd person plural
  
  • Τα μαθηματικά μου φαίνονται δύσκολα.
• η βιολογία → feminine singular → verb in 3rd person singular
  
  • η βιολογία μου φαίνεται πιο ενδιαφέρουσα.

So:

• φαίνονται = “they seem” (plural)
• φαίνεται = “it seems” (singular)

This is pure subject–verb agreement.

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What is the difference between φαίνονται / φαίνεται and just using είναι (“are / is”)?