Word
Mojemu bratu nie podoba się hałas w centrum, woli ciszę na tarasie.
Meaning
My brother does not like the noise in the center; he prefers silence on the terrace.
Part of speech
sentence
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Questions & Answers about Mojemu bratu nie podoba się hałas w centrum, woli ciszę na tarasie.
Why is it Mojemu bratu and not Mój brat at the beginning?
Because podobać się (to be pleasing to someone) takes the dative case for the person who experiences the feeling.
- Mój brat = nominative (subject form) – “my brother” as the grammatical subject.
- Mojemu bratu = dative – “to my brother”.
The structure with podobać się is:
- Coś (something, nominative) + podoba się
- komuś (to someone, dative).
So here:
- hałas = “the noise” (subject, nominative)
- mojemu bratu = “to my brother” (experiencer, dative)
Literally: “The noise in the centre does not please my brother.”
That’s why you need the dative form Mojemu bratu, not Mój brat.
How does the construction podoba się work? Who is the subject and who “likes” what?