Мне нравится вид на парк из окна.

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Breakdown of Мне нравится вид на парк из окна.

• парк: the park
• окно: the window
• из: from

Questions & Answers about Мне нравится вид на парк из окна.

Why is it Мне нравится and not Я нравлюсь when the meaning is “I like the view…”?

Russian structures this idea differently from English.

• Мне нравится вид… literally means: “The view is pleasing to me.”
  
  • вид (the view) is the grammatical subject.
  • нравится is the 3rd person singular verb: is pleasing.
  • мне (to me) is an indirect object in the dative case.

Using Я нравлюсь would mean “I am liked / I am pleasing (to someone)”, which is a completely different meaning. So to say “I like X” in Russian, you typically say “X нравится мне” (X is pleasing to me), not “Я нравлюсь X”.

What case is Мне, and why is it in that case?

Мне is the dative case of я (I).

• Nominative: я – I
• Dative: мне – to me / for me

The verb нравиться always takes the person who likes something in the dative. So:

• Мне нравится вид – The view is pleasing to me.
• Тебе нравится вид – The view is pleasing to you.
• Ему нравится вид – The view is pleasing to him.

The dative here answers the question “кому?” – to whom?