Questions & Answers about Мне нравится приятный сон после долгого дня.
In Russian, нравиться works “backwards” compared to English to like.
Literally, нравиться means “to be pleasing (to someone)”.
- The thing that is liked is the subject (nominative).
- The person who likes it is in the dative case.
So:
- Мне нравится приятный сон…
= Pleasant sleep is pleasing to me
= I like pleasant sleep…
If you said Я нравлюсь, that would mean “I am liked / people like me”, not “I like”.
So the pattern is:
- [Dative person] + нравится + [thing, nominative]
- Мне нравится сон. – I like sleep.
- Ему нравится музыка. – He likes music.
- Им нравятся фильмы. – They like films. (note plural verb)