Questions & Answers about Мне нравится то предложение, в котором нет лишних слов.
Because нравиться works differently from любить.
- Мне нравится X literally means X is pleasing to me
- Я люблю X means I love X or I like X very much
So in this sentence, Russian is using the common pattern:
- мне = to me
- нравится = is pleasing
This is a very normal way to say I like in Russian.
With нравиться, the person who feels the liking goes in the dative.
So:
- мне нравится = I like
- literally: to me it is pleasing
That is why Russian does not use я here. The sentence is built around the idea that the sentence itself is what pleases the speaker.