Questions & Answers about Meni se sviđaju sveže jabuke.
Because the verb sviđati se works differently from English to like.
In Serbian, the person who feels the liking is put in the dative case, not the nominative. So:
- ja = I
- meni = to me
A very literal way to understand the sentence is:
Fresh apples are pleasing to me.
So meni is correct because it means to me, which is the structure this verb requires.
In this sentence, se is part of the verb expression sviđati se. You should learn it as a whole verb:
- sviđati se = to be pleasing / to appeal / to be liked
Here, se does not mean self in the English sense. It is just a fixed part of the verb.
So it is not something optional in this expression. You normally say:
- sviđa mi se
- sviđaju mi se
not just sviđa mi or sviđaju mi.
Because the verb agrees with jabuke, which is plural.
The thing being liked is the grammatical subject in Serbian with , so the verb must match it: