Posebno mi se sviđa sveže voće za doručak.

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Breakdown of Posebno mi se sviđa sveže voće za doručak.

• voće: fruit
• posebno: especially
• sviđati se: to like

Questions & Answers about Posebno mi se sviđa sveže voće za doručak.

Why is it mi se sviđa instead of something more literal like ja volim?

Because sviđati se works differently from English to like.

In Serbian, sviđati se is structured more like:

• X pleases me
• literally: X is pleasing to me

So in mi se sviđa sveže voće:

• mi = to me
• se sviđa = is pleasing / is liked
• sveže voće = the thing being liked

That is why the person who likes something is in the dative case (mi), not the nominative ja.

A very literal breakdown would be:

• Sveže voće mi se sviđa = Fresh fruit is pleasing to me

By contrast, volim means I love / I like in a more direct way:

• Volim sveže voće = I like/love fresh fruit

So both can work, but sviđa mi se and volim are not structured the same way.

What does se mean here? Is this really reflexive?

In sviđati se, the se is part of the verb expression. You should learn sviđati se as a whole unit.

It may look reflexive because of se, but in this sentence it does not mean something like myself. It is just built into the verb.

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