Breakdown of Chociaż ten pomysł jest dziwny, podoba mi się.
być
to be
ten
this (m)
podobać się
to appeal / to like (aesthetically, first impressions)
mi
to me
Questions & Answers about Chociaż ten pomysł jest dziwny, podoba mi się.
Does starting a sentence with chociaż change the word order?
No, chociaż (although) doesn't force a special word order. You just use standard Polish sentence structure right after it: subject (ten pomysł) + verb (jest) + adjective (dziwny).
Could I use mimo że instead of chociaż in this sentence?
Yes! Chociaż and mimo że both mean 'although' or 'even though,' and they are completely interchangeable here. You could say Mimo że ten pomysł jest dziwny... with no change in meaning or grammar.
Why isn't there a word for 'it' in podoba mi się?
In Polish, you don't need a pronoun like 'it' when the subject is already clear. Since we just talked about ten pomysł (this idea) in the first half of the sentence, it carries over as the invisible subject of podoba się (is pleasing). The literal translation of the second half is simply 'appeals to me'.
Why do we use mi here instead of mnie?
Mi is the short, unstressed form for 'to me'. We use it here because it sits right in the middle of the phrase and we are just stating a simple fact. You would only use the long form mnie if you wanted to emphasize exactly who likes it, for example: 'It appeals to me (but maybe not to you).'