Breakdown of Какая одежда вам нравится?
вы
you (plural)
какой
which/what kind of (m, sister forms: какая, какое)
нравиться
to please / to appeal
одежда
clothes / clothing
Questions & Answers about Какая одежда вам нравится?
Why do we use the singular verb нравится instead of the plural нравятся when asking about clothes?
In English, clothes is a plural word. However, the Russian word одежда (clothing) is grammatically singular. Because it is a singular feminine noun, we must use the singular verb нравится to match it.
Why does this sentence use вам instead of вы?
In Russian, the verb for liking works backwards compared to English. Instead of saying You like clothes, Russian literally says Clothes are pleasing to you. Вам is the dative case form of вы, meaning to you (formal or plural).
Who or what is the actual subject of this sentence?
The subject is одежда (clothes)! Since Russian expresses likes by saying things are pleasing to someone, the thing being liked is the grammatical subject. That is why the question word какая and the verb нравится both match одежда.
Why use какая for what instead of что?
The word что means what as a standalone thing (like What is this?). When you want to ask What kind of or Which right before a noun, you use a form of the adjective какой. Since одежда is a feminine noun, we use the feminine form какая.
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