Breakdown of Вам здесь нравится лето?
здесь
here
вы
you (plural)
нравиться
to please / to appeal
лето
summer
Questions & Answers about Вам здесь нравится лето?
Why does this sentence start with Вам instead of Вы?
In Russian, expressing that you like something is done backward compared to English. You literally say that the thing "is pleasing to" you. Вам is the "to you" form (Dative case) of the formal or plural Вы.
Why is the verb нравится singular when the English translation says "summers"?
The Russian sentence literally asks, "Is summer pleasing to you here?" Лето is singular, so the verb нравится must also be singular to match it. English often uses the plural "summers" to talk about the season in general, but Russian uses the singular лето.
When would I use нравятся instead?
You use the plural form нравятся when the things being liked are plural. If the sentence asked about "these days" (эти дни), it would be Вам здесь нравятся эти дни? because the subject doing the pleasing ("days") is plural.
How should I pronounce the ending of нравится?
The ending -тся (and its dictionary-form cousin -ться) is a special pronunciation rule in Russian. Instead of sounding out the T and the S separately, you pronounce the whole cluster like -ца ("tsa"). So the word sounds like "NRA-vit-sa".
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