Word
Мне нравится зима, а ей нравится осень.
Meaning
I like winter, and she likes autumn.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Мне нравится зима, а ей нравится осень.
она
she / it (for a feminine noun)
осень
autumn
а
and (contrastive)
я
I
Questions & Answers about Мне нравится зима, а ей нравится осень.
Why do we use Мне and ей instead of Я and она?
In Russian, you don't directly "like" something; instead, that thing "is pleasing to" you. Because of this, the person who likes the thing must be in the Dative case (meaning "to" someone). Я (I) becomes Мне (to me), and она (she) becomes ей (to her).
Are зима (winter) and осень (autumn) the objects of the sentence?
No, they are actually the subjects! Because the literal meaning is "Winter is pleasing to me," the thing you like is doing the action. That is why зима and осень stay in their basic dictionary form, which is the Nominative case.
Why is the verb нравится used here instead of нравятся?
The verb has to match the subject doing the pleasing. Both зима (winter) and осень (autumn) are singular nouns, so we use the singular form нравится. If you liked a plural noun, like apples or seasons in general, you would switch to the plural form нравятся.
Why does the sentence use а for "and" instead of и?