Questions & Answers about Мне очень нравится тёплая весна.
Why does this sentence start with Мне instead of Я?
In Russian, to say you like something, you literally say "To me is pleasing [the thing]." Мне is the "to me" part (the Dative case of я). The thing you like is actually the subject of the sentence.
How do I know whether to use нравится or нравятся here?
It depends on the thing you like! Because you are liking one single thing (тёплая весна, a warm spring), you use the singular form нравится. If you liked a plural thing, like "warm days", you would use the plural form нравятся.
Why is the adjective for "warm" spelled тёплая instead of the dictionary form тёплый?
Adjectives must match the gender of the noun they describe. The word for spring, весна, ends in -а, making it a feminine noun. Therefore, the adjective changes its ending to the feminine form, -ая.
Wait, if "spring" is the subject, why is it at the end of the sentence?
Russian word order is very flexible. While you could technically say Тёплая весна мне очень нравится, putting the person who experiences the feeling (Мне) at the start is the most natural and common way to express likes and dislikes in Russian.
I learned that очень means "very". Why is it translated as "really" here?