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Уро́к 6

6.1 Grammar: Нра́вится? (Like something)

Люби́мая Грамма́тика

Introduction

You just learned how to say that you like doing something:

Мне нра́вится спать.

Мне нра́вится чита́ть кни́ги.

Мне нра́вится слу́шать ру́сскую поп-му́зыку.

You saw that Dative case personal pronouns are used with нра́виться.

The next thing we’re going to look at is using this expression to say you like (or don’t like) something or someone. It can feel a little wonky to English speakers at first, so I will attempt to talk through it in the following video:

Посмотри́те ви́део:

In the video you saw нра́виться in different verb forms and some Dative case endings, as in ‘Я нравлюсь сыну и маме,’ (My mom and my son like me), which to my native English ears still feels odd, despite how many times I teach it. For today, let’s focus on these two things: Dative Case personal pronouns & the verb нра́виться – ‘to appeal to’:

First, for this class you will mostly only need the 3rd person singular and plural forms highlighted below to say ‘what’ or ‘who’ is liked:

Singular Plural
1st person я нра́влюсь мы нра́вимся
2nd person ты нра́вишься вы нра́витесь
3rd person он / она нра́вится  они нра́вятся

Second, you use one of the following personal pronouns in the Dative case to say ‘who’ likes. 

Personal Pronouns

Nominative Dative    
я мне
ты тебе́
он ему́
она́ ей
мы нам
вы вам
они́ им

Ещё приме́ры:

[VIDEO]

Here are some more examples with this verb and the Dative pronouns. Look them over carefully. Each sentence is translated and explained. What do you see?

Вам нра́вится ру́сская му́зыка?
Do you like Russian music?

  • вам is Dative case of Вы.
  • русская музыка is Nominative case, and it is the SUBJECT of the sentence.

Да, мне о́чень нра́вится она́!
Yes, I like it very much!

  • мне is Dative case of я.
  • она is the Nominative case personal pronoun for музыка.

Вам нра́вится ру́сский язы́к?
Do you like Russian language?

  • вам is the Dative case form of the personal pronoun Вы.
  • русский язык is in the Nominative case, and is the subject of the sentence.

Да, коне́чно, мне он о́чень нра́вится!
Yes, of course I like it very much!

  • мне is the Dative case form of the personal pronoun я.
  • он is the Nominative case personal pronoun for язык.

Э́то Ива́н. Ему́ нра́вится францу́зская литерату́ра. Ещё ему́ нра́вятся иностра́нные языки́.
This is Ivan. He likes French literature. He also likes foreign languages.

Э́то А́нна. Ей нра́вятся вся́кие ра́зные соцсе́ти. Мне они́ не нра́вятся.
This is Anna. She likes all kinds of social media. I don’t like them. 

Э́то мои́ де́ти. Им нра́вятся ру́сские му́льтики.
These are my children. They like Russian cartoons. 

And now let’s move onto some more practice with this, shall we?

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