"My dad likes soup very much."

Translation: Мой папа очень любит суп.

[JRR141]

Why can't you say "мою папу очень нравится суп"?

[PerplexUse]

Because Dad is the subject, so doesn't need to modify, this only applies if Dad is the direct object. E.g:

"я люблю мою папу" I love my dad

[MenyaSavut]

this doesn't seem to be correct ...

e.g. "мне нравится суп" dative + verb + nominative
=> "моему папе очень нравится этот машина"

translates to German, "Meinem Vater gefällt das Auto sehr", it's the same structure: dative + verb + nominative: "Dad" is not the subject in these sentences, but the soup, the car - are the subjects.

"я люблю мою папу": here, the grammatical structure is: nominative + verb + accusative!

also, I think you'd rather say "я люблю свою папу"

[HowellPendragon]

Could I say "мой папа очень нравится суп"?

[Shady_arc]

It is "моему папе очень нравится суп". The verb нравиться takes the object as a grammatical subject and applies that experience "to" a person. Think of the English verb "seem", which acts the same way.

[HowellPendragon]

Thanks!

[Tim896832]

Isnt better to use нравится when liking an inanimate object ?

[Shady_arc]

Нравится is what you can use for liking something specific and on a single occasion. Любить is long-term only.

There is an overlap between нравиться and любить when the "object" is, in principle specific BUT used on a habitual basis, e.g. you favourite item of clothing, a bus route, a café, a certain meal.

You can say "Мне нравится мисо-суп" or "Я люблю мисо-суп". Either can be interpreted in the sense that you generaly enjoy miso soup.

[Mordaunt2]

Моей папе нравится? :(