"I do not like this chair."

Translation: Мне не нравится этот стул.

[Nemesis_NaR]

Why is this word order wrong: этот стул мне не нравится?

[Neon_Iceberg]

Your chocie is absolutely correct. Please click the "report" button next time.

[Isaac444706]

"мне нравится не этот стул" should be a correct answer too!!!

[Jeffrey855877]

Why? Seems like odd word-order, at least to me.

[WilliamR90]

I still haven't understood the difference between это and этот

[Neon_Iceberg]

"Это" is the word that defines what an object is, "этот" / "эта" / "эти" are words that point to an object. For example (dialog):

-- Это велосипеды, выбирай себе любой, какой тебе нравится.

-- Я хочу этот велосипед.

[luiza229248]

yes true that is grammar

[JonySagi]

Shouldn't the chair be in accusative if I use "люблю?"

[Zeitschleifer]

Мне нравится этот стул. (нравится кто?/что?) Я люблю этот стул. (люблю кого?/что?)

[Jeffrey855877]

Inanimate accusative endings are the same as nominative endings in masculine, neuter, and plural feminine words. They are different for feminine singular words ending in a, я, & ия - but not in ь, where the endings are the same.

[cw_cw]

yes it's in accusative form (inanimate masculine noun uses nominative https://www.duolingo.com/skill/ru/Accusative-Case%3A-the-direct-object/tips-and-notes).

[Ghaek]

Is "мне этот стул не нравится" a normal word order?

[Zeitschleifer]

Yes, it is.

[HannaMarho]

Спасибо

[Tiily]

What is the difference between люблю and нравится?

[Jeffrey855877]

нравится/нравятся = "like"
люблю = "to love [a person or pet]" or "to like [a thing or place or activity]" EXCEPT (according to olimo) "You can't use любить for something you try for the first time." A gift would be something you "try" for the first time, so you have to use нравится. "I like to eat borscht" could use люблю.
see: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/11754722

But exception to the exception: Duo accepted Я не люблю этот стол, but might not accept я люблю этот стол - According to the Tips and Notes for the "Inf & Like" module https://www.duolingo.com/skill/ru/Infinitive%2C-Likes-and-Dislikes/tips-and-notes любить is preferred for negation of liking, as least for activities, and apparently for things.

[JanFloor]

I second this question. I was under the understanding that люблю was love and нравится was like

[avernie]

why is it мне and not я?

[Jeffrey855877]

Мне is the Dative case form of Я.

With нравится/нравятся = "like", the person doing the liking is put in Dative case, which usually means, in the example of Мне, "to me". You may understand this better if you think of нравится/нравятся as "is pleasing", so the Мне нравится парк = "The park is pleasing to me", translated idiomatically to "I like the park."

Note that the thing which please "me" is in Nominative case, which means that it is actually the subject of the sentence. Мне is an indirect object.ц

Russian Case	1st Person Singular
English	I, Me
Nominative	Я
Accusative	Меня
Genitive	Меня
Dative	Мне
Instrumental	Мной
Prepositional	Мне

[MycaArcang]

Okay, Ron Swanson

[7otineb3]

why mne and not Ya

[Jeffrey855877]

See my comment responding above to avernie

[scottled1]

So why no declension of стул?

[Jeffrey855877]

стол is in nominative case. See my comment responding above to avernie

[Jarek979212]

Почему не может быть "кресло "?

[susanashe]

I thought a negative sentence required a genitive object

[JeskaHoiT]

why is it нравится instead of нра́влюсь? is it because of the dative case?

[JackWithro]

Why мне нравится and not я люблю?