"Мне нравится этот стол."

Translation: I like this table.

[Windrammer]

May be innapropriate for some people, but I found it relevant and funny.

[0141310]

That comic is exactly what i thought of immediatley lol

[m3qx2]

I expected some profound insights to why we would use this verb for like... Found something better!

[QuietDucks1]

Im so glad i looked at the coomments

[Shelease1]

Sweeet

[xnaut]

When you don't have a girlfriend.

[AbhigyanJS]

Memer imao

[TFG]

I love lamp

[Eric0213]

Whats the difference between using "нравится" or "любу" for like. Is one formal and the other informal?

[floraflure]

Nope, нравится means you like something and любить also means to like and also to love. Любовь means love.

[OldBoyan]

why мне and not я ? It doesn't make sense

[BenYoung84]

Literally: to me is pleasing this table.

[poo664827]

it's like in Spanish, how they say "me gusta"

[Ste941]

in wich case is мне

[pinogun]

Dative

[Vidder]

The table is the subject, right? What case is мне in?

[BenYoung84]

As in the table is pleasing TO ME.

[JeanetteSa7]

Dative

[rechtFaul]

I imagine this is like "this is nice for me" or more precisely (if you speak German) "mir gefällt"?

[yab401]

Yes. And in french ça me plaït. While любить is aime. To a person it means love (je t'aime) and in other cases it means to like (j'aime manger)

[monica67]

If anyone speaks Spanish, is this like saying "me gusta la mesa"? And лублю is more literally i love it?

[BenYoung84]

нравиться is definitely very similar to gustar. But the любить/нравиться is a bit more complex than love/like, it's quite tricky to suss out.

[Alecks210]

I don't understand when to use which? Мне нравится оr я люблю???

[akiora]

"this table pleases me" was not accepted :( too literal of an interpretation?

[420Drewcifer]

I like that table. That is a niiiiiice table

[RRL210]

Why is it меня and not я?

[BenYoung84]

I think you'll find this is covered in other comments on this page. By the way it's мне not меня.

[RosieQtz99]

It's explained in Spanish, German, and French but I'm still waiting to hear the English explanation. Is it a formal/informal thing? How do you decide which translation to use?

[JamalJefferson]

I put "I do like this table" and got wrong?

[BenYoung84]

Adding "do" doesn't help the translation.