"मुझे ठंडा पानी पसंद है।"

Translation: I like cold water.

[Aakhil6]

I like chilled water should also be accepted.

[DennisLDuolingo]

Think of it as: "My liking (preference) is cold water."

[whimslcott]

Is ठंंडx affected by मुझे or पानी?

[zeebo7]

पानी, which is male.

[Rishbam1]

What woulf happen if you where to say मैं instead of मुझे

[vinay92]

You can say 'मैं ठंडा पानी पसंद करता हूँ' which is a more literal translation of the English sentence but मुझे ठंडा पानी पसंद है। (literally, 'To me, cold water is liked) is the more natural form.

[Bml416300]

Why do you use KARTA with MEIN in the above example?

[vinay92]

पसंद is actually an adjective, not a verb. To convert it into a verb so as to use it in the above construction, we use करना (to do). You may think of पसंद करना as 'to do the liking' = 'to like'.

Other verbs may be formed in a similar way - प्यार करना (to love), साफ़ करना (to clean), बड़ा करना (to enlarge), etc.

[Bml416300]

Thank you. You explained it really well

[ElliotJire]

I think it would just about mean "I am likable cold water."

[tre_mojosa]

To help better understand what this sentence is actually saying (rather than giving the equivalent English idiom), is "to me there is liking of cold water" the best way to understand this sentence?

[DennisLDuolingo]

No, better is: "My liking (preference) is cold water."

[ph.ED7c4i]

Yes