"It seems to me that it is the beginning of the end."

Translation: Mi sa che è l'inizio della fine.

[lindaljc]

Mi sembra is also correct

[Amerath]

How does "Mi sa che è" mean "it seems to me"? Just a little confused with this one...

[pont]

Rather sneakily, "sapere" in Italian can mean "to smell" or "to taste" as well as "to know". I think that this how it can also be used for "to seem" -- similar to English phrases like "this smells like a scam to me". (wordreference.com tells me that, as in the English equivalent, this sense of "sapere" is an informal usage.)

[luke.floyd24]

probably just something to memorize. Mi sa - it seems to me.

literally: To me it knows

[thenoblesunfish]

Could/should you use the subjunctive here?

[Tongue-twisted]

I had the same thought and too would like to know whether subjunctive would be better here?

[wiplala]

if things are not certain you use the subjunctive.