Quote Originally Posted by tohca
Quote Originally Posted by translations.nm.ru
Quote Originally Posted by tohca
Direct objects after a verb are in the accusative case - it's getting clearer.
That's where you are wrong. Direct objects are in accusative case, period, regardless of whether they are before or after the verb.

"Я вижу книгу", "Книгу вижу я", "Я книгу вижу" — in all of these examples the subject (Я) is in the nominative case, and the object (книгу) is in the accusative case.

And in "Вам нравятся старые дома", "дома" is the subject, so, of course, this word is in the nominative.
Что делают дома? Они вам нравятся. And "вам" is an indirect object.
Thanks. Getting clearer all the time.
I just need remove the habit of thinking that subject appearing before the action word.

So for "Вам нравятся старые дома", it is нравятся and not нравится as it is referring to "они". Hope I've got it right.
It's нравятся because the subject of the verb is plural (старые дома)