Non-sentient beings as core subjects in Japanese

Non-sentient beings may act as the core subject of a sentence in Japanese in order to relay the feelings or opinions of the speaker.¹

Example: As for me, the coffee is pleasing

わたしはコーヒーがすきだ

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が in this sentence is attached to コーヒ, making it the core subject of the sentence. This means it is the coffee which is すき (pleasing).

わたしは is merely relating the core of the sentence (coffee is pleasing) to the speaker of the sentence.

Footnotes

1. Japanese from Scratch (9) ↩