Breakdown of Poslovnica banke je danas otvorena.
biti
to be
danas
today
otvoren
open
poslovnica banke
the bank branch
Questions & Answers about Poslovnica banke je danas otvorena.
Why is banke and not banka?
Because banke is in the genitive singular.
In poslovnica banke, Serbian expresses possession or close relationship with the genitive, so it literally means branch of the bank.
- banka = bank
- banke = of the bank
This is very common in Serbian:
- vrata kuće = the door of the house
- direktor škole = the director of the school
- poslovnica banke = the bank’s branch / the branch of the bank
Why is poslovnica in the nominative?
Because poslovnica is the subject of the sentence.
The sentence is saying something about the branch office: it is open today.
So:
- poslovnica = nominative singular, because it is the thing being described
- otvorena agrees with it
- je is the verb is
Structure:
- Poslovnica banke = the bank branch
- je otvorena = is open
- danas = today
What exactly is je here?
Je is the 3rd person singular present tense of biti ().