Pijem vodu tokom treninga.

water

Breakdown of Pijem vodu tokom treninga.

• piti: to drink
• trening: a workout
• tokom: during

Questions & Answers about Pijem vodu tokom treninga.

Why is it vodu and not voda?

Because vodu is the accusative singular form of voda (water).

In this sentence, vodu is the direct object of pijem (I drink), so Serbian uses the accusative case.

• nominative: voda
• accusative: vodu

This is very common with feminine nouns ending in -a:

• knjiga → knjigu
• kafa → kafu
• voda → vodu

Why is it treninga and not trening?

Because the preposition tokom requires the genitive case.

So:

• basic form: trening
• after tokom: treninga

This is a fixed grammar pattern:

• tokom dana = during the day
• tokom časa = during class
• tokom treninga = during training / during the workout

What exactly does tokom mean?