Umorna sam, iskreno.

to be

Breakdown of Umorna sam, iskreno.

• umoran: tired
• iskreno: honestly

Questions & Answers about Umorna sam, iskreno.

Why is it umorna and not umoran?

Because umorna is the feminine singular form of the adjective umoran (tired).

In Serbian, adjectives agree with the person they describe in gender and number.

• umoran sam = I am tired. (said by a man)
• umorna sam = I am tired. (said by a woman)

So this sentence tells you the speaker is female.

Why is there no word for I in the sentence?

Serbian often leaves out subject pronouns when they are not needed.

The verb form sam already shows first person singular (I am), so ja (I) can be omitted.

That means:

• Umorna sam, iskreno.
• Ja sam umorna, iskreno.

both mean the same thing, but the version without ja is more neutral and natural in many contexts.

What exactly is sam here?

Sam is the 1st person singular present tense form of biti (to be).

So in umorna sam, the structure is basically:

• umorna = tired
• sam = am

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