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Questions & Answers about Zamena stiže sutra.
What case and number is zamena in here?
Zamena is nominative singular.
In this sentence, it is the subject of the verb stiže, so nominative is the expected case. The basic dictionary form is zamena.
It is also a feminine noun, which you can often recognize from the ending -a.
What exactly is zamena grammatically and what kinds of things can it refer to?
Zamena is a noun meaning something like replacement, substitute, or stand-in, depending on context.
For example, it can refer to:
- a replacement person at work
- a substitute player in sports
- a replacement part or item
So in Serbian, just like in English, the exact nuance depends on the situation.
Why is stiže in the present tense if the sentence is about tomorrow?
This is very common in Serbian.
Stiže is a present-tense form, but Serbian often uses the present tense to talk about a planned, expected, or scheduled future event, especially when there is a time word like sutra (tomorrow).
So:
- Zamena stiže sutra. literally looks like The replacement arrives tomorrow but in natural English it may be translated as The replacement is arriving tomorrow or .