Koja je ovo vrsta karte?

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Breakdown of Koja je ovo vrsta karte?

• biti: to be
• karta: ticket
• koji: which

Questions & Answers about Koja je ovo vrsta karte?

What does each word in Koja je ovo vrsta karte? do?

A word-by-word breakdown:

• Koja = which / what kind of
• je = is
• ovo = this
• vrsta = type / kind
• karte = of ticket / of card / of map, depending on context

So the structure is literally something like Which is this type of ticket/card/map?, but in natural English it comes out as What kind of ticket/card/map is this?

Why is it koja, not koji or koje?

Because koja agrees with vrsta.

• vrsta is a feminine singular noun
• so the matching form is koja

Compare:

• koji = masculine singular
• koja = feminine singular
• koje = neuter singular

So koja vrsta means which/what kind because vrsta is feminine.

Why is je in second position?

Because je is a clitic in Serbian. Clitics usually go in the second position of the sentence or clause.

Here, Koja comes first, so je goes right after it:

• Koja je ovo vrsta karte?

This is very normal Serbian word order. English speakers often want to place je more freely, but Serbian clitics follow stricter placement rules.