Žeton je na tabli.

to be

Breakdown of Žeton je na tabli.

• na: on
• žeton: a game token
• tabla: a game board

Questions & Answers about Žeton je na tabli.

How do I pronounce Žeton je na tabli?

A rough pronunciation is:

• Žeton ≈ ZHEH-ton
• je ≈ yeh
• na ≈ nah
• tabli ≈ TAH-blee

A full rough English-style version would be: ZHEH-ton yeh nah TAH-blee.

A few useful sound notes:

• ž sounds like the s in measure or the g in genre
• j sounds like English y
• Serbian vowels are usually clear and short: a, e, i, o, u
• The stress is not written, so learners usually just memorize it by listening

Why is there no word for the or a in the sentence?

Serbian normally does not use articles like English the and a/an.

So:

• žeton can mean a token, the token, or just token, depending on context
• tabla can mean a board or the board

Serbian relies on context much more than English does for definiteness.

What does je do in this sentence?

is the form of the verb ().