Kralj ima veliku kuću.

Because kuću is the accusative singular form of kuća.

In Kralj ima veliku kuću, kuću is the direct object of the verb ima (has), so Serbian uses the accusative case.

• kuća = nominative singular, house
• kuću = accusative singular, house as a direct object

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

• nominative: žena
• accusative: ženu

So:

• kuća je velika = the house is big
• imam kuću = I have a house

Because adjectives in Serbian must agree with the noun they describe in:

• gender
• number
• case

The noun here is kuću, which is:

• feminine
• singular
• accusative

So the adjective must match it:

• nominative feminine singular: velika
• accusative feminine singular: veliku

That is why Serbian says:

• velika kuća = a big house / the big house as a subject
• veliku kuću = a big house / the big house as an object

Because kralj is the subject of the sentence, so it stays in the nominative case.

In this sentence:

• Kralj = the king → subject
• ima = has
• veliku kuću = a big house → direct object

So:

• subject → usually nominative
• direct object → often accusative

That is why kralj stays kralj, while kuća changes to kuću.

Ima is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb imati (to have).

The present tense of imati is:

• ja imam = I have
• ti imaš = you have
• on/ona/ono ima = he/she/it has
• mi imamo = we have
• vi imate = you (plural/formal) have
• oni/one/ona imaju = they have

Since kralj is he, Serbian uses ima.

Because Serbian does not have articles like English a/an/the.

So kuća or kuću can mean:

• a house
• the house

The exact meaning depends on context.

That means Kralj ima veliku kuću could be understood as:

• The king has a big house
• The king has the big house

In most contexts, English would naturally translate it as The king has a big house.

No. Serbian word order is fairly flexible because case endings show what each word is doing.

The most neutral order here is:

• Kralj ima veliku kuću.

But you could also hear other orders for emphasis, such as:

• Veliku kuću ima kralj.
• Kralj veliku kuću ima.

These alternatives sound more marked or emphatic. For a learner, the safest basic pattern is:

subject + verb + object

So Kralj ima veliku kuću is the best neutral version to learn first.

Kralj is pronounced approximately like krahl-y in English, but as one smooth syllable at the end, not a full separate y syllable.

A few notes:

• kr is pronounced clearly
• a is like a in father
• lj is a special Serbian sound, similar to the lli in some pronunciations of million, but cleaner and firmer

So kralj is roughly:

• krahlj

The lj is one sound, not two separate sounds l + j.

Roughly: KOO-chu, but with a softer ch sound than English ch.

Breakdown:

• ku = koo
• ć = a soft sound, something like a very soft ch
• u = oo

So:

• kuću ≈ KOO-chu

Also note:

• Serbian u is always like oo in food
• ć is softer than č

This is a very common question for learners.

• č is a harder sound, similar to English ch in church
• ć is softer, produced with the tongue a bit further forward

In this sentence, kuću uses ć, the softer one.

English does not have a perfect equivalent, so at first it is normal if both sound similar to you. What matters most early on is:

1. noticing that Serbian treats them as different letters
2. trying to imitate the softer sound in ć

Examples:

• kuća = house
• mačka = cat

Those use different consonants.

Kralj is a masculine noun meaning king.

It ends in a consonant-like sound, which is common for masculine nouns in Serbian. Its nominative singular form is kralj.

Some forms are:

• nominative: kralj
• genitive/accusative: kralja
• dative: kralju

In this sentence, it stays kralj because it is the subject.

It can mean either. In English, velik often translates as:

• big
• large
• sometimes great, depending on context

Here, veliku kuću most naturally means:

• a big house
• a large house

Both are fine translations.

Sometimes, depending on context, but its basic meaning is house.

• kuća = house
• dom = home, household, home in a more emotional or institutional sense

In many real situations, English might translate kuća more naturally as home, but in a simple sentence like this, house is the best first translation.

So:

• Kralj ima veliku kuću = most directly The king has a big house

Yes. Serbian can be written in both Latin and Cyrillic scripts.

This sentence in Cyrillic is:

Краљ има велику кућу.

Letter by letter:

• Kralj → Краљ
• ima → има
• veliku → велику
• kuću → кућу

Both scripts are correct in Serbian.

Yes. It is completely natural and grammatically correct.

It is a very typical beginner sentence because it shows several important Serbian features at once:

• a subject in the nominative: kralj
• a present tense verb: ima
• a direct object in the accusative: kuću
• adjective agreement: veliku matching kuću

So it is simple, natural, and useful for learning core grammar.