Ketering stiže danas.

Because Serbian often adapts foreign words to its own spelling system. Ketering is a borrowed word from English catering, but it is written more phonetically in Serbian.

So:

• English catering
• Serbian ketering

This is very common with loanwords in Serbian.

Here, ketering is a noun and it is the subject of the sentence.

So the basic structure is:

• ketering = the catering / the catering service / the food delivery
• stiže = is arriving / arrives
• danas = today

Serbian does not have articles like English a or the.

So ketering can mean:

• catering
• the catering
• sometimes even a catering delivery/service

The exact meaning depends on context.

Stiže means is arriving, arrives, or sometimes is coming in the sense of reaching its destination.

In this sentence, a natural English translation would be:

• The catering is arriving today.
• The catering arrives today.

Compared with dolazi (comes / is coming), stiže often focuses more on arrival.

Stiže is the 3rd person singular present tense form of the verb stizati.

That means it is used with subjects like:

• on = he
• ona = she
• ono = it
• singular nouns like ketering

So:

• Ketering stiže. = The catering is arriving.

Because ketering is grammatically singular.

In Serbian, the verb must agree with the subject:

• singular subject → stiže
• plural subject → stižu

For example:

• Ketering stiže. = The catering is arriving.
• Gosti stižu. = The guests are arriving.

Danas means today.

It is an adverb, so it tells you when something happens. It does not change form here.

So:

• stiže danas = is arriving today

Because danas is an adverb, not a noun in this sentence.

Cases mainly affect nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and some numbers. Adverbs like danas usually stay unchanged.

Yes. It is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence.

In Serbian, the subject is typically in the nominative.

So here:

• ketering = nominative singular

Yes. Serbian word order is fairly flexible.

Ketering stiže danas is perfectly natural, but you could also say:

• Danas stiže ketering.
• Stiže ketering danas.

These versions are all possible, but they may sound slightly different in emphasis.

For example:

• Ketering stiže danas. → neutral
• Danas stiže ketering. → emphasizes today
• Stiže ketering. → emphasizes the fact that it is arriving

Yes. Serbian present tense often covers both the simple present and the present progressive ideas that English separates.

So stiže can mean:

• arrives
• is arriving

Context tells you which sounds best in English.

With danas, English often prefers:

• The catering is arriving today or
• The catering arrives today

Yes. Grammatically, it is treated as a singular masculine noun.

Even if it refers to a service, an order, or a whole catering arrangement, the verb is still singular:

• Ketering stiže.

This is similar to how English can say The catering is here.

Roughly like STEE-zheh.

A few pronunciation notes:

• sti- sounds like stee
• ž sounds like the s in measure or vision
• final -e is pronounced, not silent

So stiže is approximately STEE-zheh.

Yes, you could, and it would also make sense.

But there is a slight nuance:

• dolazi = comes / is coming
• stiže = arrives / is arriving / is reaching the destination

So stiže often sounds a bit more natural when something is expected to show up at a location.

It is in Latin script.

The same sentence in Serbian Cyrillic would be:

• Кетеринг стиже данас.

Serbian commonly uses both scripts.