Buket je pored zvučnika.

to be

Breakdown of Buket je pored zvučnika.

• pored: beside
• buket: a bouquet
• zvučnik: a loudspeaker

Questions & Answers about Buket je pored zvučnika.

What does je do in this sentence?

Je is the 3rd person singular present form of biti (to be). It means is.

So the basic pattern is:

Buket je pored zvučnika.
= The bouquet is next to the speaker.

In Serbian, this kind of location sentence is very often built with X je pored Y.

Why is it zvučnika and not zvučnik?

Because pored requires the genitive case.

The base dictionary form is zvučnik.
After pored, it changes to zvučnika:

• zvučnik = nominative
• zvučnika = genitive

So:

• zvučnik = speaker as a basic form
• pored zvučnika = next to the speaker

What case is buket here?

Buket is in the nominative singular because it is the subject of the sentence.

It is the thing that is somewhere.

Also, buket is a masculine noun. Many Serbian masculine nouns end in a consonant, and buket follows that pattern.