Muškarac je ovde.

to be

Breakdown of Muškarac je ovde.

• ovde: here
• muškarac: a man

Questions & Answers about Muškarac je ovde.

How do you pronounce Muškarac je ovde?

A rough English-style pronunciation would be:

MOO-shka-rats yeh OV-deh

A few useful sound notes:

• š sounds like sh in shoe
• c at the end of muškarac sounds like ts in cats
• j in je sounds like y in yes
• e is usually a clear eh sound, not a silent e

So:

• muškarac → MOO-shka-rats
• je → yeh
• ovde → OV-deh

What does je mean here?

Je is the third-person singular present form of the verb biti (to be).

So in this sentence, it means is:

• Muškarac = the man / a man
• je = is
• ovde = here

So je is the verb that links the subject and the location, just like is in English.

Why is there no word for a or the?