Finansije su u tabeli.

Because finansije is treated as a plural noun in Serbian.

• je = is for singular
• su = are for plural

So:

• Knjiga je ovde. = The book is here.
• Finansije su u tabeli. = The finances are in the table.

Even though finances can feel like a mass idea in English, Serbian finansije is grammatically plural.

It is plural.

The basic form is finansije, and it usually means:

• finances
• financial matters
• financials

It behaves like a plural noun, so it takes plural agreement:

• Finansije su dobre. = The finances are good.

A learner may expect a singular form because English often treats this kind of idea more abstractly, but in Serbian the word is normally plural.

Tabeli is in the locative singular.

The base noun is:

• tabela = table, chart, spreadsheet table

After the preposition u when it means in or inside a place, Serbian usually uses the locative:

• u tabeli = in the table

So:

• nominative: tabela
• locative singular: tabeli

That -i ending is a normal locative ending for many feminine nouns ending in -a.

Here u means in.

So u tabeli means in the table.

A very important thing to know is that u can go with different cases depending on meaning:

• u + locative = in/inside somewhere, location
• u + accusative = into somewhere, direction or movement

Here there is no movement, just location, so Serbian uses the locative:

• Finansije su u tabeli. = The finances are in the table.

Compare:

• Podaci su u tabeli. = The data are in the table.
• Stavio sam podatke u tabelu. = I put the data into the table.

Because Serbian does not have articles like a and the.

So u tabeli can mean:

• in the table
• sometimes just in a table

The exact meaning depends on context.

In this sentence, English would usually translate it as in the table, but Serbian does not need a separate word for the.

No, Serbian word order is fairly flexible.

The neutral order here is:

• Finansije su u tabeli.

But you may also hear:

• U tabeli su finansije.
• Finansije u tabeli su... only in a larger sentence, depending on structure

Changing the order often changes focus or emphasis, not the basic meaning.

For example:

• Finansije su u tabeli. = neutral statement
• U tabeli su finansije. = emphasis on where they are

So English speakers should not expect one rigid word order all the time.

Usually no in this kind of sentence.

Tabela normally means:

• a table in a document
• a chart
• a grid
• sometimes a spreadsheet table

The ordinary word for a piece of furniture, table, is:

• sto

So:

• Finansije su u tabeli. = The finances are in the chart/table/spreadsheet table.
• Knjiga je na stolu. = The book is on the table.
  Here stolu comes from sto.

That distinction is very useful, because English uses table for both ideas, while Serbian usually uses different words.

Because u tabeli suggests that the information is inside a table, chart, or spreadsheet structure.

That is the normal choice for data or content contained within rows and columns.

• u tabeli = in the table

By contrast, na often means on a surface or on something like a board, page, screen, or sign.

So for information arranged inside a chart or spreadsheet, u tabeli is the natural phrase.

No. It is capitalized only because it is the first word of the sentence.

In the middle of a sentence, it would normally be lowercase:

• Sve finansije su u tabeli. = All the finances are in the table.

Serbian does not capitalize common nouns the way German does.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

Finansije su u tabeli
fee-nahn-SEE-yeh soo oo TAH-beh-lee

A few helpful points:

• j in Serbian sounds like English y
• c, č, ć, đ, dž, š, ž are special letters, but none appear here
• Serbian spelling is quite phonetic, so words are usually pronounced close to how they are written

The part -sije in finansije sounds roughly like see-yeh.

Yes, absolutely.

In real use, tabela can refer to:

• a table in a report
• a chart-like layout
• a spreadsheet table
• organized tabular data

So Finansije su u tabeli. could naturally mean that the financial information is recorded in a table, chart, or spreadsheet.

The exact English translation depends on context, but the Serbian grammar stays the same.