Prihod je redovan.

Not exactly. Prihod usually means income, revenue, or earnings in a general sense.

So Prihod je redovan. means that the income comes in regularly or is steady.

It is not the most natural word for salary/wages. For salary, Serbian more often uses plata.

• Plata je redovna. = The salary is regular/on time.
• Prihod je redovan. = The income/revenue is regular.

Je is the 3rd person singular present form of the verb biti (to be), so here it means is.

The sentence structure is:

• Prihod = subject
• je = is
• redovan = predicate adjective (regular)

So the pattern is basically:

noun + je + adjective

This is very similar to English The income is regular.

Because redovan has to agree with prihod.

Prihod is:

• masculine
• singular
• nominative

So the adjective also appears in the masculine singular nominative form:

• redovan = masculine singular
• redovna = feminine singular
• redovno = neuter singular

Examples:

• Prihod je redovan. = masculine
• Plata je redovna. = feminine
• Primanje je redovno. = neuter

It is in the nominative case.

That is because prihod is the subject of the sentence. In simple Serbian statements like this, the subject is normally in the nominative.

So:

• prihod = nominative singular
• dictionary form: prihod

Serbian does not have articles like English a and the.

So Prihod je redovan. can mean:

• Income is regular
• The income is regular

Which English translation sounds best depends on context.

This is very common in Serbian: the language usually leaves definiteness to context instead of using articles.

Yes, you could say Redovan je prihod, but it is less neutral.

The most natural, neutral order is:

• Prihod je redovan.

This simply states a fact.

If you say:

• Redovan je prihod.

it sounds more marked or emphatic, as if you are emphasizing regular.

In Serbian, word order is more flexible than in English, but different orders often change the emphasis, not the core meaning.

A rough pronunciation guide for an English speaker is:

• Prihod ≈ PREE-hod or PREE-hawd
• je ≈ yeh
• redovan ≈ REH-doh-vahn

A few helpful notes:

• j in Serbian is pronounced like English y in yes
• h is clearly pronounced
• Serbian spelling is very phonetic, so words are usually pronounced much like they are written

Yes, depending on context.

The core idea of redovan is regular, but in natural English translation it may sometimes be better rendered as:

• regular
• steady
• consistent
• coming in regularly

So if someone says Prihod je redovan, they usually mean the income is dependable and arrives on a regular basis.

No, not in standard Serbian.

In the present tense, Serbian normally keeps the form of to be in sentences like this:

• Prihod je redovan.

You would not normally say:

• Prihod redovan. ✗

That sounds incomplete in standard Serbian.

You make it negative by changing je to nije:

• Prihod nije redovan. = The income is not regular.

This is a very common pattern in Serbian:

• je = is
• nije = is not

A common way is:

• Da li je prihod redovan? = Is the income regular?

You may also hear:

• Je li prihod redovan?

The da li version is especially useful for learners because it is very clear and works in many situations.

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

• Latin: Prihod je redovan.
• Cyrillic: Приход је редован.

They mean exactly the same thing.