Breakdown of Polisa osiguranja važi godinu dana.
godina
year
dan
day
polisa osiguranja
an insurance policy
važiti
to be valid
Questions & Answers about Polisa osiguranja važi godinu dana.
Why is it osiguranja and not osiguranje?
Because osiguranja is the genitive singular form of osiguranje (insurance).
In Serbian, when one noun defines another, the second noun is often put in the genitive case. So:
- polisa = policy
- osiguranje = insurance
- polisa osiguranja = insurance policy
This is similar to saying policy of insurance, even though in natural English we say insurance policy.
What case is polisa here?
Polisa is in the nominative singular because it is the subject of the sentence.
The verb važi agrees with it:
- polisa = singular
- važi = 3rd person singular present
So the structure is basically:
- Polisa osiguranja = the insurance policy
- važi = is valid
- godinu dana = for a year
What exactly does važi mean here?
Važi is the 3rd person singular present form of važiti.
In this sentence, it means:
- is valid
- remains valid