Imamo samo sekundu.

to have

Breakdown of Imamo samo sekundu.

• samo: only
• sekunda: a second

Questions & Answers about Imamo samo sekundu.

Why is it imamo? What form is that?

Imamo is the 1st person plural present tense of imati, which means to have.

So:

• imam = I have
• imaš = you have
• ima = he/she/it has
• imamo = we have
• imate = you all / you formal have
• imaju = they have

In Imamo samo sekundu, the subject is we, but Serbian usually does not need the pronoun mi because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

Why isn’t there a word for we in the sentence?

Because Serbian often drops subject pronouns when they are not needed.

The ending -mo in imamo already tells you it means we have, so mi is usually unnecessary.

You could say:

• Mi imamo samo sekundu.

but that sounds more emphatic, like We only have a second, as opposed to someone else.

The normal, neutral version is simply:

• Imamo samo sekundu.

Why is it sekundu and not sekunda?

Because sekundu is the accusative singular form of .