Marinada ima začine.

The marinade has seasonings.

Breakdown of Marinada ima začine.

• imati: to have
• marinada: a marinade
• začin: a seasoning; spice

Questions & Answers about Marinada ima začine.

Why is marinada in the form marinada?

Because marinada is the subject of the sentence, so it appears in the nominative singular form, which is also the dictionary form.

It is a feminine noun, and many feminine Serbian nouns end in -a.

So here:

• marinada = nominative singular
• it means the thing that has something

Why is the verb ima used here?

Ima is the 3rd person singular form of the verb imati, which means to have.

Since marinada is singular, the verb must also be singular:

• ja imam = I have
• ti imaš = you have
• on/ona/ono ima = he/she/it has

So Marinada ima... literally follows the same pattern as English The marinade has...

Why is it začine and not začini?

Because začine is the accusative plural form of začin.

Here, začine is the direct object of the verb ima (has), so Serbian uses the accusative case.

The forms are:

• = spice, seasoning