Sos je pored salate.

to be

Breakdown of Sos je pored salate.

• pored: beside
• sos: a sauce
• salata: a salad

Questions & Answers about Sos je pored salate.

What does pored mean here?

Here pored means next to, beside, or by.

So Sos je pored salate. means that the sauce is physically located near the salad.

A very literal breakdown is:

• sos = sauce
• je = is
• pored = next to / beside
• salate = of the salad

Even though the literal structure looks like next to the salad, in natural English you would usually say The sauce is next to the salad.

Why is it salate and not salata?

Because pored requires the genitive case.

The basic dictionary form is salata = salad.
After pored, it changes to the genitive singular:

• salata → salate

So:

• pored salate = next to the salad

This is very common in Serbian: certain prepositions always require a specific case, and pored takes the genitive.

What form is sos in?

Sos is in the nominative singular, because it is the subject of the sentence.

So in this sentence: