Pečurke i paprike su spremne.

to be

Breakdown of Pečurke i paprike su spremne.

• i: and
• spreman: ready
• pečurka: a mushroom

Questions & Answers about Pečurke i paprike su spremne.

Why are pečurke and paprike both ending in -e?

Because they are both plural feminine nouns in the nominative case here.

• pečurka = a mushroom

• pečurke = mushrooms

• paprika = a pepper / paprika
• paprike = peppers

In this sentence, both nouns are the subject, so they appear in the nominative plural.

What does i mean?

i means and.

So:

• Pečurke i paprike = Mushrooms and peppers

It is a very common conjunction and does not change form.

Why is the verb su used here?

su is the 3rd person plural present-tense form of biti = to be.

So:

• ja sam = I am
• ti si = you are
• on/ona/ono je = he/she/it is
• mi smo = we are
• vi ste = you are
• oni/one/ona su = they are

Since pečurke i paprike is a plural subject, Serbian uses su = .