Kobasice su pored ćevapa.

to be

Breakdown of Kobasice su pored ćevapa.

• pored: beside
• ćevap: a grilled minced-meat roll; ćevap
• kobasica: a sausage

Questions & Answers about Kobasice su pored ćevapa.

Why is kobasice used here, and what form is it?

Kobasice is the nominative plural form of kobasica (sausage).

In this sentence, it is the subject, so nominative is the expected case.

• singular: kobasica
• plural: kobasice

So kobasice means sausages.

Why is the verb su there?

Su is the 3rd person plural present form of the verb biti (to be).

Because the subject kobasice is plural, Serbian uses su = are.

Compare:

• kobasica je = the sausage is
• kobasice su = the sausages are

What does pored mean here?

Pored means next to, beside, or by.

It shows position or location relative to something else.

So in this sentence, pored tells us where the sausages are located: they are next to the ćevapi.

Why is it ćevapa and not ćevapi?