Poderotina je pored ručke.

to be

Breakdown of Poderotina je pored ručke.

• pored: beside
• poderotina: a tear; rip
• ručka: a handle

Questions & Answers about Poderotina je pored ručke.

Why is ručka written as ručke in this sentence?

Because pored requires the genitive case.

• Dictionary form: ručka = handle
• After pored: pored ručke = next to the handle

So:

• ručka = nominative
• ručke = genitive singular

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

What does je mean here?

Je is the 3rd person singular of the verb biti = to be.

So here it simply means is:

• Poderotina je pored ručke.
• The tear is next to the handle.

A useful thing to know is that je is an unstressed form, so it often appears in the second position of the sentence, which is very normal in Serbian.

What exactly does pored mean?

In this sentence, pored means next to, beside, or by.

So pored ručke means:

• next to the handle
• beside the handle

It usually refers to physical position here.

Also, pored can sometimes have other meanings in different contexts, such as besides or in addition to, but in this sentence it is clearly about location.