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Questions & Answers about Selidba počinje danas.
What part of speech is selidba, and what form is it in?
Selidba is a noun. In this sentence, it is nominative singular, because it is the subject of the verb.
It is also a feminine noun. Its basic dictionary form is selidba.
Why is there no word for the in front of selidba?
Serbian does not use articles like a, an, or the.
So selidba can mean either the move or a move, depending on context. English requires an article, but Serbian usually leaves that idea to context.
Why is the verb počinje?
Počinje is the 3rd person singular present tense form of počinjati, meaning to begin / to start.
It is 3rd person singular because the subject, selidba, is singular. In other words:
- ja počinjem = I begin
- ti počinješ = you begin
- on / ona / ono počinje = he / she / it begins
Here, selidba počinje literally matches the move begins.
Does počinje agree with the feminine gender of selidba?