Desni krvare.

Here, desni means gums.

A common point of confusion is that desni can also look like the adjective desni = right / right-hand in some forms. But in this sentence, it is a noun, and it means gums.

So:

• Desni krvare. = The gums are bleeding.

It is plural.

In Serbian, desni meaning gums is normally treated as a plural noun. So even though English often talks about the gums as one general thing, Serbian uses a plural form here.

That is why the verb is also plural:

• desni = gums
• krvare = bleed / are bleeding for they

It is in the nominative plural, because it is the subject of the sentence.

In Desni krvare., the thing doing the action is desni (the gums), so nominative is used.

Because the subject desni is plural.

krvare is the 3rd person plural present form of the verb krvariti = to bleed.

So the agreement is:

• desni = plural subject
• krvare = plural verb form

You can think of it as:

• The gums bleed / are bleeding
• literally: Gums bleed

The infinitive is krvariti, which means to bleed.

A few present-tense forms are:

• ja krvarim = I bleed / am bleeding
• ti krvariš = you bleed / are bleeding
• on/ona/ono krvari = he/she/it bleeds / is bleeding
• mi krvarimo = we bleed / are bleeding
• vi krvarite = you (plural/formal) bleed / are bleeding
• oni/one/ona krvare = they bleed / are bleeding

So krvare matches a plural subject like desni.

It can mean both, depending on context.

Serbian present tense often covers both:

• a general meaning: bleed
• a current ongoing meaning: are bleeding

So Desni krvare. could mean:

• The gums bleed.
  or, more naturally in many situations:
• The gums are bleeding.

Usually context tells you which is meant.

Because Serbian does not have articles like English a / an / the.

So Desni krvare. can mean:

• Gums are bleeding
• The gums are bleeding

English needs an article here, but Serbian does not.

Yes, and in fact there is no subject pronoun in this sentence because one is not needed.

Serbian often leaves out pronouns like they, because the verb ending already gives useful information.

Here, though, the subject is not omitted; it is explicitly stated as desni.

So this is not:

• They are bleeding

but rather:

• The gums are bleeding

Yes. Serbian word order is more flexible than English word order.

The neutral order here is:

• Desni krvare.

But you could also hear:

• Krvare desni.

That would usually sound more marked or emphasize the bleeding action.

So both are possible, but Desni krvare. is the straightforward, neutral version.

No. That is another common source of confusion.

desni can be:

1. a noun meaning gums
2. a form of the adjective desni meaning right

So you must use the context to decide.

In this sentence, the verb krvare makes it clear that desni is the noun gums, because right would not make sense here.

A very natural way is:

• Krvare mi desni.

Literally, this is something like Are bleeding to me gums, but in natural English it means:

• My gums are bleeding.

You may also hear:

• Desni mi krvare.

Both are natural. The little word mi here means to me, and Serbian often uses that structure where English uses my with body parts.

Yes, it is grammatical and understandable.

However, in real conversation, many speakers might more often say something like:

• Krvare mi desni.
• Desni mi krvare.

These versions can sound a bit more natural when talking about your own gums.

But Desni krvare. is still a perfectly good Serbian sentence, especially as a simple example sentence.

It is pronounced roughly like DES-nee.

A helpful breakdown:

• de as in desk (approximately)
• sni with s
  • nee

The stress is typically on the first syllable: DES-ni.

No. desni means gums, not teeth.

• zub = tooth
• zubi = teeth
• desni = gums

So:

• Zubi bole. = Teeth hurt.
• Desni krvare. = The gums are bleeding.

Because Serbian expresses this with a single present-tense verb form.

English uses:

• are bleeding = auxiliary are
  • bleeding

Serbian simply uses:

• krvare

So one Serbian word can correspond to two English words here.

That is very common when translating between Serbian and English.